Enrollment
230
Elementary
DISTRICT 379 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RANDOLPH COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM·NCES 370378001520
Farmer Elementary School
3557 Grange Hall Rd, Asheboro, NC 27205 · (336) 628-8370 · Randolph County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL230 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 41% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded North Carolina public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
227 students
DISTRICT 90% · STATE 82%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 38 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 39 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 30 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 46 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 37 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 40 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (38) is 5% smaller than its 5th grade class (40).
Student demographics
26%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
39.8%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
52.0%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all North Carolina schools, those numbers are about 51 and 52.
Source: NC EOG / EOC. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
50.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.7%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% typical for North Carolina schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among North Carolina's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Farmer Elementary School
Farmer Elementary School's state test result (50.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Farmer Elementary School this school | 230 | 98.7% | 50.6% |
| Silver Valley Elementary Lexington | 221 | 98.6% | 48.6% |
| Rodgers Elementary Williamston | 219 | 98.6% | 63.9% |
| C B Eller Elementary School Elkin | 248 | 97.6% | 59.9% |
| Mount Pleasant Elementary School Ferguson | 237 | 98.7% | 47.8% |
| Mt. Vernon-Ruth Elementary School Forest City | 231 | 98.7% | 60.2% |
Matched among North Carolina elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Farmer Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Randolph County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.6% | #795 of 1,297 | #12 of 22 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #838 of 1,296 | #12 of 22 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.8% | #953 of 1,300 | #15 of 22 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 230 | #1,329 of 1,485 | #22 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #708 of 1,377 | #17 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 25.9% | #1,322 of 1,379 | #22 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.7% | #784 of 1,414 | #20 of 22 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -37.0% | #35 of 937 | #1 of 17 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
230
-18 (-7%) vs 2020
-48% since 1990-91, when it was 443
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 13.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 230 | 15.5 | 14.8:1 | 99% (227) |
| 2023-24 | 233 | 13.5 | 17.3:1 | 99% (230) |
| 2022-23 | 216 | 15.5 | 13.9:1 | 50% (107) |
| 2020-21 | 248 | 18 | 13.8:1 | 47% (116) |
| 2017-18 | 365 | 24.5 | 14.9:1 | 51% (187) |
| 2015-16 | 355 | 21 | 16.9:1 | 46% (164) |
| 2010-11 | 411 | 26 | 15.8:1 | 38% (158) |
| 2000-01 | 648 | 39 | 16.6:1 | 29% (191) |
| 1990-91 | 443 | 27 | 16.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Farmer Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 37% (365 to 230); teachers down 37% (24.5 to 15.5).
About Farmer Elementary School
Among the schools in Asheboro, North Carolina, is Farmer Elementary School, a small elementary school. Students in kindergarten through 5 make up the school's enrollment of 230 students. By comparison, elementary schools in North Carolina enroll about 467 students on average.
Randolph County School System has a total of 32 schools and 14,994 students, Farmer Elementary School among them.
White students are 86% of those enrolled at Farmer Elementary School. Other reported shares: 7% Hispanic, 3% Asian, and 3% multiracial. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 26%.
Its staff includes 15.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 14.8 students per teacher. It is about the same as the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina. Farmer Elementary School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 99%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Randolph County is 84%.
Farmer Elementary School earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 41% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Farmer Elementary School is +1.9 points: 50.6% actual, 48.7% predicted.
Looking at the county, Randolph County, the median household earns about $61,022 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 18%, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Counting Farmer Elementary School, Randolph County has 42 public schools.
Uwharrie Ridge Six-Twelve is about 5.4 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Other public schools within ten miles number at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Farmer Elementary School ranks 4th of 7 on average proficiency.
Farmer Elementary School is coded as Rural: Distant in federal locale data.
The school shrank from 248 students in 2020-21 to 230 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 13.8:1; by 2024-25 it was 14.8:1.
This page collects posts and questions about Farmer Elementary School, such as fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Randolph County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
146,348
Census ACS
Median income
$61,022
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
42
21,656 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Randolph County School System
- Randleman High SchoolHigh · 870 students
- Southwestern Randolph High SchoolHigh · 801 students
- Randleman Middle SchoolMiddle · 765 students
- Hopewell Elementary SchoolElementary · 679 students
- Trinity High SchoolHigh · 675 students
- Wheatmore High SchoolHigh · 667 students
Other schools in Asheboro
- Uwharrie Charter AcademyCombined · 2,145 students
- Asheboro HighHigh · 1,338 students
- Southwestern Randolph High SchoolHigh · 801 students
- Balfour ElementaryElementary · 558 students
- Southmont Elementary SchoolElementary · 557 students
- North Asheboro MiddleMiddle · 501 students
Other Farmer Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Farmer Elementary. Farmer Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Farmer ElementaryLouisville, KY · 737 students
Nearby schools
- Uwharrie Ridge Six-Twelve5.4 mi · 409
- Southwestern Randolph High School5.8 mi · 801
- Southwestern Randolph Middle School6.0 mi · 467
- Tabernacle Elementary School6.3 mi · 333
- Southmont Elementary School6.8 mi · 557
- South Davidson Middle and High7.8 mi · 640
Frequently asked questions
About Farmer Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Farmer Elementary School?
Farmer Elementary School enrolls approximately 230 students in grades KG-05.
Is Farmer Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Farmer Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Farmer Elementary School?
Approximately 14.8:1 students per teacher at Farmer Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Farmer Elementary School?
Student demographics at Farmer Elementary School are roughly 86% White, 7% Hispanic, 0% Black, 3% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Farmer Elementary School public or private?
Farmer Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Randolph County School System.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.