Enrollment
217
Elementary
DISTRICT 301 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SURRY COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370441001749
Flat Rock Elementary
1539 E Pine St, Mount Airy, NC 27030 · (336) 786-2910 · Surry County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL217 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 21% 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.
- C-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
13.2:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
214 students
DISTRICT 97% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 16 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 40 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 36 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 26 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 34 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 33 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 32 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (40) is 25% larger than its 5th grade class (32).
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
41.1%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
45.3%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 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
42.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.7%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% 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 Flat Rock Elementary
Flat Rock Elementary's state test result (42.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flat Rock Elementary this school | 217 | 98.6% | 42.2% |
| Old Dock Elementary Whiteville | 265 | 98.9% | 68.3% |
| Glade Creek Elementary Ennice | 236 | 98.7% | 44.5% |
| Jonesville Elementary Jonesville | 268 | 98.9% | 48.4% |
| Catawba Heights Elementary Belmont | 238 | 98.7% | 57.4% |
| Cameron Elementary Cameron | 215 | 98.6% | 57.5% |
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 Flat Rock Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Surry County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.2% | #1,040 of 1,297 | #13 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.3% | #1,025 of 1,296 | #13 of 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.1% | #914 of 1,300 | #13 of 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 217 | #1,353 of 1,485 | #12 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #257 of 1,377 | #3 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.9% | #877 of 1,379 | #3 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.6% | #807 of 1,414 | #11 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.2% | #444 of 937 | #3 of 10 |
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
217
+32 (+17%) vs 2020
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 323
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 10.3:1
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 | 217 | 16.5 | 13.2:1 | 99% (214) |
| 2023-24 | 182 | 14.4 | 12.6:1 | 98% (179) |
| 2022-23 | 183 | 16.2 | 11.3:1 | 98% (180) |
| 2020-21 | 185 | 18 | 10.3:1 | 98% (182) |
| 2017-18 | 253 | 18.2 | 13.9:1 | 99% (250) |
| 2015-16 | 274 | 19 | 14.4:1 | 95% (261) |
| 2010-11 | 326 | 23 | 14.2:1 | 84% (273) |
| 2000-01 | 364 | 25 | 14.6:1 | 69% (252) |
| 1990-91 | 323 | 20 | 16.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Flat Rock Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (253 to 217); teachers down 9% (18.2 to 16.5).
About Flat Rock Elementary
Flat Rock Elementary runs as a small elementary school in Mount Airy, North Carolina. It serves 217 students in pre-K through 5. The average among elementary schools in North Carolina is roughly 467 students; this school is 54% smaller than that.
Flat Rock Elementary is part of a district of 20 schools: Surry County Schools, with 7,318 students.
Roughly 61% of students at Flat Rock Elementary are White. Other reported shares: 27% Hispanic, 7% Black, and 4% multiracial. Surry County's residents are about 84% White, 23 points above the school's share. The school's diversity index is 55%, meaning two students picked at random have a 55% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Flat Rock Elementary operates with 16.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 13.2:1. On average, elementary schools in North Carolina have 14.9:1, compared with 13.2:1 here. Flat Rock Elementary reports 99% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
Flat Rock Elementary is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 21% of North Carolina public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Flat Rock Elementary is 6.5 points below its prediction. Actual: 42.2%. Predicted: 48.7%.
Flat Rock Elementary is located in Surry County, where the median household income is $55,656, about 20% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 13%. Besides Flat Rock Elementary, Surry County has 29 other public schools.
The closest public school, Jones Intermediate, is about 1.5 miles from Flat Rock Elementary. Other public schools within five miles: 7. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 53.4%; Flat Rock Elementary's is 42.2%, ranking 7th of 7.
Locale data from NCES put Flat Rock Elementary in rural territory close to an urban area (Rural: Fringe).
The school enrolled 217 students in 2024-25, 32 more than the 185 it had in 2020-21. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 10.3:1; by 2024-25 it was 13.2:1.
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Surry County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
71,425
Census ACS
Median income
$55,656
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
30
11,139 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Surry County Schools
- North Surry HighHigh · 792 students
- Surry Central HighHigh · 679 students
- East Surry HighHigh · 576 students
- Central MiddleMiddle · 502 students
- Franklin ElementaryElementary · 473 students
- Pilot Mountain MiddleMiddle · 401 students
Other schools in Mount Airy
- North Surry HighHigh · 792 students
- Millennium Charter AcademyCombined · 628 students
- Mount Airy HighHigh · 620 students
- Franklin ElementaryElementary · 473 students
- Bruce H. Tharrington PrimaryElementary · 432 students
- Mount Airy MiddleMiddle · 395 students
Other Flat Rock Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Flat Rock Elementary. Flat Rock Elementary is the 4th largest of the 4.
- Flat Rock Elementary SchoolLithonia, GA · 977 students
- Flat Rock ElementaryPowhatan, VA · 654 students
- Flat Rock ElementaryAnderson, SC · 429 students
Nearby schools
- Jones Intermediate1.5 mi · 339
- Millennium Charter Academy1.6 mi · 628
- Mount Airy Middle1.7 mi · 395
- Bruce H. Tharrington Primary2.4 mi · 432
- Mount Airy High2.6 mi · 620
- Franklin Elementary3.8 mi · 473
Frequently asked questions
About Flat Rock ElementaryHow large is Flat Rock Elementary?
Flat Rock Elementary enrolls approximately 217 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Flat Rock Elementary serve?
Flat Rock Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Flat Rock Elementary?
Approximately 13.2:1 students per teacher at Flat Rock Elementary.
How diverse is Flat Rock Elementary?
Flat Rock Elementary reports a student body of 61% White, 27% Hispanic, 7% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Flat Rock Elementary?
Flat Rock Elementary is overseen by Surry County Schools in Surry County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.