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What's the vibe like in the hallways at FPG Elementary right now?
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Enrollment
536
Elementary
DISTRICT 433 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO CITY SCHOOLS·NCES 370072000299
FPG Elementary
101 Smith Level Rd, Chapel Hill, NC 27516 · (919) 942-6491 · Orange County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL536 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 63% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- A-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
13.3:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.5:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
36%
195 students
DISTRICT 35% · STATE 82%
Community
1
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 | 30 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 86 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 90 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 92 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 78 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 85 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 75 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (86) is 15% larger than its 5th grade class (75).
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
66.1%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
68.2%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 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
68.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.7%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% 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 FPG Elementary
FPG Elementary's state test result (68.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| FPG Elementary this school | 536 | 36.4% | 68.3% |
| Carrboro Elementary Carrboro | 515 | 32.6% | 72.0% |
| Collinswood Language Academy Charlotte | 893 | 42.1% | 76.4% |
| Brassfield Elementary Raleigh | 613 | 41.9% | 54.8% |
| North Forest Pines Elementary Raleigh | 536 | 41.6% | 65.0% |
| Douglas Elementary Raleigh | 562 | 44.0% | 57.0% |
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 FPG Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.3% | #269 of 1,297 | #11 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.2% | #389 of 1,296 | #13 of 18 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.1% | #197 of 1,300 | #7 of 18 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 536 | #505 of 1,485 | #1 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #280 of 1,377 | #15 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.5% | #758 of 1,379 | #15 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 36.4% | #1,244 of 1,414 | #9 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.7% | #568 of 937 | #9 of 15 |
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
536
-44 (-8%) vs 2020
+15% since 1990-91, when it was 467
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 16.1:1
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 | 536 | 40.4 | 13.3:1 | 36% (195) |
| 2023-24 | 517 | 38.7 | 13.3:1 | 41% (214) |
| 2022-23 | 528 | 39.1 | 13.5:1 | 40% (213) |
| 2020-21 | 580 | 36 | 16.1:1 | 32% (184) |
| 2017-18 | 600 | 40.2 | 14.9:1 | 39% (234) |
| 2015-16 | 533 | 37 | 14.4:1 | 42% (224) |
| 2010-11 | 463 | 37 | 12.5:1 | 42% (193) |
| 2000-01 | 572 | 43 | 13.3:1 | 24% (137) |
| 1990-91 | 467 | 34 | 13.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for FPG Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (600 to 536); teachers up 1% (40.2 to 40.4).
About FPG Elementary
Among the schools in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, is FPG Elementary, a mid-sized elementary school. The school offers pre-K through 5 and enrolls 536 students.
The district, Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools, has 11,392 students enrolled across 20 schools.
Federal enrollment data show FPG Elementary is 51% Hispanic. The next largest groups are 38% White, 5% multiracial, and 4% Black. The school's Hispanic share is 41 points above the 11% share among Orange County residents. A diversity index of 59% means there is a 59% chance two randomly chosen students at FPG Elementary are from different groups.
Based on 40.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, FPG Elementary has a ratio of 13.3:1. The average for elementary schools in North Carolina, 14.9:1, is higher. Income data for the school show 36% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, FPG Elementary lands at B, ahead of 63% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 68.3%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 67.7%.
American Community Survey estimates for Orange County show that the median household earns about $90,089 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 62%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Orange County has 38 public schools with about 19,582 students, including FPG Elementary.
Phoenix Academy High is about 0.4 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 63.0%; FPG Elementary's is 68.3%, ranking 3rd of 7.
FPG Elementary falls in the City: Small locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 536, compared with 580 in 2020-21. Students per teacher dropped from 16.1 in 2020-21 to 13.3 in 2024-25.
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Orange County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
149,678
Census ACS
Median income
$90,089
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
62%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
38
19,582 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools
- Chapel Hill HighHigh · 1,608 students
- East Chapel Hill HighHigh · 1,419 students
- Carrboro HighHigh · 885 students
- Smith MiddleMiddle · 763 students
- McDougle MiddleMiddle · 659 students
- Culbreth MiddleMiddle · 632 students
Other schools in Chapel Hill
- Chapel Hill HighHigh · 1,608 students
- East Chapel Hill HighHigh · 1,419 students
- Smith MiddleMiddle · 763 students
- Margaret B. Pollard MiddleMiddle · 736 students
- McDougle MiddleMiddle · 659 students
- Culbreth MiddleMiddle · 632 students
Nearby schools
- Phoenix Academy High0.4 mi · 27
- Virtual Academy School0.4 mi · 39
- Culbreth Middle0.7 mi · 632
- Carrboro High0.9 mi · 885
- Carrboro Elementary1.1 mi · 515
- Northside Elementary1.3 mi · 412
Frequently asked questions
About FPG ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at FPG Elementary?
FPG Elementary enrolls approximately 536 students in grades PK-05.
Is FPG Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
FPG Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at FPG Elementary?
Approximately 13.3:1 students per teacher at FPG Elementary.
What is the student diversity at FPG Elementary?
Student demographics at FPG Elementary are roughly 38% White, 51% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees FPG Elementary?
FPG Elementary is overseen by Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools in Orange County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.