Gibsonville Elementary

As an average-sized primary school in Gibsonville, North Carolina, Gibsonville Elementary teaches 595 students from grades pre-K through 5, run under Guilford County Schools. Compared to the state average of about 467 students per school, that is 27% above typical.

Guilford County Schools comprises 123 schools with combined enrollment of 68,535 students; Gibsonville Elementary is among them.

On demographics, Gibsonville Elementary records that the largest single group is White at 39%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder breaks down as 36% Black, 16% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 2% Asian. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Guilford County's rate of about 89%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Gibsonville Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.5%, the actual is 48.6%, a residual of +0.2 points.

In the broader community, census data for Guilford County shows the typical household earns roughly $68,642 per year, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Guilford County runs 143 public schools (combined enrollment of about 79,539 students), of which Gibsonville Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Elon Elementary, around 2.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Gibsonville Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Gibsonville Elementary at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 46.6%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Gibsonville Elementary has ticked up 14%, going from 520 students in 2018 to 595 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 57% to 39% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 today.

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