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Enrollment
595
Elementary
DISTRICT 452 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GUILFORD COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370192000823
Gibsonville Elementary
401 East Joyner Street, Gibsonville, NC 27249 · (336) 449-4214 · Guilford County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL595 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 36% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- CTest 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
14.4:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
592 students
DISTRICT 92% · 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 | 18 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 77 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 102 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 104 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 99 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 99 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 96 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (77) is 20% smaller than its 5th grade class (96).
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
46.8%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
48.9%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 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
48.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 Gibsonville Elementary
Gibsonville Elementary's state test result (48.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gibsonville Elementary this school | 595 | 99.5% | 48.6% |
| Southern Pines Elementary Southern Pines | 600 | 99.3% | 59.0% |
| Meadow Lane Elementary Goldsboro | 674 | 98.8% | 60.9% |
| Central Elementary Albemarle | 525 | 99.4% | 39.9% |
| Township Three Elementary Shelby | 540 | 99.4% | 43.8% |
| C.F. Pope Elementary Burgaw | 530 | 97.7% | 35.6% |
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 Gibsonville Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Guilford County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.6% | #849 of 1,297 | #36 of 64 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.9% | #935 of 1,296 | #40 of 64 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.8% | #734 of 1,300 | #32 of 64 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 595 | #357 of 1,485 | #17 of 76 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #577 of 1,377 | #28 of 72 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.8% | #266 of 1,379 | #13 of 72 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.5% | #150 of 1,414 | #11 of 74 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +14.4% | #143 of 369 | #7 of 19 |
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
595
+144 (+32%) vs 2020
+59% since 1990-91, when it was 374
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 14.1:1
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 | 595 | 41.3 | 14.4:1 | 99% (592) |
| 2023-24 | 613 | 40.5 | 15.1:1 | 100% (610) |
| 2022-23 | 564 | 34.1 | 16.5:1 | 60% (339) |
| 2020-21 | 451 | 32 | 14.1:1 | 44% (198) |
| 2017-18 | 520 | 32.5 | 16.0:1 | 49% (253) |
| 2015-16 | 478 | 27 | 17.7:1 | 51% (242) |
| 2010-11 | 468 | 26 | 18.0:1 | 52% (245) |
| 2000-01 | 431 | 30 | 14.4:1 | 42% (180) |
| 1990-91 | 374 | 26 | 14.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Gibsonville Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 14% (520 to 595); teachers up 27% (32.5 to 41.3).
About Gibsonville Elementary
Gibsonville Elementary is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Gibsonville, North Carolina. The school had 595 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. Average enrollment for elementary schools in North Carolina is about 467, so this school runs 27% bigger than that.
Gibsonville Elementary is one school in a 123-school district, Guilford County Schools, which enrolls 68,535 students.
The most common group at Gibsonville Elementary is White students, at 39%. The school is also 36% Black, 16% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 2% Asian. The White share of the county population is higher, at 48%. Gibsonville Elementary's diversity index is 69%, against a US figure of 70%.
Its teaching staff equals 41.3 full-time positions, a ratio of 14.4:1. That is close to the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina. Around 99% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. That is higher than the 89% average for public schools in Guilford County.
allk12 grades Gibsonville Elementary a C+. The grade compares the school only with North Carolina public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Gibsonville Elementary, the prediction is 48.5% and the result is 48.6%.
Census estimates describe Guilford County this way: the median household income is $68,642, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 39%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Besides Gibsonville Elementary, Guilford County has 142 other public schools.
The next-closest public school is Elon Elementary, about 2.6 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Gibsonville Elementary ranks 4th on average proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Mid-size.
Over 4 years, Gibsonville Elementary's enrollment climbed 32%, to 595.
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Guilford County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
547,940
Census ACS
Median income
$68,642
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
143
79,539 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Guilford County Schools
- Northwest Guilford HighHigh · 2,055 students
- Grimsley HighHigh · 1,967 students
- Page HighHigh · 1,648 students
- Southwest Guilford HighHigh · 1,547 students
- James B Dudley HighHigh · 1,403 students
- Ben L. Smith High SchoolHigh · 1,348 students
Other schools in Gibsonville
- Eastern Guilford HighHigh · 1,200 students
- Eastern Guilford MiddleMiddle · 901 students
Nearby schools
- Elon Elementary2.6 mi · 689
- Highland Elementary3.8 mi · 661
- Western Alamance High3.9 mi · 1,138
- Marvin B Smith Elementary4.2 mi · 556
- Western Alamance Middle4.3 mi · 837
- Eastern Guilford High4.3 mi · 1,200
Frequently asked questions
About Gibsonville ElementaryHow large is Gibsonville Elementary?
Gibsonville Elementary enrolls approximately 595 students in grades PK-05.
Is Gibsonville Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Gibsonville Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Gibsonville Elementary have?
Gibsonville Elementary employs 41 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Gibsonville Elementary?
Student demographics at Gibsonville Elementary are roughly 39% White, 16% Hispanic, 36% Black, 2% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Gibsonville Elementary in?
Gibsonville Elementary is part of Guilford County Schools.
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