Glenwood Elementary

Glenwood Elementary is a low-enrollment elementary-level community in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, overseen by Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools. The school caters to 390 students in grades K through 5.

Within Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools, which oversees 20 schools and 11,392 students, Glenwood Elementary is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Glenwood Elementary reports that the most-represented group is White (38%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school logs 35% Asian, 13% multiracial, 9% Black, 4% Hispanic. By comparison, Orange County as a whole is about 69% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 14.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 19% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Orange County runs at roughly 40%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Glenwood Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 73.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 82.9%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Orange County put median household income runs about $90,089, roughly 62% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Orange County's 38 public schools (combined enrollment of about 19,582 students), Glenwood Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Rashkis Elementary, around 1.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Glenwood Elementary. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Glenwood Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 67.3%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 24%: 510 students in 2018 compared to 390 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 12.0:1 in 2025.

On this page, members of the Glenwood Elementary community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.