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How has Grady Brown Elementary changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
406
Elementary
DISTRICT 437 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ORANGE COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370348001446
Grady Brown Elementary
1100 New Grady Brown Rd, Hillsborough, NC 27278 · (919) 732-6138 · Orange County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL406 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 38% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
242 students
DISTRICT 62% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 58 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 67 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 72 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 77 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 64 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (58) is 9% smaller than its 5th grade class (64).
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
52.2%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
57.9%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 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
55.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.6%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 Grady Brown Elementary
Grady Brown Elementary's state test result (55.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grady Brown Elementary this school | 406 | 59.6% | 55.2% |
| Park View Elementary Mooresville | 421 | 55.8% | N/A |
| Adams Elementary Cary | 655 | 61.2% | 56.4% |
| Shiloh Valley Primary School Monroe | 563 | 55.2% | N/A |
| Lynn Road Elementary Raleigh | 486 | 57.2% | 53.7% |
| Blue Creek Elementary Jacksonville | 498 | 67.3% | 42.9% |
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 Grady Brown Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.2% | #657 of 1,297 | #16 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.9% | #670 of 1,296 | #16 of 18 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.2% | #540 of 1,300 | #14 of 18 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 406 | #879 of 1,485 | #13 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #274 of 1,377 | #14 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.6% | #336 of 1,379 | #8 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.6% | #1,113 of 1,414 | #4 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.8% | #565 of 937 | #8 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
406
-3 (-1%) vs 2020
-54% since 1990-91, when it was 877
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 11.7:1
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 | 406 | 30.7 | 13.2:1 | 60% (242) |
| 2023-24 | 401 | 34.1 | 11.8:1 | 61% (243) |
| 2022-23 | 406 | 36 | 11.3:1 | 60% (245) |
| 2020-21 | 409 | 35 | 11.7:1 | 47% (191) |
| 2017-18 | 455 | 37.3 | 12.2:1 | 50% (228) |
| 2015-16 | 489 | 35 | 14.0:1 | 51% (247) |
| 2010-11 | 479 | 37 | 12.9:1 | 37% (175) |
| 2000-01 | 516 | 42 | 12.3:1 | 33% (171) |
| 1990-91 | 877 | 43 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Grady Brown Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (455 to 406); teachers down 18% (37.3 to 30.7).
About Grady Brown Elementary
Grady Brown Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school. Its address is in Hillsborough, North Carolina. Its 406 students are spread across pre-K through 5.
The 13 schools in Orange County Schools enroll 6,982 students altogether, Grady Brown Elementary among them.
Federal enrollment data show White students as the largest group at Grady Brown Elementary, at 42%. Other groups make up 36% Hispanic, 11% Black, 8% multiracial, and 3% Asian. County-wide, 69% of Orange County residents are White. The school's diversity index is 68%, meaning two students picked at random have a 68% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school reports 30.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 13.2 students per teacher. That is 1.6 students per teacher below the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 60% of students. That is 20 points above the 40% average for public schools in Orange County.
The allk12 Grade for Grady Brown Elementary is C+. Compared with North Carolina public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 38% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 60.6% for Grady Brown Elementary. The school posts 55.2%, 5.5 points below the prediction.
Grady Brown Elementary is located in Orange County, where the median household income is $90,089, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 62%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Besides Grady Brown Elementary, Orange County has 37 other public schools.
Cedar Ridge High is the public school closest to Grady Brown Elementary, about 0.2 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Grady Brown Elementary ranks 4th of 7 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 55.2% against a local average of 60.8%.
Its location is classified as Rural: Fringe by the National Center for Education Statistics.
In 2020-21, Grady Brown Elementary enrolled 409; in 2024-25, 406. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 11.7:1; by 2024-25 it was 13.2:1.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at Grady Brown Elementary. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Orange County Schools
- Orange HighHigh · 1,161 students
- Cedar Ridge HighHigh · 1,148 students
- A L Stanback MiddleMiddle · 648 students
- Efland Cheeks ElementaryElementary · 532 students
- New Hope ElementaryElementary · 528 students
- River Park ElementaryElementary · 523 students
Other schools in Hillsborough
- Orange HighHigh · 1,161 students
- Cedar Ridge HighHigh · 1,148 students
- Eno River AcademyCombined · 828 students
- A L Stanback MiddleMiddle · 648 students
- River Park ElementaryElementary · 523 students
- Orange MiddleMiddle · 514 students
Nearby schools
- Cedar Ridge High0.2 mi · 1,148
- The Expedition School1.4 mi · 380
- Central Elementary2.1 mi · 261
- Hillsborough Elementary2.2 mi · 435
- River Park Elementary2.5 mi · 523
- Partnership Academy2.7 mi · 40
Frequently asked questions
About Grady Brown ElementaryHow many students attend Grady Brown Elementary?
Grady Brown Elementary enrolls approximately 406 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Grady Brown Elementary serve?
Grady Brown Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Grady Brown Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Grady Brown Elementary is approximately 13.2:1 (31 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Grady Brown Elementary?
At Grady Brown Elementary, the student body is approximately 42% White, 36% Hispanic, 11% Black, 3% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Grady Brown Elementary public or private?
Grady Brown Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Orange County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.