Guy B Teachey Elementary

Guy B Teachey Elementary, an average-sized elementary campus in Asheboro, North Carolina, run under Asheboro City Schools, instructs 444 students, covering grades K through 5.

Across the 8 schools in Asheboro City Schools (4,405 students total), Guy B Teachey Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Guy B Teachey Elementary logs that 46% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school shows 35% White, 11% Black, 8% multiracial. By comparison, Randolph County as a whole is about 14% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.4:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Around 99% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Randolph County (around 84%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Guy B Teachey 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 53.1%, a residual of +4.6 points.

In the broader community, census data for Randolph County shows median household income runs about $61,022, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Guy B Teachey Elementary is one of 42 public schools in Randolph County (combined enrollment of about 21,656 students).

The Virtual Academy at Randolph is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Guy B Teachey Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 48.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 21%: 559 students in 2018 compared to 444 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 48% to 35% across the same window.

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