Enrollment
234
Elementary
DISTRICT 365 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CALDWELL COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370058000230
Happy Valley Elementary
1350 Yadkin River Road, Lenoir, NC 28645 · (828) 754-3496 · Caldwell County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL234 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 23% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- C-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
18.5:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
229 students
DISTRICT 91% · STATE 82%
Community
0
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 | 11 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 26 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 17 | 7% |
| Grade 2 | 29 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 31 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 24 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 18 | 8% |
| Grade 6 | 34 | 15% |
| Grade 7 | 18 | 8% |
| Grade 8 | 26 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (26) is about the same size as its 8th grade class (26).
Student demographics
17%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · 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
45.9%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
42.6%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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
43.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.0%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 Happy Valley Elementary
Happy Valley Elementary's state test result (43.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Happy Valley Elementary this school | 234 | 97.9% | 43.4% |
| Shoals Elementary Pinnacle | 235 | 98.7% | 80.9% |
| Sunshine Elementary School Bostic | 217 | 98.6% | 65.8% |
| C B Eller Elementary School Elkin | 248 | 97.6% | 59.9% |
| Sandy Ridge Elementary School Sandy Ridge | 213 | 98.6% | 49.6% |
| Mount Pleasant Elementary School Ferguson | 237 | 98.7% | 47.8% |
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 Happy Valley Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Caldwell County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.4% | #1,011 of 1,297 | #10 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.6% | #1,093 of 1,296 | #10 of 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.9% | #759 of 1,300 | #9 of 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 234 | #1,323 of 1,485 | #13 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.5:1 | #1,318 of 1,377 | #11 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.5% | #1,360 of 1,379 | #12 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.9% | #921 of 1,414 | #10 of 13 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.9% | #790 of 937 | #6 of 9 |
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
234
+18 (+8%) vs 2020
-41% since 1990-91, when it was 399
Student : Teacher
18.5:1
was 13.5:1
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 | 234 | 12.6 | 18.5:1 | 98% (229) |
| 2023-24 | 223 | 16.8 | 13.3:1 | 99% (220) |
| 2022-23 | 222 | 16 | 13.9:1 | 72% (159) |
| 2020-21 | 216 | 16 | 13.5:1 | 60% (130) |
| 2017-18 | 246 | 17.1 | 14.4:1 | 61% (150) |
| 2015-16 | 262 | 17 | 15.4:1 | 58% (152) |
| 2010-11 | 305 | 19 | 16.1:1 | 60% (184) |
| 2000-01 | 438 | 28 | 15.6:1 | 44% (193) |
| 1990-91 | 399 | 28 | 14.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Happy Valley Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (246 to 234); teachers down 26% (17.1 to 12.6).
About Happy Valley Elementary
Happy Valley Elementary operates as a low-enrollment elementary school in Lenoir, North Carolina. The school runs pre-K through 8 and enrolls 234 students. By comparison, elementary schools in North Carolina enroll about 467 students on average.
District-wide, Caldwell County Schools has 25 schools and 10,667 students.
Happy Valley Elementary is 91% White by enrollment. Next come 5% multiracial and 4% Hispanic. The diversity index for Happy Valley Elementary is 17%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
A staff of 12.6 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 18.5:1. The gap from the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina is 3.7 students per teacher. By family income, 98% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, Happy Valley Elementary lands at C-, ahead of 23% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
Schools in North Carolina with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 49.0%. Happy Valley Elementary scores 43.4%.
The school's county is Caldwell County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $56,425 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 19% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. Happy Valley Elementary shares Caldwell County with 25 other public schools.
About 4.2 miles separate Happy Valley Elementary from the closest public school, Valmead Elementary. Other public schools within five miles: 3. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 48.5%; Happy Valley Elementary's is 43.4%, ranking 5th of 7.
NCES describes the area around Happy Valley Elementary as Rural: Fringe, meaning in rural territory close to an urban area.
The school's enrollment rose 8% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 13.5:1; by 2024-25 it was 18.5:1.
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Caldwell County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
80,536
Census ACS
Median income
$56,425
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
26
10,920 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Caldwell County Schools
- South Caldwell HighHigh · 1,272 students
- Hibriten HighHigh · 818 students
- Hudson ElementaryElementary · 665 students
- Granite Falls ElementaryElementary · 647 students
- West Caldwell HighHigh · 634 students
- Hudson MiddleMiddle · 551 students
Other schools in Lenoir
- Hibriten HighHigh · 818 students
- West Caldwell HighHigh · 634 students
- William Lenoir MiddleMiddle · 512 students
- Gamewell ElementaryElementary · 459 students
- Gamewell MiddleMiddle · 457 students
- Davenport A+ SchoolElementary · 429 students
Other Happy Valley Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 5 states are named Happy Valley Elementary. Happy Valley Elementary is the 6th largest of the 7.
- Happy Valley ElementaryJohnson City, TN · 506 students
- Happy Valley Elementary SchoolHappy Valley, OR · 491 students
- Happy Valley ElementaryLafayette, CA · 463 students
- Happy Valley Elementary SchoolBellingham, WA · 455 students
- Happy Valley ElementaryAnderson, CA · 242 students
Nearby schools
- Valmead Elementary4.2 mi · 305
- Caldwell Online Academy4.9 mi · 138
- Horizons Elementary4.9 mi · 29
- Lower Creek Elementary5.7 mi · 396
- Davenport A+ School5.9 mi · 429
- Hibriten High6.1 mi · 818
Frequently asked questions
About Happy Valley ElementaryHow many students attend Happy Valley Elementary?
Happy Valley Elementary enrolls approximately 234 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Happy Valley Elementary serve?
Happy Valley Elementary serves grades PK-08.
How many students per teacher at Happy Valley Elementary?
Approximately 18.5:1 students per teacher at Happy Valley Elementary.
How diverse is Happy Valley Elementary?
Happy Valley Elementary reports a student body of 91% White, 4% Hispanic, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Happy Valley Elementary?
Happy Valley Elementary is overseen by Caldwell County Schools in Caldwell County.
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