Haw River Elementary

Haw River Elementary operates as a mid-tier K-5 school in Haw River, North Carolina, operated by Alamance-Burlington Schools. Current enrollment sits at 490 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

Alamance-Burlington Schools runs 37 schools in total, collectively educating 22,661 students. Haw River Elementary is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Haw River Elementary lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 61% of enrollment. The remainder looks like 24% Black, 8% White, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Alamance County as a whole is about 15% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Haw River Elementary lists 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Alamance County runs at roughly 80%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Haw River Elementary falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 48.7%; this one comes in at 28.5%, -20.2 points off the demographic line.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Alamance County put the typical household earns roughly $65,651 per year, about 29% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Haw River Elementary is one of 42 public schools in Alamance County (combined enrollment of about 25,737 students).

Nearest neighbor: Alamance Community School, around 1.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Haw River Elementary at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 35.6%.

Haw River Elementary operates from an outer-ring location.

Five-year trend. Haw River Elementary's enrollment has declined 11% since 2018, when it stood at 551 (now 490). Hispanic enrollment moved from 49% to 61% across the same window.

Inside the community feed, the feed for Haw River Elementary typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.