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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Ida Rankin Elementary School this year?
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Enrollment
533
Elementary
DISTRICT 457 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GASTON COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370162000706
Ida Rankin Elementary School
301 W Central Avenue, Mount Holly, NC 28120 · (704) 836-9136 · Gaston County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL533 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 71% 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.
- A-Beats 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
14.3:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
520 students
DISTRICT 88% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 18 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 80 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 84 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 91 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 97 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 90 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (80) is 11% smaller than its 5th grade class (90).
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
65.9%
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 66 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
61.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.0%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% 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 Ida Rankin Elementary School
Ida Rankin Elementary School's state test result (61.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ida Rankin Elementary School this school | 533 | 97.6% | 61.6% |
| Northeast Elementary Pikeville | 497 | 99.4% | 55.8% |
| Central Elementary Eden | 521 | 98.1% | 41.0% |
| Chocowinity Primary Chocowinity | 484 | 98.8% | 86.4% |
| Granite Quarry Elementary Salisbury | 586 | 99.5% | 40.2% |
| Cash Elementary Kernersville | 520 | 99.4% | 64.2% |
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 Ida Rankin Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Gaston County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.6% | #457 of 1,297 | #8 of 27 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.9% | #446 of 1,296 | #8 of 27 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.2% | #538 of 1,300 | #9 of 27 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 533 | #517 of 1,485 | #10 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #552 of 1,377 | #10 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.8% | #433 of 1,379 | #13 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.6% | #959 of 1,414 | #27 of 31 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.2% | #375 of 937 | #7 of 22 |
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
533
-19 (-3%) vs 2020
-1% since 1990-91, when it was 539
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 15.3:1
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 | 533 | 37.3 | 14.3:1 | 98% (520) |
| 2023-24 | 510 | 34.5 | 14.8:1 | 99% (505) |
| 2022-23 | 507 | 33.2 | 15.3:1 | 57% (289) |
| 2020-21 | 552 | 36 | 15.3:1 | 40% (222) |
| 2017-18 | 636 | 35.1 | 18.1:1 | 50% (319) |
| 2015-16 | 650 | 34 | 19.1:1 | 60% (391) |
| 2010-11 | 651 | 32 | 20.3:1 | 54% (349) |
| 2000-01 | 642 | 36 | 17.8:1 | 30% (191) |
| 1990-91 | 539 | 31 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ida Rankin Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (636 to 533); teachers up 6% (35.1 to 37.3).
About Ida Rankin Elementary School
Ida Rankin Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school based in Mount Holly, North Carolina. It is open to students in pre-K through 5 and enrolls 533 students.
Gaston County Schools is the district for Ida Rankin Elementary School. It has 56 schools and 30,995 students.
Of every 100 students at Ida Rankin Elementary School, about 50 are White, the largest group. It is also 24% Black, 17% Hispanic, and 8% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Gaston County is roughly 68% White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 66%.
Ida Rankin Elementary School lists 37.3 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 14.3 students per teacher. The average ratio among elementary schools in North Carolina is similar, at 14.9:1. About 98% of students at Ida Rankin Elementary School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Gaston County is 85%.
Among North Carolina public elementary schools, Ida Rankin Elementary School outscored 71%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
Ida Rankin Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of North Carolina schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 61.6% and a predicted 49.0%.
In Gaston County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $67,478 a year, roughly 27% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Ida Rankin Elementary School, Gaston County has 61 public schools.
Mount Holly Middle sits about 0.2 miles from Ida Rankin Elementary School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, Ida Rankin Elementary School ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Mid-size.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 3% decline, from 552 to 533. The ratio of students to teachers went from 15.3:1 to 14.3:1 over the same years.
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Gaston County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
234,881
Census ACS
Median income
$67,478
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
61
35,898 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Gaston County Schools
- Ashbrook HighHigh · 1,386 students
- Hunter Huss HighHigh · 1,165 students
- Forestview HighHigh · 1,133 students
- North Gaston HighHigh · 1,061 students
- South Point HighHigh · 989 students
- Cramerton MiddleMiddle · 959 students
Other schools in Mount Holly
- East Gaston HighHigh · 917 students
- Mount Holly MiddleMiddle · 570 students
- Pinewood ElementaryElementary · 508 students
Nearby schools
- Mount Holly Middle0.2 mi · 570
- Whitewater Middle1.9 mi · 731
- Catawba Heights Elementary1.9 mi · 238
- Whitewater Academy2.0 mi · 832
- North Belmont Elementary2.4 mi · 371
- Pinewood Elementary2.5 mi · 508
Frequently asked questions
About Ida Rankin Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Ida Rankin Elementary School?
Ida Rankin Elementary School enrolls approximately 533 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Ida Rankin Elementary School serve?
Ida Rankin Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Ida Rankin Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Ida Rankin Elementary School is approximately 14.3:1 (37 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Ida Rankin Elementary School?
Ida Rankin Elementary School reports a student body of 50% White, 17% Hispanic, 24% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Ida Rankin Elementary School public or private?
Ida Rankin Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Gaston County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.