Irving Park Elementary

As a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school in Greensboro, North Carolina, Irving Park Elementary hosts 541 students from grades pre-K through 5, part of Guilford County Schools.

Irving Park Elementary is one of 123 schools operated by Guilford County Schools, a district that teaches 68,535 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Irving Park Elementary records that the largest single group is Black at 39%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 23% White, 16% Hispanic, 14% Asian, 7% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, Irving Park Elementary reports 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.7:1. The state averages about 14.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 99% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Guilford County's rate of about 89%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Irving Park Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 48.5%; this one delivers 49.7%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Guilford County) logs that median household income runs about $68,642, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Guilford County runs 143 public schools (combined enrollment of about 79,539 students), of which Irving Park Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Kiser Middle, roughly 0.8 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Irving Park Elementary. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Irving Park Elementary ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 54.8%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Looking at the recent track record. Irving Park Elementary's enrollment has declined 7% since 2018, when it stood at 584 (now 541). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 14.7:1 today.

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