Enrollment
236
Elementary
DISTRICT 452 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GUILFORD COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370192000958
Kirkman Park Elementary
1101 North Centennial Street, High Point, NC 27262 · (336) 819-2905 · Guilford County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL236 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
233 students
DISTRICT 92% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 43 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 44 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 38 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 36 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 47 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 28 | 12% |
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
51.3%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
45.2%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 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
46.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.7%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% 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 →
Where Kirkman Park Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Guilford County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.4% | #919 of 1,297 | #41 of 64 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.2% | #1,029 of 1,296 | #46 of 64 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.3% | #566 of 1,300 | #22 of 64 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 236 | #1,319 of 1,485 | #67 of 76 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.4:1 | #18 of 1,377 | #1 of 72 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.8% | #710 of 1,379 | #42 of 72 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.7% | #773 of 1,414 | #53 of 74 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -32.2% | #67 of 937 | #2 of 49 |
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.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
236
-20 (-8%) vs 2020
-32% since 2000-01, when it was 345
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
was 9.8:1
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 | 236 | 22.7 | 10.4:1 | 99% (233) |
| 2023-24 | 247 | 22.6 | 10.9:1 | 99% (244) |
| 2022-23 | 259 | 24.2 | 10.7:1 | 99% (256) |
| 2020-21 | 256 | 26 | 9.8:1 | 96% (247) |
| 2017-18 | 348 | 28.1 | 12.4:1 | 99% (345) |
| 2015-16 | 331 | 23 | 14.4:1 | 98% (326) |
| 2010-11 | 292 | 22 | 13.3:1 | 73% (214) |
| 2000-01 | 345 | 29 | 11.9:1 | 93% (321) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kirkman Park Elementary.
About Kirkman Park Elementary
The public elementary school Kirkman Park Elementary is located in High Point, North Carolina. It educates 236 students in pre-K through 5. The school's enrollment is 49% smaller than the 467 average for elementary schools in North Carolina.
Kirkman Park Elementary is one of 123 schools in Guilford County Schools, which enrolls 68,535 students in total.
Black students make up a majority at Kirkman Park Elementary, at 56%. The remaining shares are 27% Hispanic, 8% White, 6% multiracial, and 2% Asian. Census estimates put the Black share of Guilford County's population at about 34%. Kirkman Park Elementary's diversity index is 60%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school reports 22.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 10.4 students per teacher. That is 4.5 students per teacher below the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 99% of students. The 89% average for public schools in Guilford County is 10 points lower.
Kirkman Park Elementary scores 46.4% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 48.7%.
Across Guilford County, the median household income is $68,642, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. In all, Guilford County has 143 public schools and roughly 79,539 students.
Penn-Griffin Schools is located about 0.8 miles from Kirkman Park Elementary. The five-mile area around Kirkman Park Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Kirkman Park Elementary ranks 5th on proficiency.
Its location is classified as City: Mid-size by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment is down 8% from 2020-21, when Kirkman Park Elementary had 256 students, to 2024-25, when it had 236.
The Kirkman Park Elementary community page is open for posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Guilford County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
547,940
Census ACS
Median income
$68,642
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
143
79,539 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Guilford County Schools
- Northwest Guilford HighHigh · 2,055 students
- Grimsley HighHigh · 1,967 students
- Page HighHigh · 1,648 students
- Southwest Guilford HighHigh · 1,547 students
- James B Dudley HighHigh · 1,403 students
- Ben L. Smith High SchoolHigh · 1,348 students
Other schools in High Point
- Phoenix Academy - Primary Elem UpperCombined · 1,583 students
- Southwest Guilford HighHigh · 1,547 students
- Southwest Guilford MiddleMiddle · 1,032 students
- High Point Central HighHigh · 1,005 students
- Southwest ElementaryElementary · 808 students
- T Wingate Andrews HighHigh · 753 students
Nearby schools
- Penn-Griffin Schools0.8 mi · 539
- Johnson Street Global Studies0.8 mi · 389
- Kearns Academy0.9 mi · 108
- Welborn Middle0.9 mi · 376
- Montlieu Academy of Technology1.0 mi · 499
- T Wingate Andrews High1.1 mi · 753
Frequently asked questions
About Kirkman Park ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Kirkman Park Elementary?
Kirkman Park Elementary enrolls approximately 236 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Kirkman Park Elementary serve?
Kirkman Park Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Kirkman Park Elementary?
Approximately 10.4:1 students per teacher at Kirkman Park Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Kirkman Park Elementary?
Student demographics at Kirkman Park Elementary are roughly 8% White, 27% Hispanic, 56% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Kirkman Park Elementary?
Kirkman Park Elementary is overseen by Guilford County Schools in Guilford County.
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