Kirkman Park Elementary

Set in High Point, North Carolina, Kirkman Park Elementary is a tight-knit elementary school, operated by Guilford County Schools. It works with 236 students across grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, North Carolina's public schools average about 467 students each, so Kirkman Park Elementary sits 49% leaner than that benchmark.

Within Guilford County Schools, which oversees 123 schools and 68,535 students, Kirkman Park Elementary is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Kirkman Park Elementary records that the largest single group is Black, at 56% of enrollment. The remainder is composed of 27% Hispanic, 8% White, 6% multiracial, 2% Asian. By comparison, Guilford County as a whole is about 34% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.9:1, putting Kirkman Park Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. 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. By comparison, Guilford County runs at roughly 89%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Kirkman Park Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 46.4%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Guilford County indicate median household earnings sit near $68,642, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Guilford County's 143 public schools (combined enrollment of about 79,539 students), Kirkman Park Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Penn-Griffin Schools is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Kirkman Park Elementary ranks 5th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 39.9%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Over the past 7-year window. Kirkman Park Elementary's enrollment has declined 32% since 2018, when it stood at 348 (now 236). Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 20% to 27%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 12.4:1 in 2018 to 10.4:1 in 2025.

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