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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Lyle Creek Elementary this year?
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Enrollment
458
Elementary
DISTRICT 521 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CATAWBA COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370069002573
Lyle Creek Elementary
1845 Edgewater Drive NW, Conover, NC 28613 · (828) 464-0299 · Catawba County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL458 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 48% 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.
- BBeats 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
14.7:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
455 students
DISTRICT 86% · 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 | 52 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 74 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 53 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 58 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 61 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 56 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 54 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 50 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (74) is 48% larger than its 6th grade class (50).
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · 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
47.0%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
57.5%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 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
53.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% 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 Lyle Creek Elementary
Lyle Creek Elementary's state test result (53.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lyle Creek Elementary this school | 458 | 99.3% | 53.8% |
| Archdale Elementary School Archdale | 355 | 99.2% | 50.1% |
| Trent Park Elementary New Bern | 390 | 96.2% | 56.3% |
| Allen Jay Elementary High Point | 467 | 99.4% | 50.0% |
| Shuford Elementary Conover | 402 | 96.3% | 64.4% |
| Oxford Elementary Claremont | 540 | 98.7% | 43.4% |
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 Lyle Creek Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Catawba County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.8% | #707 of 1,297 | #17 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.5% | #683 of 1,296 | #18 of 23 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #727 of 1,300 | #16 of 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 458 | #729 of 1,485 | #13 of 24 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.7:1 | #662 of 1,377 | #4 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.4% | #51 of 1,379 | #6 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.3% | #345 of 1,414 | #9 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.2% | #324 of 937 | #8 of 18 |
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
458
-20 (-4%) vs 2020
-16% since 2010-11, when it was 548
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
was 12.9:1
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 | 458 | 31.2 | 14.7:1 | 99% (455) |
| 2023-24 | 444 | 35.3 | 12.6:1 | 99% (441) |
| 2022-23 | 446 | 34 | 13.1:1 | 73% (327) |
| 2020-21 | 478 | 37 | 12.9:1 | 56% (269) |
| 2017-18 | 560 | 35 | 16.0:1 | 64% (357) |
| 2015-16 | 522 | 38 | 13.7:1 | 64% (335) |
| 2010-11 | 548 | 36 | 15.2:1 | 64% (353) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lyle Creek Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (560 to 458); teachers down 11% (35 to 31.2).
About Lyle Creek Elementary
Lyle Creek Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school with its address in Conover, North Carolina. The school covers pre-K through 6 and reported 458 students in 2024-25.
Lyle Creek Elementary is one of 28 schools in Catawba County Schools, which enrolls 16,003 students in total.
The student body at Lyle Creek Elementary has no majority group. White students lead at 36%. The next largest groups are 25% Hispanic, 24% Asian, 12% multiracial, and 3% Black. The school's White share is 38 points below the 75% share among Catawba County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 73%.
Lyle Creek Elementary has a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.7:1, with 31.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is in line with the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina. The school has 99% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 86% average for public schools in Catawba County, the school's rate is higher.
Lyle Creek Elementary earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 48% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
Lyle Creek Elementary's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (53.8%) and its predicted rate (48.5%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of North Carolina schools.
The school is in Catawba County, where median household income comes to about $67,864, roughly 26% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Catawba County's 44 public schools enroll about 22,392 students and include Lyle Creek Elementary.
Lyle Creek Elementary's closest public school neighbor is Newton-Conover Middle, about 1.9 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 53.1% on proficiency, and Lyle Creek Elementary is above that at 53.8%.
In the federal locale system, Lyle Creek Elementary is coded Suburb: Mid-size, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment fell 4% over 4 years, reaching 458 in 2024-25. The ratio of students to teachers went from 12.9:1 to 14.7:1 over the same years.
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Catawba County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
163,573
Census ACS
Median income
$67,864
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
44
22,392 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Catawba County Schools
- Saint Stephens HighHigh · 1,268 students
- Bandys HighHigh · 935 students
- Fred T Foard HighHigh · 930 students
- Maiden HighHigh · 852 students
- Bunker Hill HighHigh · 845 students
- Saint Stephens ElementaryElementary · 711 students
Other schools in Conover
- Saint Stephens ElementaryElementary · 711 students
- Newton-Conover MiddleMiddle · 559 students
- Shuford ElementaryElementary · 402 students
- Conover Special EducationCombined · 107 students
Nearby schools
- Newton-Conover Middle1.9 mi · 559
- Shuford Elementary2.0 mi · 402
- Webb A Murray Elementary3.0 mi · 380
- Oxford Elementary3.0 mi · 540
- Conover Special Education3.5 mi · 107
- Claremont Elementary3.9 mi · 462
Frequently asked questions
About Lyle Creek ElementaryHow many students attend Lyle Creek Elementary?
Lyle Creek Elementary enrolls approximately 458 students in grades PK-06.
Is Lyle Creek Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Lyle Creek Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many teachers does Lyle Creek Elementary have?
Lyle Creek Elementary employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Lyle Creek Elementary?
Student demographics at Lyle Creek Elementary are roughly 36% White, 25% Hispanic, 3% Black, 24% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Who oversees Lyle Creek Elementary?
Lyle Creek Elementary is overseen by Catawba County Schools in Catawba County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.