McLeansville Elementary

As a cozy elementary-level community in McLeansville, North Carolina, McLeansville Elementary caters to 332 students from grades pre-K through 5, run under Guilford County Schools. Compared to the state average of about 467 students per school, that is 29% leaner than typical.

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

On the student-mix side, McLeansville Elementary lists that the largest single group is Black at 47%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 25% White, 16% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 2% Asian. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 34%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 14.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Guilford County's rate of about 89%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, McLeansville Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.6%, the actual is 33.9%, a residual of -14.7 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Guilford County put the typical household earns roughly $68,642 per year, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Guilford County's 143 public schools (combined enrollment of about 79,539 students), McLeansville Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Eastern Guilford Middle, around 2.7 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts McLeansville Elementary at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 43.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 4%: 345 students in 2018 compared to 332 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment rose from 36% to 47% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 13.5:1 today.

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