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Monroeton Elementary

8081 US Highway 158, Reidsville, NC 27320 · (336) 634-3280 · Rockingham County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL493 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 20% of North Carolina public elementary schools
  • C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • C-Beats 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

Enrollment
493
Elementary
DISTRICT 407 · STATE 467
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.2:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
488 students
DISTRICT 98% · 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

GradeStudentsShare
Pre-K214%
Kindergarten7916%
Grade 18016%
Grade 27114%
Grade 38317%
Grade 47916%
Grade 58016%

This year's kindergarten class (79) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (80).

Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 71% · US 70%
White
25953%
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 42% · US 43%
Hispanic
449%
DISTRICT 17% · STATE 22% · US 30%
Black
14730%
DISTRICT 22% · STATE 25% · US 15%
Asian
20%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 4% · US 6%
Two+
418%
DISTRICT 8% · STATE 6% · US 5%
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
Male
24850%
Female
24550%

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Test scores

NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)
English Language Arts
41.4%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
48.0%
NC avg 52.2%

What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
42.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.6%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.3pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 42% 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 Monroeton Elementary

Monroeton Elementary's state test result (42.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Monroeton Elementary this school49399.0%42.4%
Vanceboro-Farm Life Elementary
Vanceboro
49498.2%40.9%
Northside Elementary
Elizabeth City
41999.3%54.5%
White Oak Elementary
Edenton
48899.4%N/A
Chocowinity Primary
Chocowinity
48498.8%86.4%
G W Carver Elementary
Pinetops
55097.8%55.6%
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 Monroeton Elementary ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn North CarolinaIn Rockingham County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
42.4%#1,036 of 1,297#10 of 13
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
48.0%#955 of 1,296#8 of 13
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
41.4%#898 of 1,300#9 of 13
Enrollment
ranked largest first
493#633 of 1,485#4 of 15
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
16.3:1#1,070 of 1,377#11 of 15
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
62.0%#624 of 1,379#7 of 15
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
99.0%#653 of 1,414#4 of 14
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked fastest growth first
+2.7%#315 of 369N/A
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 2024-25
Enrollment
493
+80 (+19%) vs 2020
+45% since 1990-91, when it was 340
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 13.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2549330.316.3:199% (488)
2023-244913115.8:199% (488)
2022-2343629.914.6:165% (284)
2020-214133013.8:153% (219)
2017-184802916.6:164% (308)
2015-164693015.6:198% (458)
2010-115133415.1:151% (264)
2000-012952312.8:125% (75)
1990-913401522.7:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Monroeton Elementary.

Since 2017-18: students up 3% (480 to 493); teachers up 5% (29 to 30.3).

About Monroeton Elementary

In Reidsville, North Carolina, part of Rockingham County, Monroeton Elementary is an elementary school. The school has 493 students in 2024-25 across pre-K through 5.

Monroeton Elementary is one school in a 23-school district, Rockingham County Schools, which enrolls 11,114 students.

About 53% of the student body at Monroeton Elementary is White. Other students are 30% Black, 9% Hispanic, and 8% multiracial. By comparison, Rockingham County residents are about 73% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 62, compared with 70 nationally.

Teacher count: 30.3 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 16.3:1. Compared with the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina, this school's ratio is higher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 99%. The average for public schools in Rockingham County is similar, at 98%.

Among North Carolina public elementary schools, Monroeton Elementary outscored 20%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.

On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Monroeton Elementary is 6.3 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 42.4% actual, 48.6% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in North Carolina.

Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Rockingham County show that median household income comes to about $57,053, roughly 17% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 12%. The county's public schools total 27, with about 12,299 students.

Reidsville Middle is about 2.1 miles from Monroeton Elementary, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 34.0%, lower than Monroeton Elementary's 42.4%.

The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Fringe: in rural territory close to an urban area.

In 2020-21, Monroeton Elementary enrolled 413 students. By 2024-25, that number had grown to 493. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 13.8:1 to 16.3:1.

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Rockingham County at a glance

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Population
92,131
Census ACS
Median income
$57,053
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
27
12,299 students

Quick facts

School name
Monroeton Elementary
District
Rockingham County Schools
Address
8081 US Highway 158, Reidsville, NC 27320
Phone
(336) 634-3280
County
Rockingham County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–05
Total enrollment
493
Teachers (FTE)
30
Student–teacher ratio
16.3:1
Free and reduced lunch
488 (99%)
Locale
41-Rural: Fringe
NCES ID
370399001594
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

Related schools

Other schools in Rockingham County Schools
Other schools in Reidsville
Nearby schools

Frequently asked questions

About Monroeton Elementary
How many students attend Monroeton Elementary?
Monroeton Elementary enrolls approximately 493 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Monroeton Elementary serve?
Monroeton Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Monroeton Elementary?
Approximately 16.3:1 students per teacher at Monroeton Elementary.
How diverse is Monroeton Elementary?
Monroeton Elementary reports a student body of 53% White, 9% Hispanic, 30% Black, 0% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Monroeton Elementary?
Monroeton Elementary is overseen by Rockingham County Schools in Rockingham County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.
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