Enrollment
291
Elementary
DISTRICT 452 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GUILFORD COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370192000819
Monticello-Brown Summit Elem
5006 NC Highway 150 East, Browns Summit, NC 27214 · (336) 656-4010 · Guilford County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL291 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 53% 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
13.4:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
288 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 18 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 37 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 45 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 42 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 63 | 22% |
| Grade 4 | 39 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 47 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (37) is 21% smaller than its 5th grade class (47).
Student demographics
69%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
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NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
53.1%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
61.9%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 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
55.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.6%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% 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 Monticello-Brown Summit Elem
Monticello-Brown Summit Elem's state test result (55.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monticello-Brown Summit Elem this school | 291 | 99.0% | 55.3% |
| Little River Elementary Durham | 326 | 99.1% | 56.7% |
| Central Elementary Hillsborough | 261 | 98.9% | 48.6% |
| Valmead Elementary Lenoir | 305 | 97.4% | 39.5% |
| Acme Delco Elementary Riegelwood | 349 | 99.1% | 45.2% |
| Pleasant Grove Elementary Burlington | 271 | 98.9% | 32.1% |
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 Monticello-Brown Summit Elem ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Guilford County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.3% | #653 of 1,297 | #25 of 64 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.9% | #563 of 1,296 | #18 of 64 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.1% | #510 of 1,300 | #20 of 64 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 291 | #1,200 of 1,485 | #62 of 76 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #311 of 1,377 | #12 of 72 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.0% | #256 of 1,379 | #12 of 72 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.0% | #664 of 1,414 | #50 of 74 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.3% | #123 of 937 | #5 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. 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
291
-18 (-6%) vs 2020
-22% since 1990-91, when it was 373
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
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 | 291 | 21.8 | 13.4:1 | 99% (288) |
| 2023-24 | 302 | 23.6 | 12.8:1 | 99% (299) |
| 2022-23 | 294 | 19.2 | 15.3:1 | 69% (203) |
| 2020-21 | 309 | 24 | 12.9:1 | 49% (151) |
| 2017-18 | 400 | 24.1 | 16.6:1 | 65% (258) |
| 2015-16 | 404 | 22 | 18.4:1 | 60% (243) |
| 2010-11 | 472 | 28 | 16.9:1 | 48% (228) |
| 2000-01 | 652 | 38 | 17.2:1 | 21% (136) |
| 1990-91 | 373 | 22 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Monticello-Brown Summit Elem.
Since 2017-18: students down 27% (400 to 291); teachers down 10% (24.1 to 21.8).
About Monticello-Brown Summit Elem
Monticello-Brown Summit Elem is a small elementary school based in Browns Summit, North Carolina. It has an enrollment of 291 students in pre-K through 5. That compares with an average of about 467 students for elementary schools in North Carolina.
Monticello-Brown Summit Elem reports to Guilford County Schools, which has 123 schools and 68,535 students.
At Monticello-Brown Summit Elem, White students make up the biggest share, 42%. Other students are 26% Hispanic, 25% Black, and 5% multiracial. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 69, compared with 70 nationally.
Monticello-Brown Summit Elem reports a ratio of 13.4 students per teacher, from 21.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school's 13.4:1 compares with an average of 14.9:1 for elementary schools in North Carolina. Lunch program data show 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That rate is above the 89% average among public schools in Guilford County.
Among North Carolina public elementary schools, Monticello-Brown Summit Elem outscored 53%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
Monticello-Brown Summit Elem's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (55.3%) and its predicted rate (48.6%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of North Carolina schools.
For Guilford County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $68,642 a year, roughly 39% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Monticello-Brown Summit Elem, Guilford County has 143 public schools.
Among nearby public schools, Brown Summit Middle is closest at about 1.6 miles. Other public schools within five miles number 4. Among 7 nearby schools that report test results, Monticello-Brown Summit Elem ranks 2nd on proficiency.
The school is in rural territory close to an urban area, according to its NCES locale (Rural: Fringe).
In 2020-21, Monticello-Brown Summit Elem enrolled 309 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 291.
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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 Browns Summit
- Summit Creek AcademyElementary · 749 students
- Piedmont Classical High SchoolHigh · 478 students
- Ronald E. McNair ElementaryElementary · 447 students
- Brown Summit MiddleMiddle · 242 students
Nearby schools
- Brown Summit Middle1.6 mi · 242
- Reedy Fork Elementary2.5 mi · 538
- Northeast Guilford Middle4.0 mi · 675
- Northeast Guilford High4.1 mi · 977
- Madison Elementary5.1 mi · 204
- Northern Guilford Elementary5.2 mi · 622
Frequently asked questions
About Monticello-Brown Summit ElemWhat is the total enrollment at Monticello-Brown Summit Elem?
Monticello-Brown Summit Elem enrolls approximately 291 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Monticello-Brown Summit Elem serve?
Monticello-Brown Summit Elem serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Monticello-Brown Summit Elem have?
Monticello-Brown Summit Elem employs 22 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Monticello-Brown Summit Elem?
At Monticello-Brown Summit Elem, the student body is approximately 42% White, 26% Hispanic, 25% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Monticello-Brown Summit Elem public or private?
Monticello-Brown Summit Elem is a public K-12 school, overseen by Guilford County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.