Enrollment
257
Elementary
DISTRICT 315 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WILKES COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370495001977
Moravian Falls Elementary School
2001 Moravian Falls Rd, Moravian Falls, NC 28654 · (336) 838-4077 · Wilkes County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL257 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 97% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+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
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
253 students
DISTRICT 99% · 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 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 41 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 38 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 40 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 40 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 35 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 45 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (41) is 9% smaller than its 5th grade class (45).
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 46% · 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
68.1%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
87.9%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 88 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NC schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
76.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.8%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+28.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 77% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 49% typical for North Carolina schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 28 points, placing it in North Carolina's top 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 Moravian Falls Elementary School
Moravian Falls Elementary School's state test result (76.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moravian Falls Elementary School this school | 257 | 98.4% | 76.9% |
| Star Elementary Star | 272 | 98.9% | 62.4% |
| Coleridge Elementary School Ramseur | 273 | 98.9% | 43.2% |
| Eastfield Global Magnet School Marion | 279 | 97.8% | 59.1% |
| Union Elementary Wingate | 296 | 99.0% | 65.8% |
| Copeland Elementary Dobson | 274 | 98.9% | 57.3% |
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 Moravian Falls Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Wilkes County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 76.9% | #112 of 1,297 | #1 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 87.9% | #39 of 1,296 | #1 of 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.1% | #164 of 1,300 | #1 of 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 257 | #1,278 of 1,485 | #8 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #974 of 1,377 | #8 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.2% | #703 of 1,379 | #2 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.4% | #845 of 1,414 | #9 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.1% | #223 of 369 | N/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 2024-25Enrollment
257
+12 (+5%) vs 2020
-4% since 1990-91, when it was 268
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 257 | 16.2 | 15.8:1 | 98% (253) |
| 2023-24 | 250 | 15.5 | 16.1:1 | 99% (247) |
| 2022-23 | 256 | 15.9 | 16.1:1 | 99% (253) |
| 2020-21 | 245 | 17 | 14.4:1 | 99% (242) |
| 2017-18 | 240 | 17 | 14.1:1 | 98% (236) |
| 2015-16 | 245 | 16 | 15.3:1 | 99% (242) |
| 2010-11 | 237 | 17 | 13.9:1 | 80% (190) |
| 2000-01 | 288 | 18 | 16.0:1 | 61% (176) |
| 1990-91 | 268 | 17 | 15.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Moravian Falls Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 7% (240 to 257); teachers down 4% (17 to 16.2).
About Moravian Falls Elementary School
Moravian Falls Elementary School is an elementary school with a street address in Moravian Falls, North Carolina. The school offers pre-K through 5 and enrolls 257 students. Across elementary schools in North Carolina, the average enrollment is about 467.
Moravian Falls Elementary School is part of a district of 22 schools: Wilkes County Schools, with 8,547 students.
The student body at Moravian Falls Elementary School is 51% White. Beyond that, enrollment is 36% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 4% Black. The White share of the county population is higher, at 87%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 60%.
The school has 16.2 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 15.8 students per teacher. The average for elementary schools in North Carolina is 14.9:1, so this school has more students per teacher. The school reported 98% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. Public schools in Wilkes County average a similar 99%.
Among North Carolina public elementary schools, Moravian Falls Elementary School outscored 97%, which works out to an A+ on the allk12 Grade.
On BeatsExpectations, which compares test results with what a school's student poverty level would predict, Moravian Falls Elementary School ranks in the top 10% in North Carolina. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 76.9%, against a prediction of 48.8%.
The school is in Wilkes County, where the median household earns about $51,721 a year, about 17% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 13%. Moravian Falls Elementary School shares Wilkes County with 21 other public schools.
Of the public schools around it, Moravian Falls Elementary School is closest to Central Wilkes Middle School, about 0.3 miles away. There are 4 other public schools within five miles. Moravian Falls Elementary School's average proficiency of 76.9% compares with 53.4% for its nearest scored neighbors.
In the federal locale system, Moravian Falls Elementary School is coded Rural: Fringe, for schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 257, up from 245 in 2020-21. Students per teacher increased from 14.4 in 2020-21 to 15.8 in 2024-25.
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Wilkes County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
65,935
Census ACS
Median income
$51,721
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
22
8,547 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Wilkes County Schools
- Wilkes Central High SchoolHigh · 719 students
- Millers Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 699 students
- West Wilkes High SchoolHigh · 582 students
- North Wilkes High SchoolHigh · 578 students
- Central Wilkes Middle SchoolMiddle · 564 students
- Mountain View Elementary SchoolElementary · 488 students
Other schools in Moravian Falls
- Central Wilkes Middle SchoolMiddle · 564 students
Nearby schools
- Central Wilkes Middle School0.3 mi · 564
- Wilkes Central High School0.9 mi · 719
- Wilkesboro Elementary School2.4 mi · 405
- Wilkes Early College High School2.7 mi · 265
- C C Wright Elementary School5.0 mi · 316
- West Wilkes Middle School6.0 mi · 450
Frequently asked questions
About Moravian Falls Elementary SchoolHow large is Moravian Falls Elementary School?
Moravian Falls Elementary School enrolls approximately 257 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Moravian Falls Elementary School serve?
Moravian Falls Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Moravian Falls Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Moravian Falls Elementary School is approximately 15.8:1 (16 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Moravian Falls Elementary School?
Student demographics at Moravian Falls Elementary School are roughly 51% White, 36% Hispanic, 4% Black, 0% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Moravian Falls Elementary School in?
Moravian Falls Elementary School is part of Wilkes County Schools.
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