Enrollment
190
Elementary
DISTRICT 273 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTGOMERY COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370306001310
Mount Gilead Elementary
100 School Street, Mount Gilead, NC 27306 · (910) 439-5411 · Montgomery County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL190 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 2% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
17.3:1
11 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
181 students
DISTRICT 98% · 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 | 14 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 25 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 26 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 27 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 33 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 34 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 31 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (25) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (31).
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
30.5%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
26.7%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NC schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
26.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.8%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-22.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 50% typical for North Carolina schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Mount Gilead Elementary
Mount Gilead Elementary's state test result (26.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Gilead Elementary this school | 190 | 95.3% | 26.8% |
| East Elementary Kings Mountain | 199 | 97.5% | 58.6% |
| Vaughan Elementary Macon | 158 | 98.1% | 47.2% |
| Madison Elementary McLeansville | 204 | 98.5% | 40.3% |
| Ansonville Elementary Ansonville | 158 | 98.1% | 54.9% |
| Chadbourn Elementary Chadbourn | 233 | 98.7% | 47.1% |
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 Mount Gilead Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.8% | #1,271 of 1,297 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.7% | #1,271 of 1,296 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.5% | #1,180 of 1,300 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 190 | #1,396 of 1,485 | #7 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.3% | #1,057 of 1,414 | #6 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -31.7% | #71 of 937 | 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
190
-22 (-10%) vs 2020
-57% since 1990-91, when it was 442
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
was 14.1:1
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 | 190 | 11 | 17.3:1 | 95% (181) |
| 2023-24 | 206 | 11 | 18.7:1 | 99% (203) |
| 2022-23 | 213 | 13 | 16.4:1 | 87% (186) |
| 2020-21 | 212 | 15 | 14.1:1 | 76% (162) |
| 2017-18 | 278 | 16.5 | 16.9:1 | 75% (209) |
| 2015-16 | 324 | 20 | 16.2:1 | 76% (245) |
| 2010-11 | 353 | 25 | 14.1:1 | 80% (281) |
| 2000-01 | 421 | 30 | 14.0:1 | 73% (309) |
| 1990-91 | 442 | 28 | 15.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mount Gilead Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 32% (278 to 190); teachers down 33% (16.5 to 11).
About Mount Gilead Elementary
Mount Gilead Elementary is a public small elementary school in Mount Gilead, North Carolina. Enrollment totals 190 students across pre-K through 5. On average, elementary schools in North Carolina enroll around 467, and this school is 59% below that mark.
Across its 11 schools, Montgomery County Schools enrolls 3,587 students. Mount Gilead Elementary is one of those schools.
The student body at Mount Gilead Elementary has no majority group. Black students lead at 47%. The remaining shares are 31% White, 11% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, and 5% Asian. Montgomery County as a whole is about 16% Black, so the school's share is higher. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 67, compared with 70 nationally.
Classroom staffing at Mount Gilead Elementary totals 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 17.3:1. Compared with the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina, this school's ratio is higher. Federal data show 95% of students (181) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, Mount Gilead Elementary lands at F, ahead of 2% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
BeatsExpectations places Mount Gilead Elementary in the bottom 10% of North Carolina schools. The measure fits a line through proficiency and free or reduced-price lunch share for each state, and this school sits 22.9 points below it (26.8% actual, 49.8% predicted).
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Montgomery County show that the median household earns about $57,766 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 19%, and about 12% of people live in poverty. Montgomery County has 12 public schools with about 3,818 students, including Mount Gilead Elementary.
Norwood Elementary is about 6.3 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Other public schools within ten miles number 5. Ranked by average proficiency, Mount Gilead Elementary places 7th out of 7 schools in its immediate area.
The NCES locale for Mount Gilead Elementary is Rural: Remote, which covers schools in rural territory far from an urban area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell from 212 to 190, a 10% drop. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 14.1:1 to 17.3:1.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Mount Gilead Elementary. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Montgomery County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
26,007
Census ACS
Median income
$57,766
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
12
3,818 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Montgomery County Schools
- Montgomery Central HighHigh · 846 students
- East MiddleMiddle · 422 students
- Candor ElementaryElementary · 368 students
- West MiddleMiddle · 343 students
- Troy ElementaryElementary · 291 students
- Montgomery County Early CollegeHigh · 282 students
Nearby schools
- Norwood Elementary6.3 mi · 354
- West Middle8.1 mi · 343
- South Stanly High9.1 mi · 442
- South Stanly Middle9.2 mi · 402
- Ansonville Elementary9.4 mi · 158
- Montgomery Learning Academy11.7 mi · 54
Frequently asked questions
About Mount Gilead ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Mount Gilead Elementary?
Mount Gilead Elementary enrolls approximately 190 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Mount Gilead Elementary serve?
Mount Gilead Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Mount Gilead Elementary have?
Mount Gilead Elementary employs 11 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.3:1.
How diverse is Mount Gilead Elementary?
Mount Gilead Elementary reports a student body of 31% White, 6% Hispanic, 47% Black, 5% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Who oversees Mount Gilead Elementary?
Mount Gilead Elementary is overseen by Montgomery County Schools in Montgomery County.
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