North Graham Elementary

Set in Graham, North Carolina, North Graham Elementary is a tight-knit K-5 school, part of Alamance-Burlington Schools. It educates 362 students across grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 22% below the typical public school in North Carolina, which averages around 467 students.

Alamance-Burlington Schools runs 37 schools in total, collectively educating 22,661 students. North Graham Elementary is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, North Graham Elementary logs that 37% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest looks like 34% Black, 17% White, 10% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 15% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, North Graham Elementary shows 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.9:1 average. Roughly 99% of students at North Graham Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Alamance County (around 80%), the school's rate is north of typical.

With demographic context factored in, North Graham Elementary falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 48.6%; this one comes in at 19.1%, -29.4 points off the demographic line.

Around the school, census data for Alamance County shows median household income runs about $65,651, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. North Graham Elementary is one of 42 public schools in Alamance County (combined enrollment of about 25,737 students).

The closest other public school is Graham High, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts North Graham Elementary at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 38.4%.

North Graham Elementary operates from a suburban location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 356 students in 2018 compared to 362 in 2025. Class-load math has rose: from 12.3:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 in 2025.

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