Enrollment
371
Elementary
DISTRICT 437 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ORANGE COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370348002536
Pathways Elementary
431 Strouds Creek Road, Hillsborough, NC 27278 · (919) 732-9136 · Orange County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL371 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 80% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
13.8:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
202 students
DISTRICT 62% · 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 | 42 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 53 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 64 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 49 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 43 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 53 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 67 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (53) is 21% smaller than its 5th grade class (67).
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
62.0%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
76.7%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 77 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
71.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.2%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 Pathways Elementary
Pathways Elementary's state test result (71.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pathways Elementary this school | 371 | 54.4% | 71.3% |
| E M Yoder Elementary Mebane | 336 | 51.5% | 60.1% |
| Hall Fletcher Elementary Asheville | 318 | 58.8% | 50.7% |
| Ira B Jones Elementary Asheville | 369 | 54.5% | 51.6% |
| Rand Road Elementary Garner | 394 | 52.5% | 63.6% |
| Park View Elementary Mooresville | 421 | 55.8% | N/A |
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 Pathways Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.3% | #197 of 1,297 | #7 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.7% | #175 of 1,296 | #5 of 18 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #277 of 1,300 | #12 of 18 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 371 | #994 of 1,485 | #17 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #409 of 1,377 | #16 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.2% | #563 of 1,379 | #12 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.4% | #1,140 of 1,414 | #5 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.4% | #658 of 937 | #11 of 15 |
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
371
-1 (0%) vs 2020
-21% since 2010-11, when it was 472
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 11.6:1
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 | 371 | 27 | 13.8:1 | 54% (202) |
| 2023-24 | 352 | 26.2 | 13.5:1 | 54% (189) |
| 2022-23 | 351 | 26.8 | 13.1:1 | 53% (187) |
| 2020-21 | 372 | 32 | 11.6:1 | 36% (134) |
| 2017-18 | 405 | 35.4 | 11.4:1 | 42% (169) |
| 2015-16 | 420 | 33 | 12.7:1 | 47% (199) |
| 2010-11 | 472 | 38 | 12.4:1 | 42% (197) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pathways Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (405 to 371); teachers down 24% (35.4 to 27).
About Pathways Elementary
Pathways Elementary is a small elementary school in North Carolina, with an address in Hillsborough. It covers pre-K through 5, with a total enrollment of 371 students. Enrollment is 21% lower than the average for elementary schools in North Carolina, which is about 467.
Pathways Elementary reports to Orange County Schools, which has 13 schools and 6,982 students.
Roughly 55% of students at Pathways Elementary are White. Other reported shares: 18% Black, 15% Hispanic, and 10% multiracial. Orange County's residents are about 69% White, 14 points above the school's share. The school's diversity index is 63%, meaning two students picked at random have a 63% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Pathways Elementary's 27 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 13.8:1. On average, elementary schools in North Carolina have 14.9:1, compared with 13.8:1 here. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 54%. That is 14 points above the 40% average for public schools in Orange County.
Pathways Elementary is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 80% of North Carolina public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
After adjusting for student poverty, Pathways Elementary lands between the top and bottom 10% of North Carolina schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 71.3%; the prediction is 62.2%.
Pathways Elementary is located in Orange County, where the median household income is $90,089, about 62% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Besides Pathways Elementary, Orange County has 37 other public schools.
Nearest public school: Eno River Academy, about 0.4 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 61.0% on proficiency, and Pathways Elementary is above that at 71.3%.
For locale, NCES codes Pathways Elementary as Rural: Fringe.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 372 to 371. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 11.6:1; by 2024-25 it was 13.8:1.
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Orange County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
149,678
Census ACS
Median income
$90,089
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
62%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
38
19,582 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Orange County Schools
- Orange HighHigh · 1,161 students
- Cedar Ridge HighHigh · 1,148 students
- A L Stanback MiddleMiddle · 648 students
- Efland Cheeks ElementaryElementary · 532 students
- New Hope ElementaryElementary · 528 students
- River Park ElementaryElementary · 523 students
Other schools in Hillsborough
- Orange HighHigh · 1,161 students
- Cedar Ridge HighHigh · 1,148 students
- Eno River AcademyCombined · 828 students
- A L Stanback MiddleMiddle · 648 students
- River Park ElementaryElementary · 523 students
- Orange MiddleMiddle · 514 students
Other Pathways Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Pathways Elementary. Pathways Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- PATHWAYS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLORMOND BEACH, FL · 667 students
Nearby schools
- Eno River Academy0.4 mi · 828
- Orange High1.3 mi · 1,161
- Orange Middle1.5 mi · 514
- Hillsborough Elementary2.1 mi · 435
- Central Elementary2.2 mi · 261
- River Park Elementary2.4 mi · 523
Frequently asked questions
About Pathways ElementaryHow large is Pathways Elementary?
Pathways Elementary enrolls approximately 371 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Pathways Elementary serve?
Pathways Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Pathways Elementary?
Approximately 13.8:1 students per teacher at Pathways Elementary.
How diverse is Pathways Elementary?
Pathways Elementary reports a student body of 55% White, 15% Hispanic, 18% Black, 2% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Pathways Elementary?
Pathways Elementary is overseen by Orange County Schools in Orange County.
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