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What's the one class at Pilot Elementary every student should take?
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Enrollment
556
Elementary
DISTRICT 452 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GUILFORD COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370192001865
Pilot Elementary
4701 Chimney Springs Drive, Greensboro, NC 27407 · (336) 316-5820 · Guilford County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL556 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 38% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
15.2:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
553 students
DISTRICT 92% · STATE 82%
Community
1
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 | 17 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 80 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 83 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 93 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 101 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 78 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 104 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (80) is 23% smaller than its 5th grade class (104).
Student demographics
67%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
Test scores
NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
44.9%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
50.9%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 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
49.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 Pilot Elementary
Pilot Elementary's state test result (49.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pilot Elementary this school | 556 | 99.5% | 49.1% |
| John W Jones Elementary Wilson | 601 | 99.5% | 52.5% |
| Jamestown Elementary Jamestown | 453 | 99.3% | 57.0% |
| Oak View Elementary High Point | 491 | 99.4% | 33.3% |
| Sedalia Elementary Sedalia | 535 | 98.9% | 52.4% |
| Tommy's Road Elementary Goldsboro | 545 | 99.4% | 43.2% |
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 Pilot Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Guilford County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.1% | #839 of 1,297 | #35 of 64 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.9% | #882 of 1,296 | #35 of 64 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.9% | #791 of 1,300 | #33 of 64 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 556 | #449 of 1,485 | #22 of 76 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #808 of 1,377 | #44 of 72 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.7% | #384 of 1,379 | #21 of 72 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.5% | #197 of 1,414 | #15 of 74 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.2% | #542 of 937 | #26 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
556
+43 (+8%) vs 2020
-45% since 2000-01, when it was 1,011
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 556 | 36.6 | 15.2:1 | 99% (553) |
| 2023-24 | 580 | 36.8 | 15.8:1 | 99% (577) |
| 2022-23 | 593 | 41.1 | 14.4:1 | 70% (417) |
| 2020-21 | 513 | 40 | 12.8:1 | 50% (257) |
| 2017-18 | 626 | 38.1 | 16.4:1 | 56% (348) |
| 2015-16 | 726 | 38 | 19.1:1 | 56% (403) |
| 2010-11 | 842 | 50 | 16.8:1 | 43% (364) |
| 2000-01 | 1,011 | 62 | 16.3:1 | 20% (207) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pilot Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (626 to 556); teachers down 4% (38.1 to 36.6).
About Pilot Elementary
Pilot Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school found in Greensboro, North Carolina. The school covers pre-K through 5 and reported 556 students in 2024-25.
Pilot Elementary is in Guilford County Schools, a district with 68,535 students across 123 schools.
Of every 100 students at Pilot Elementary, about 51 are Black. It is also 20% White, 14% Hispanic, 8% Asian, and 6% multiracial. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 34%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 67, compared with 70 nationally.
The school had 36.6 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 15.2:1. The average for elementary schools in North Carolina is about 14.9:1. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 99%. The 89% average for public schools in Guilford County is 10 points lower.
On the allk12 Grade, Pilot Elementary lands at C+, ahead of 38% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
Pilot Elementary's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 49.1% is within a point of the 48.5% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
In the wider Guilford County area, median household income comes to about $68,642, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Guilford County's 143 public schools enroll about 79,539 students and include Pilot Elementary.
Among nearby public schools, Sedgefield Elementary is closest at about 1.5 miles. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, Pilot Elementary ranks 4th on average proficiency.
Pilot Elementary has an NCES locale of City: Large.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 556, up from 513 in 2020-21. The school's ratio increased from 12.8:1 to 15.2:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
On allk12, people connected to Pilot Elementary can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Greensboro
- Northwest Guilford HighHigh · 2,055 students
- Grimsley HighHigh · 1,967 students
- Page HighHigh · 1,648 students
- James B Dudley HighHigh · 1,403 students
- Triad Math and Science AcademyCombined · 1,374 students
- Ben L. Smith High SchoolHigh · 1,348 students
Other Pilot Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Pilot Elementary. Pilot Elementary is the largest of the 2.
- Pilot ElementaryThomasville, NC · 321 students
Nearby schools
- Sedgefield Elementary1.5 mi · 489
- Edwin A Alderman Elementary1.7 mi · 392
- Millis Road Elementary2.4 mi · 444
- GTCC Middle College High2.4 mi · 255
- Academy at Smith2.5 mi · 246
- C Joyner Greene Education Center2.5 mi · 67
Frequently asked questions
About Pilot ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Pilot Elementary?
Pilot Elementary enrolls approximately 556 students in grades PK-05.
Is Pilot Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Pilot Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Pilot Elementary?
Approximately 15.2:1 students per teacher at Pilot Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Pilot Elementary?
At Pilot Elementary, the student body is approximately 20% White, 14% Hispanic, 51% Black, 8% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Pilot Elementary?
Pilot Elementary is overseen by Guilford County Schools in Guilford County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.