Pilot Elementary

Pilot Elementary runs as a small elementary school in Thomasville, North Carolina. Students in pre-K through 5 make up the school's enrollment of 321 students. Elementary schools in North Carolina have about 467 students on average; enrollment here is 31% lower.

Pilot Elementary is run by Davidson County Schools, whose 35 schools enroll 17,936 students.

The largest group at Pilot Elementary is White students, at 71%. Enrollment also includes 19% Hispanic, 6% Black, and 3% multiracial. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Pilot Elementary scores 45%.

Its staff includes 21.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 15.1 students per teacher. The average ratio among elementary schools in North Carolina is similar, at 14.9:1. Roughly 99% of students at Pilot Elementary can receive free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Davidson County is 76%.

Among North Carolina public elementary schools, Pilot Elementary outscored 61%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.

Pilot Elementary sits between the top and bottom 10% of North Carolina schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 58.2% and a predicted 48.7%.

American Community Survey estimates for Davidson County show that median household income comes to about $64,172, roughly 22% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. The county's public schools total 49, with about 23,696 students.

Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, E Lawson Brown Middle, is about 2.7 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. On state test proficiency, Pilot Elementary ranks 2nd in a group of 9 nearby schools.

Pilot Elementary is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, a location NCES labels Suburb: Mid-size.

The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 7% decline, from 347 to 321. The ratio was 16.5:1 in 2020-21 and 15.1:1 in 2024-25.

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