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What do you wish you knew before starting at Pittsboro Elementary?
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Enrollment
503
Elementary
DISTRICT 389 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHATHAM COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370075000314
Pittsboro Elementary
375 Pittsboro School Road, Pittsboro, NC 27312 · (919) 542-3987 · Chatham County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL503 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 84% 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.
- ABeats 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
13.3:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
500 students
DISTRICT 84% · 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 | 40 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 81 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 96 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 101 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 87 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 98 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (81) is 17% smaller than its 4th grade class (98).
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Pittsboro Elementary→George M. Horton Middle
Based on grade levels within Chatham County Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
62.2%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
70.3%
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 70 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NC schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
66.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 48% typical for North Carolina schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 18 points, placing it in North Carolina's top 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 Pittsboro Elementary
Pittsboro Elementary's state test result (66.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsboro Elementary this school | 503 | 99.4% | 66.0% |
| Chocowinity Primary Chocowinity | 484 | 98.8% | 86.4% |
| Ida Rankin Elementary School Mount Holly | 533 | 97.6% | 61.6% |
| Bladenboro Primary Bladenboro | 448 | 99.3% | 42.6% |
| Northeast Elementary Pikeville | 497 | 99.4% | 55.8% |
| Cash Elementary Kernersville | 520 | 99.4% | 64.2% |
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 Pittsboro Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Chatham County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #314 of 1,297 | #5 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.3% | #326 of 1,296 | #5 of 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.2% | #273 of 1,300 | #5 of 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 503 | #599 of 1,485 | #4 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #301 of 1,377 | #8 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.7% | #594 of 1,379 | #1 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.4% | #276 of 1,414 | #3 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.2% | #702 of 937 | #8 of 9 |
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
503
+29 (+6%) vs 2020
-42% since 1990-91, when it was 866
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 13.5:1
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 | 503 | 37.8 | 13.3:1 | 99% (500) |
| 2023-24 | 510 | 36 | 14.2:1 | 42% (213) |
| 2022-23 | 510 | 36.3 | 14.1:1 | 44% (225) |
| 2020-21 | 474 | 35 | 13.5:1 | 31% (146) |
| 2017-18 | 542 | 35.7 | 15.2:1 | 37% (198) |
| 2015-16 | 502 | 31 | 16.2:1 | 39% (198) |
| 2010-11 | 488 | 32 | 15.3:1 | 43% (209) |
| 2000-01 | 527 | 35 | 15.1:1 | 33% (173) |
| 1990-91 | 866 | 30 | 28.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pittsboro Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (542 to 503); teachers up 6% (35.7 to 37.8).
About Pittsboro Elementary
Pittsboro Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school with an address in Pittsboro, North Carolina. A federal count lists 503 students at the school, in pre-K through 4.
The 21 schools of Chatham County Schools, including Pittsboro Elementary, enroll 8,987 students.
Roughly 55% of students at Pittsboro Elementary are White. Beyond that, enrollment is 21% Black, 15% Hispanic, and 8% multiracial. The White share of the county population is higher, at 71%. Pittsboro Elementary's diversity index is 63%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 13.3:1, with 37.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is 1.6 students per teacher below the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 99% of enrollment. That is higher than the 74% average for public schools in Chatham County.
The allk12 Grade for Pittsboro Elementary is A-. Compared with North Carolina public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 84% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Pittsboro Elementary is in the top 10% of North Carolina schools on the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure. Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 48.5%. The school's actual rate is 66.0%, 17.5 points higher.
Within Chatham County, the median household income is $94,317, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 49%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Besides Pittsboro Elementary, Chatham County has 24 other public schools.
The school nearest to Pittsboro Elementary is George M. Horton Middle, at a distance of less than a tenth of a mile. Other public schools within five miles number 2. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 68.6%; Pittsboro Elementary's is 66.0%, ranking 5th of 7.
Pittsboro Elementary has an NCES locale of Rural: Distant.
Over 4 years, Pittsboro Elementary's enrollment climbed 6%, to 503.
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Chatham County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
80,151
Census ACS
Median income
$94,317
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
49%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
25
10,374 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Chatham County Schools
- Seaforth HighHigh · 1,088 students
- Jordan-Matthews HighHigh · 848 students
- Margaret B. Pollard MiddleMiddle · 736 students
- Chatham Grove ElementaryElementary · 683 students
- Northwood HighHigh · 634 students
- Siler City ElementaryElementary · 591 students
Other schools in Pittsboro
- Seaforth HighHigh · 1,088 students
- Chatham Grove ElementaryElementary · 683 students
- Northwood HighHigh · 634 students
- George M. Horton MiddleMiddle · 414 students
- Willow Oak MontessoriElementary · 281 students
- Perry W Harrison ElementaryElementary · 262 students
Other Pittsboro Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Pittsboro Elementary. Pittsboro Elementary is the largest of the 2.
- Pittsboro Elementary SchoolPittsboro, IN · 350 students
Nearby schools
- George M. Horton Middle0.0 mi · 414
- Northwood High2.8 mi · 634
- Perry W Harrison Elementary6.4 mi · 262
- Seaforth High7.1 mi · 1,088
- Chatham Grove Elementary7.7 mi · 683
- Willow Oak Montessori7.8 mi · 281
Frequently asked questions
About Pittsboro ElementaryHow large is Pittsboro Elementary?
Pittsboro Elementary enrolls approximately 503 students in grades PK-04.
Is Pittsboro Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Pittsboro Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-04.
How many teachers does Pittsboro Elementary have?
Pittsboro Elementary employs 38 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Pittsboro Elementary?
Student demographics at Pittsboro Elementary are roughly 55% White, 15% Hispanic, 21% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Pittsboro Elementary?
Pittsboro Elementary is overseen by Chatham County Schools in Chatham County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.