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Enrollment
453
Elementary
DISTRICT 452 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GUILFORD COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370192000841
Pleasant Garden Elementary
4833 Pleasant Garden Road, Pleasant Garden, NC 27313 · (336) 674-4321 · Guilford County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL453 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 87% 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
15.3:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
450 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 | 18 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 57 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 79 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 73 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 83 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 64 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 79 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (57) is 28% smaller than its 5th grade class (79).
Student demographics
49%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
56.4%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
74.7%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 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
68.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+20.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 49% 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 20 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 Pleasant Garden Elementary
Pleasant Garden Elementary's state test result (68.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant Garden Elementary this school | 453 | 99.3% | 68.7% |
| Gamewell Elementary Lenoir | 459 | 99.3% | 41.3% |
| Pine Valley Elementary Wilmington | 465 | 99.4% | 64.1% |
| Morehead City Primary Morehead City | 502 | 98.4% | 62.2% |
| Costner Elementary Dallas | 430 | 99.3% | 52.0% |
| Shive Elementary Rockwell | 413 | 99.3% | 55.1% |
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 Pleasant Garden Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Guilford County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.7% | #261 of 1,297 | #13 of 64 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 74.7% | #223 of 1,296 | #9 of 64 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.4% | #427 of 1,300 | #16 of 64 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 453 | #741 of 1,485 | #45 of 76 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #842 of 1,377 | #47 of 72 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.8% | #1,007 of 1,379 | #60 of 72 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.3% | #353 of 1,414 | #35 of 74 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.4% | #925 of 937 | #49 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
453
+79 (+21%) vs 2020
-31% since 1990-91, when it was 659
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 12.1:1
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 | 453 | 29.6 | 15.3:1 | 99% (450) |
| 2023-24 | 436 | 30.9 | 14.1:1 | 99% (433) |
| 2022-23 | 438 | 30.2 | 14.5:1 | 55% (241) |
| 2020-21 | 374 | 31 | 12.1:1 | 35% (130) |
| 2017-18 | 455 | 30.6 | 14.9:1 | 43% (196) |
| 2015-16 | 494 | 31 | 15.9:1 | 49% (244) |
| 2010-11 | 543 | 35 | 15.5:1 | 43% (233) |
| 2000-01 | 737 | 45 | 16.4:1 | 30% (221) |
| 1990-91 | 659 | 36 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pleasant Garden Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (455 to 453); teachers down 3% (30.6 to 29.6).
About Pleasant Garden Elementary
Pleasant Garden Elementary is one of the public schools in Pleasant Garden, North Carolina. It is a medium-sized elementary school. A total of 453 students attend the school, which covers pre-K through 5.
The Guilford County Schools system has 123 schools and 68,535 students.
At Pleasant Garden Elementary, White students make up 69% of the student body. The remaining shares are 14% Hispanic, 9% Black, and 6% multiracial. Guilford County as a whole is about 48% White, so the school's share is higher. Pick two students at random and there is a 49% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Pleasant Garden Elementary employs 29.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 15.3:1. For comparison, elementary schools in North Carolina average 14.9:1. Pleasant Garden Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 99%. Public schools in Guilford County average 89%.
The allk12 Grade for Pleasant Garden Elementary is A. Compared with North Carolina public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 87% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
After accounting for student poverty, Pleasant Garden Elementary is in the top 10% of North Carolina schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests of 68.7% is 20.2 points above the 48.5% predicted for its lunch-eligibility share.
Guilford County has about 547,940 residents, and the median household income is $68,642, about 39% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. In all, Guilford County has 143 public schools and roughly 79,539 students.
The next-closest public school is Southeast Guilford High, about 3.6 miles away. Within five miles of Pleasant Garden Elementary, there are 7 other public schools. Pleasant Garden Elementary's average proficiency of 68.7% compares with 46.1% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The school's locale code, Rural: Fringe, means it is in rural territory close to an urban area.
Over 4 years, Pleasant Garden Elementary's enrollment climbed 21%, to 453. The number of students per teacher rose from 12.1 to 15.3 over 4 years.
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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
Nearby schools
- Southeast Guilford High3.6 mi · 1,209
- Southeast Guilford Middle3.8 mi · 826
- Vandalia Elementary4.0 mi · 257
- Sumner Elementary4.2 mi · 549
- Allen Middle4.9 mi · 617
- Alamance Elementary4.9 mi · 499
Frequently asked questions
About Pleasant Garden ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Pleasant Garden Elementary?
Pleasant Garden Elementary enrolls approximately 453 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Pleasant Garden Elementary serve?
Pleasant Garden Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Pleasant Garden Elementary?
Approximately 15.3:1 students per teacher at Pleasant Garden Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Pleasant Garden Elementary?
Student demographics at Pleasant Garden Elementary are roughly 69% White, 14% Hispanic, 9% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Pleasant Garden Elementary?
Pleasant Garden 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.