Enrollment
271
Elementary
DISTRICT 503 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALAMANCE-BURLINGTON SCHOOLS·NCES 370003000013
Pleasant Grove Elementary
2847 Pleasant Grv Sch Road, Burlington, NC 27217 · (336) 421-3701 · Alamance County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL271 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 6% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
13.4:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
268 students
DISTRICT 82% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 39 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 44 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 48 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 44 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 50 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (39) is 22% smaller than its 5th grade class (50).
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
27.5%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
38.7%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 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
32.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.6%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 Pleasant Grove Elementary
Pleasant Grove Elementary's state test result (32.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant Grove Elementary this school | 271 | 98.9% | 32.1% |
| Laurel Mill Elementary Louisburg | 281 | 98.9% | 58.7% |
| Rising Leaders Academy Sanford | 282 | 98.2% | N/A |
| Monticello-Brown Summit Elem Browns Summit | 291 | 99.0% | 55.3% |
| Central Elementary Hillsborough | 261 | 98.9% | 48.6% |
| Shady Brook Elementary Kannapolis | 322 | 99.1% | 37.6% |
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 Grove Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Alamance County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.1% | #1,226 of 1,297 | #15 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.7% | #1,159 of 1,296 | #13 of 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.5% | #1,225 of 1,300 | #14 of 20 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 271 | #1,251 of 1,485 | #21 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #327 of 1,377 | #3 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.7% | #70 of 1,379 | #4 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.9% | #705 of 1,414 | #12 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.5% | #865 of 937 | #14 of 14 |
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
271
-23 (-8%) vs 2020
-4% since 1990-91, when it was 282
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 271 | 20.2 | 13.4:1 | 99% (268) |
| 2023-24 | 282 | 18.3 | 15.4:1 | 99% (279) |
| 2022-23 | 283 | 21.9 | 12.9:1 | 99% (280) |
| 2020-21 | 294 | 22 | 13.4:1 | 99% (291) |
| 2017-18 | 278 | 19.8 | 14.0:1 | 99% (275) |
| 2015-16 | 271 | 20 | 13.6:1 | 97% (262) |
| 2010-11 | 222 | 16 | 13.9:1 | 75% (167) |
| 2000-01 | 287 | 18 | 15.9:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 282 | 17 | 16.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pleasant Grove Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (278 to 271); teachers up 2% (19.8 to 20.2).
About Pleasant Grove Elementary
Pleasant Grove Elementary is a small elementary school that serves part of Burlington, North Carolina. In all, 271 students attend the school in pre-K through 5. The school is 42% below the average for elementary schools in North Carolina.
Within Alamance-Burlington Schools, Pleasant Grove Elementary is one of 37 schools. The district enrolls 22,661 students.
About 30% of students at Pleasant Grove Elementary are Black, the largest single group. The school is also 29% White, 29% Hispanic, and 12% multiracial. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 20%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 73, compared with 70 nationally.
The school had 20.2 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 13.4:1. Across elementary schools in North Carolina, the average ratio is 14.9:1. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 99%. The average for public schools in Alamance County is 80%.
Pleasant Grove Elementary earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 6% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
The model predicts 48.6% for a school in North Carolina with Pleasant Grove Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch share. Pleasant Grove Elementary posts 32.1%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Alamance County show that the median household earns about $65,651 a year, about 29% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Alamance County has 42 public schools with about 25,737 students, including Pleasant Grove Elementary.
Pleasant Grove Elementary is about 7.1 miles from Woodlawn Middle, its nearest public school. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within ten miles. On proficiency, Pleasant Grove Elementary is behind the 44.0% nearby average, ranking 7th of 8.
The NCES locale for Pleasant Grove Elementary is Rural: Distant, which covers schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Over 4 years, enrollment fell by 23 students, from 294 to 271.
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Alamance County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
176,893
Census ACS
Median income
$65,651
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
42
25,737 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Alamance-Burlington Schools
- Walter M Williams HighHigh · 1,206 students
- Southern Alamance HighHigh · 1,148 students
- Western Alamance HighHigh · 1,138 students
- Southeast Alamance HighHigh · 1,079 students
- Eastern Alamance HighHigh · 952 students
- Hawfields MiddleMiddle · 864 students
Other schools in Burlington
- Walter M Williams HighHigh · 1,206 students
- Clover GardenCombined · 963 students
- Hugh M Cummings HighHigh · 807 students
- Turrentine MiddleMiddle · 739 students
- Highland ElementaryElementary · 661 students
- Hillcrest ElementaryElementary · 556 students
Other Pleasant Grove Elementary schools
11 other US public schools in 8 states are named Pleasant Grove Elementary. Pleasant Grove Elementary is the 11th largest of the 12.
- Pleasant Grove ElementaryMorrisville, NC · 376 students
- Pleasant Grove Elementary SchoolGreenwood, IN · 739 students
- PLEASANT GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLPENSACOLA, FL · 678 students
- Pleasant Grove Elementary SchoolMount Washington, KY · 661 students
- PLEASANT GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLINVERNESS, FL · 637 students
Nearby schools
- Woodlawn Middle7.1 mi · 633
- Eastern Alamance High7.2 mi · 952
- E M Yoder Elementary8.3 mi · 336
- South Elementary8.6 mi · 235
- South Mebane Elementary9.0 mi · 506
- Haw River Elementary9.0 mi · 490
Frequently asked questions
About Pleasant Grove ElementaryHow many students attend Pleasant Grove Elementary?
Pleasant Grove Elementary enrolls approximately 271 students in grades PK-05.
Is Pleasant Grove Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Pleasant Grove Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Pleasant Grove Elementary?
Approximately 13.4:1 students per teacher at Pleasant Grove Elementary.
How diverse is Pleasant Grove Elementary?
Pleasant Grove Elementary reports a student body of 29% White, 29% Hispanic, 30% Black, 12% Two or more.
Is Pleasant Grove Elementary public or private?
Pleasant Grove Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Alamance-Burlington Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.