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Enrollment
498
Elementary
DISTRICT 503 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALAMANCE-BURLINGTON SCHOOLS·NCES 370003000204
R Homer Andrews Elementary
2630 Buckingham Road, Burlington, NC 27217 · (336) 570-6170 · Alamance County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL498 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 7% 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
12.3:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
495 students
DISTRICT 82% · 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 | 15 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 73 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 89 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 87 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 85 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 66 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 83 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is 12% smaller than its 5th grade class (83).
Student demographics
53%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
34.1%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
33.6%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 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
34.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% 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 R Homer Andrews Elementary
R Homer Andrews Elementary's state test result (34.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| R Homer Andrews Elementary this school | 498 | 99.4% | 34.6% |
| Haw River Elementary Haw River | 490 | 98.8% | 28.5% |
| Sunset Park Elementary Wilmington | 450 | 99.3% | 42.3% |
| Hall-Woodward Elementary Winston Salem | 532 | 99.4% | 38.7% |
| Eastlawn Elementary Burlington | 528 | 99.4% | 22.3% |
| Oaklawn Language Academy Charlotte | 531 | 97.4% | 67.1% |
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 R Homer Andrews Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Alamance County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.6% | #1,196 of 1,297 | #14 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.6% | #1,218 of 1,296 | #17 of 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.1% | #1,104 of 1,300 | #12 of 20 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 498 | #612 of 1,485 | #13 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #124 of 1,377 | #1 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.6% | #941 of 1,379 | #19 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.4% | #285 of 1,414 | #6 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.8% | #452 of 937 | #4 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
498
+4 (+1%) vs 2020
-13% since 2000-01, when it was 575
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 12.7:1
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 | 498 | 40.3 | 12.3:1 | 99% (495) |
| 2023-24 | 535 | 38.3 | 14.0:1 | 99% (532) |
| 2022-23 | 522 | 38 | 13.7:1 | 99% (519) |
| 2020-21 | 494 | 39 | 12.7:1 | 99% (491) |
| 2017-18 | 578 | 45.1 | 12.8:1 | 98% (565) |
| 2015-16 | 590 | 45 | 13.1:1 | 99% (585) |
| 2010-11 | 665 | 47 | 14.2:1 | 88% (582) |
| 2000-01 | 575 | 41 | 14.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for R Homer Andrews Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (578 to 498); teachers down 11% (45.1 to 40.3).
About R Homer Andrews Elementary
R Homer Andrews Elementary is an elementary school in Burlington, North Carolina, and it is part of Alamance-Burlington Schools. Enrollment is 498 students in 2024-25, and the school serves pre-K through 5.
Alamance-Burlington Schools counts 37 schools and 22,661 students, including R Homer Andrews Elementary.
Hispanic students account for 64% of enrollment at R Homer Andrews Elementary. Other students are 22% Black, 7% White, and 5% multiracial. That is higher than the 15% Hispanic share among all Alamance County residents. By the diversity index, R Homer Andrews Elementary comes in at 53%.
The school has about 12.3 students per teacher and 40.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among elementary schools in North Carolina is 14.9:1, higher than at this school. About 99% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 80% average among public schools in Alamance County.
The allk12 Grade for R Homer Andrews Elementary is D. Compared with North Carolina public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 7% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, R Homer Andrews Elementary is 13.9 points below the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 34.6% actual, 48.5% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in North Carolina.
Among Alamance County residents, median household income is about $65,651, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 42 public schools in Alamance County, with a combined enrollment of about 25,737.
The nearest other public school, Hugh M Cummings High, is about 0.8 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 24.6%; R Homer Andrews Elementary's is 34.6%, ranking 1st of 8.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Small.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 494 to 498, a small change.
If you have questions about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at R Homer Andrews Elementary, you can post them here. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
Nearby schools
- Hugh M Cummings High0.8 mi · 807
- Broadview Middle0.9 mi · 512
- North Graham Elementary1.3 mi · 362
- Graham High1.3 mi · 828
- Eastlawn Elementary1.4 mi · 528
- Haw River Elementary1.4 mi · 490
Frequently asked questions
About R Homer Andrews ElementaryHow many students attend R Homer Andrews Elementary?
R Homer Andrews Elementary enrolls approximately 498 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does R Homer Andrews Elementary serve?
R Homer Andrews Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at R Homer Andrews Elementary?
Approximately 12.3:1 students per teacher at R Homer Andrews Elementary.
What is the student diversity at R Homer Andrews Elementary?
Student demographics at R Homer Andrews Elementary are roughly 7% White, 64% Hispanic, 22% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is R Homer Andrews Elementary in?
R Homer Andrews Elementary is part of Alamance-Burlington Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.