Enrollment
302
Elementary
DISTRICT 380 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·STANLY COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370432001716
Richfield Elementary
120 Morgan Street, Richfield, NC 28137 · (704) 961-4800 · Stanly County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL302 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 90% 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
14.1:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
299 students
DISTRICT 96% · 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 | 34 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 21% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 52 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 47 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 60 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (34) is 43% smaller than its 5th grade class (60).
Student demographics
31%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
58.6%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
77.1%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 77 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
70.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.6%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+21.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% 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 22 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 Richfield Elementary
Richfield Elementary's state test result (70.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richfield Elementary this school | 302 | 99.0% | 70.3% |
| George Hildebrand Elementary Connelly Springs | 327 | 98.5% | 71.9% |
| Walnut Cove Elementary School Walnut Cove | 298 | 98.3% | 54.2% |
| Banoak Elementary Vale | 291 | 99.0% | 62.4% |
| Central Elementary Statesville | 331 | 97.6% | 66.3% |
| Southmont Elementary Lexington | 281 | 98.9% | 54.5% |
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 Richfield Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Stanly County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.3% | #223 of 1,297 | #5 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 77.1% | #165 of 1,296 | #5 of 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.6% | #366 of 1,300 | #5 of 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 302 | #1,175 of 1,485 | #9 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #489 of 1,377 | #7 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 31.1% | #1,276 of 1,379 | #10 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.0% | #641 of 1,414 | #9 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.7% | #918 of 937 | #6 of 6 |
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
302
-3 (-1%) vs 2020
-2% since 1990-91, when it was 309
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 15.3:1
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 | 302 | 21.5 | 14.1:1 | 99% (299) |
| 2023-24 | 323 | 20.4 | 15.8:1 | 96% (309) |
| 2022-23 | 316 | 20.8 | 15.2:1 | 99% (313) |
| 2020-21 | 305 | 20 | 15.3:1 | 35% (107) |
| 2017-18 | 304 | 20.2 | 15.1:1 | 42% (129) |
| 2015-16 | 327 | 20 | 16.4:1 | 48% (157) |
| 2010-11 | 423 | 26 | 16.3:1 | 47% (198) |
| 2000-01 | 378 | 18 | 21.0:1 | 29% (110) |
| 1990-91 | 309 | 14 | 22.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Richfield Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (304 to 302); teachers up 6% (20.2 to 21.5).
About Richfield Elementary
Richfield Elementary is a low-enrollment elementary school with its address in Richfield, North Carolina. Students in kindergarten through 5 make up the school's enrollment of 302 students. Elementary schools in North Carolina have about 467 students on average; enrollment here is 35% lower.
The 23 schools in Stanly County Schools enroll 8,743 students altogether, Richfield Elementary among them.
White students are 82% of those enrolled at Richfield Elementary. The next largest groups are 8% multiracial, 4% Black, 3% Hispanic, and 3% Asian. That is in line with Stanly County, where about 79% of residents are White. A diversity index of 31% means there is a 31% chance two randomly chosen students at Richfield Elementary are from different groups.
A staff of 21.5 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 14.1:1. Across elementary schools in North Carolina, the average ratio is 14.9:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 99%. That is in line with the 99% average for public schools in Stanly County.
Among North Carolina public elementary schools, Richfield Elementary outscored 90%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
Richfield Elementary is a top-10% school in North Carolina on BeatsExpectations, beating its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results of 48.6% with an actual 70.3%.
The county, Stanly County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $60,704 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 20%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Stanly County has 24 public schools with about 9,471 students, including Richfield Elementary.
Richfield Elementary's closest public school neighbor is Gray Stone Day, about 1.6 miles away. Within five miles of Richfield Elementary, there are 3 other public schools. In a group of 5 nearby schools with scores, Richfield Elementary ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Rural: Fringe. That means it sits in rural territory close to an urban area.
The student count changed little between 2020-21 (305) and 2024-25 (302). The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 15.3:1 in 2020-21 to 14.1:1 in 2024-25.
This page collects posts and questions about Richfield Elementary, such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Stanly County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
64,651
Census ACS
Median income
$60,704
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
24
9,471 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Stanly County Schools
- West Stanly HighHigh · 800 students
- West Stanly Middle SchoolMiddle · 662 students
- North Stanly HighHigh · 568 students
- Locust ElementaryElementary · 563 students
- Central ElementaryElementary · 525 students
- Stanfield ElementaryElementary · 483 students
Other Richfield Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Richfield Elementary. Richfield Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Richfield Elementary SchoolRichfield, OH · 707 students
- Richfield ElementaryCorning, CA · 253 students
Nearby schools
- Gray Stone Day1.6 mi · 728
- North Stanly High3.8 mi · 568
- North Stanly Middle4.2 mi · 471
- Millingport Elementary6.6 mi · 192
- Stanly STEM Early College7.6 mi · 189
- Albemarle High7.6 mi · 414
Frequently asked questions
About Richfield ElementaryHow many students attend Richfield Elementary?
Richfield Elementary enrolls approximately 302 students in grades KG-05.
Is Richfield Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Richfield Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Richfield Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Richfield Elementary is approximately 14.1:1 (21 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Richfield Elementary?
Student demographics at Richfield Elementary are roughly 82% White, 3% Hispanic, 4% Black, 3% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Richfield Elementary public or private?
Richfield Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Stanly County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.