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Enrollment
447
Elementary
DISTRICT 452 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GUILFORD COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370192003243
Ronald E. McNair Elementary
4603 Yanceyville Road, Browns Summit, NC 27214 · (336) 691-5460 · Guilford County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL447 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
444 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 | 43 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 64 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 64 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 65 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 64 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 77 | 17% |
Student demographics
56%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
39.7%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
39.0%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 40 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
41.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% 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 →
Where Ronald E. McNair Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Guilford County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.2% | #1,060 of 1,297 | #48 of 64 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #1,152 of 1,296 | #55 of 64 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.7% | #956 of 1,300 | #44 of 64 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 447 | #760 of 1,485 | #46 of 76 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #740 of 1,377 | #40 of 72 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.5% | #852 of 1,379 | #52 of 72 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.3% | #363 of 1,414 | #36 of 74 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.7% | #418 of 937 | #16 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.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
447
-42 (-9%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 12.9:1
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 | 447 | 29.9 | 15.0:1 | 99% (444) |
| 2023-24 | 458 | 34.6 | 13.2:1 | 99% (455) |
| 2022-23 | 457 | 31.8 | 14.4:1 | 99% (454) |
| 2020-21 | 489 | 38 | 12.9:1 | 99% (486) |
| 2017-18 | 524 | 32.1 | 16.4:1 | 98% (516) |
| 2015-16 | 586 | 40 | 14.7:1 | 100% (585) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ronald E. McNair Elementary.
About Ronald E. McNair Elementary
In Browns Summit, North Carolina, part of Guilford County, Ronald E. McNair Elementary is an elementary school. The school serves pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 447 students.
Guilford County Schools enrolls 68,535 students in 123 schools, including Ronald E. McNair Elementary.
More than half of enrollment at Ronald E. McNair Elementary is Black: 64%. The next largest groups are 15% Hispanic, 7% White, 7% multiracial, and 6% Asian. The school's Black share is 30 points above the 34% share among Guilford County residents. The diversity index for Ronald E. McNair Elementary is 56%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Ronald E. McNair Elementary has 29.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 15.0:1. The 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina is close to this figure. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 99% at Ronald E. McNair Elementary. The gap from the 89% average for public schools in Guilford County is 10 points.
The model predicts 48.5% for a school in North Carolina with Ronald E. McNair Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch share. Ronald E. McNair Elementary posts 41.2%.
In Guilford County, home to about 547,940 people, median household income comes to about $68,642, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 39%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Guilford County's 143 public schools enroll about 79,539 students and include Ronald E. McNair Elementary.
Piedmont Classical High School, about 1.3 miles away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Ronald E. McNair Elementary is 5th of 6 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Ronald E. McNair Elementary has an NCES locale of City: Large.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased from 489 to 447, a 9% decline. Federal data show the ratio rising from 12.9:1 to 15.0:1.
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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
Other schools in Browns Summit
- Summit Creek AcademyElementary · 749 students
- Piedmont Classical High SchoolHigh · 478 students
- Monticello-Brown Summit ElemElementary · 291 students
- Brown Summit MiddleMiddle · 242 students
Nearby schools
- Piedmont Classical High School1.3 mi · 478
- Brightwood Elementary1.5 mi · 488
- Summit Creek Academy1.7 mi · 749
- Rankin Elementary2.8 mi · 673
- Jesse Wharton Elem3.4 mi · 521
- Aggie Academy3.5 mi · 85
Frequently asked questions
About Ronald E. McNair ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Ronald E. McNair Elementary?
Ronald E. McNair Elementary enrolls approximately 447 students in grades PK-05.
Is Ronald E. McNair Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Ronald E. McNair Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Ronald E. McNair Elementary have?
Ronald E. McNair Elementary employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.0:1.
How diverse is Ronald E. McNair Elementary?
Ronald E. McNair Elementary reports a student body of 7% White, 15% Hispanic, 64% Black, 6% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Ronald E. McNair Elementary in?
Ronald E. McNair Elementary is part of Guilford County Schools.
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