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What advice would you give to incoming students at Sandy Ridge Elementary?
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Enrollment
589
Elementary
DISTRICT 450 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DURHAM PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 370126003185
Sandy Ridge Elementary
1417 Old Oxford Highway, Durham, NC 27704 · (919) 560-2695 · Durham County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL589 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 28% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
17.9:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
586 students
DISTRICT 98% · 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 | 27 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 86 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 100 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 94 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 112 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 83 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 87 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (86) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (87).
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
44.6%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
49.5%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 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
45.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% 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 Sandy Ridge Elementary
Sandy Ridge Elementary's state test result (45.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandy Ridge Elementary this school | 589 | 99.5% | 45.6% |
| Woodhill Elementary Gastonia | 577 | 99.5% | 25.0% |
| Sumner Elementary Greensboro | 549 | 99.5% | 44.0% |
| Pactolus Greenville | 657 | 99.5% | 44.8% |
| Gibson Elementary Winston-Salem | 589 | 99.5% | 23.0% |
| Wakelon Elementary Zebulon | 679 | 99.6% | 59.1% |
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 Sandy Ridge Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Durham County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.6% | #945 of 1,297 | #18 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.5% | #917 of 1,296 | #18 of 32 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.6% | #800 of 1,300 | #15 of 32 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 589 | #375 of 1,485 | #7 of 41 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.9:1 | #1,294 of 1,377 | #40 of 41 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.0% | #664 of 1,379 | #24 of 41 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.5% | #160 of 1,414 | #6 of 39 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.3% | #297 of 369 | #6 of 7 |
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
589
+47 (+9%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
17.9:1
was 13.9:1
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 | 589 | 32.9 | 17.9:1 | 99% (586) |
| 2023-24 | 477 | 42.5 | 11.2:1 | 72% (344) |
| 2022-23 | 484 | 39 | 12.4:1 | 68% (330) |
| 2020-21 | 542 | 39 | 13.9:1 | 47% (257) |
| 2017-18 | 570 | 41.3 | 13.8:1 | 58% (331) |
| 2015-16 | 612 | 43 | 14.2:1 | 61% (372) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sandy Ridge Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (570 to 589); teachers down 20% (41.3 to 32.9).
About Sandy Ridge Elementary
This page covers Sandy Ridge Elementary, a medium-sized elementary school in Durham, North Carolina. The student body numbers 589 students, from pre-K through 5. Average enrollment for elementary schools in North Carolina is about 467, so this school runs 26% larger than that.
Durham Public Schools has 31,797 students in 55 schools, and Sandy Ridge Elementary is one of those schools.
Sandy Ridge Elementary is 53% Black by enrollment. Other reported shares: 32% Hispanic, 7% White, and 7% multiracial. That compares with about 32% Black among all Durham County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 61% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Sandy Ridge Elementary counts 32.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 17.9 students for each one. This ratio sits 3.0 above the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina. About 99% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits.
Sandy Ridge Elementary is graded C by allk12, scoring above 28% of North Carolina public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Sandy Ridge Elementary is 2.8 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (45.6% versus 48.5%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in North Carolina.
In the county around the school, Durham County, the median household income is $82,316, 55% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Durham County is home to 74 public schools and about 46,109 public school students.
Nearest public school: Lakeview School, about 1.4 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 53.9% on proficiency, and Sandy Ridge Elementary is below that at 45.6%.
The NCES locale for Sandy Ridge Elementary is City: Large, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment grew 9% from its 2020-21 level of 542. Its ratio of students to teachers was 13.9:1 in 2020-21, and 17.9:1 in 2024-25.
The discussion area below is open to posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Durham County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
332,353
Census ACS
Median income
$82,316
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
55%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
74
46,109 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Durham Public Schools
- C E Jordan HighHigh · 2,189 students
- Riverside HighHigh · 1,900 students
- Durham School of the ArtsHigh · 1,764 students
- Hillside HighHigh · 1,433 students
- Southern School of Energy and SustainabiHigh · 1,384 students
- Northern HighHigh · 1,281 students
Other schools in Durham
- NC Virtual AcademyCombined · 3,482 students
- North Carolina Cyber AcademyCombined · 2,461 students
- C E Jordan HighHigh · 2,189 students
- Riverside HighHigh · 1,900 students
- Durham School of the ArtsHigh · 1,764 students
- Hillside HighHigh · 1,433 students
Other Sandy Ridge Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 1 state are named Sandy Ridge Elementary. Sandy Ridge Elementary is the largest of the 3.
- Sandy Ridge ElementaryWaxhaw, NC · 528 students
- Sandy Ridge Elementary SchoolSandy Ridge, NC · 213 students
Nearby schools
- Lakeview School1.4 mi · 52
- Northern High1.6 mi · 1,281
- Voyager Academy1.6 mi · 1,360
- Excelsior Classical Academy1.8 mi · 1,032
- Holt Elementary1.9 mi · 587
- City of Medicine Academy2.2 mi · 329
Frequently asked questions
About Sandy Ridge ElementaryHow large is Sandy Ridge Elementary?
Sandy Ridge Elementary enrolls approximately 589 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Sandy Ridge Elementary serve?
Sandy Ridge Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Sandy Ridge Elementary?
Approximately 17.9:1 students per teacher at Sandy Ridge Elementary.
How diverse is Sandy Ridge Elementary?
Sandy Ridge Elementary reports a student body of 7% White, 32% Hispanic, 53% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Sandy Ridge Elementary in?
Sandy Ridge Elementary is part of Durham Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.