Enrollment
213
Elementary
DISTRICT 242 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·STOKES COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370438001740
Sandy Ridge Elementary School
1070 Amostown Road, Sandy Ridge, NC 27046 · (336) 871-2400 · Stokes County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL213 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 39% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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
15.6:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
210 students
DISTRICT 84% · 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 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 36 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 36 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 33 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 28 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 46 | 22% |
This year's kindergarten class (34) is 26% smaller than its 5th grade class (46).
Student demographics
12%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 26% · 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
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NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
39.8%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
52.8%
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 53 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
49.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.7%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% 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 Sandy Ridge Elementary School
Sandy Ridge Elementary School's state test result (49.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandy Ridge Elementary School this school | 213 | 98.6% | 49.6% |
| Riverbend Elementary Clyde | 204 | 98.5% | 84.4% |
| Sunshine Elementary School Bostic | 217 | 98.6% | 65.8% |
| Happy Valley Elementary Lenoir | 234 | 97.9% | 43.4% |
| Shoals Elementary Pinnacle | 235 | 98.7% | 80.9% |
| Nancy Reynolds Elementary School Westfield | 192 | 97.4% | 58.7% |
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 School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Stokes County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.6% | #826 of 1,297 | #6 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.8% | #821 of 1,296 | #7 of 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.8% | #954 of 1,300 | #7 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 213 | #1,360 of 1,485 | #6 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #913 of 1,377 | #4 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 12.4% | #1,374 of 1,379 | #6 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.6% | #814 of 1,414 | #5 of 10 |
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
213
+27 (+15%) vs 2020
-18% since 1990-91, when it was 261
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 213 | 13.7 | 15.6:1 | 99% (210) |
| 2023-24 | 175 | 11.2 | 15.7:1 | 75% (131) |
| 2022-23 | 156 | 11.8 | 13.2:1 | 72% (113) |
| 2020-21 | 186 | 13 | 14.3:1 | 55% (103) |
| 2017-18 | 185 | 12.6 | 14.7:1 | 64% (119) |
| 2015-16 | 181 | 11 | 16.4:1 | 57% (104) |
| 2010-11 | 202 | 13 | 15.5:1 | 57% (116) |
| 2000-01 | 257 | 12 | 21.4:1 | 40% (102) |
| 1990-91 | 261 | 15 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sandy Ridge Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 15% (185 to 213); teachers up 8% (12.6 to 13.7).
About Sandy Ridge Elementary School
Sandy Ridge Elementary School is a small elementary school in Sandy Ridge, North Carolina. The school covers kindergarten through 5 and reported 213 students in 2024-25. The school is 54% below the average for elementary schools in North Carolina.
Stokes County Schools enrolls 5,758 students in 19 schools, including Sandy Ridge Elementary School.
White students are 93% of those enrolled at Sandy Ridge Elementary School. Beyond that, enrollment is 5% Hispanic. That is in line with Stokes County, where about 90% of residents are White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 12, compared with 70 nationally.
Sandy Ridge Elementary School lists 13.7 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 15.6 students per teacher. Across elementary schools in North Carolina, the average ratio is 14.9:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 99% of the student body. The gap from the 82% average for public schools in Stokes County is 17 points.
On the allk12 Grade, Sandy Ridge Elementary School lands at C+, ahead of 39% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Sandy Ridge Elementary School, the prediction is 48.7% and the result is 49.6%.
The school is in Stokes County, where the median household earns about $62,969 a year, about 18% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Across Stokes County, 19 public schools serve about 5,758 students.
About 7.2 miles separate Sandy Ridge Elementary School from the closest public school, Lawsonville Elementary School. The ten-mile area around Sandy Ridge Elementary School holds 7 other public schools. Sandy Ridge Elementary School's average proficiency of 49.6% compares with 60.0% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Sandy Ridge Elementary School is coded as Rural: Distant in federal locale data.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 213, up from 186 in 2020-21. The number of students per teacher increased from 14.3 to 15.6 over 4 years.
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Stokes County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
45,139
Census ACS
Median income
$62,969
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
19
5,758 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Stokes County Schools
- West Stokes High SchoolHigh · 799 students
- Chestnut Grove Middle SchoolMiddle · 662 students
- South Stokes High SchoolHigh · 538 students
- Poplar Springs Elementary SchoolElementary · 495 students
- Southeastern Stokes Middle SchoolMiddle · 413 students
- King Elementary SchoolElementary · 383 students
Other Sandy Ridge Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 1 state are named Sandy Ridge Elementary. Sandy Ridge Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Sandy Ridge ElementaryDurham, NC · 589 students
- Sandy Ridge ElementaryWaxhaw, NC · 528 students
Nearby schools
- Lawsonville Elementary School7.2 mi · 108
- Stokes County Academy7.2 mi · 59
- Piney Grove Middle School7.4 mi · 189
- Hardin Reynolds Memorial School9.4 mi · 203
- Western Rockingham Middle9.6 mi · 521
- Stokes Early College High School9.8 mi · 159
Frequently asked questions
About Sandy Ridge Elementary SchoolHow large is Sandy Ridge Elementary School?
Sandy Ridge Elementary School enrolls approximately 213 students in grades KG-05.
Is Sandy Ridge Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Sandy Ridge Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Sandy Ridge Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Sandy Ridge Elementary School is approximately 15.6:1 (14 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Sandy Ridge Elementary School?
Student demographics at Sandy Ridge Elementary School are roughly 93% White, 5% Hispanic, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Sandy Ridge Elementary School?
Sandy Ridge Elementary School is overseen by Stokes County Schools in Stokes County.
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