Enrollment
283
Elementary
DISTRICT 527 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·IREDELL-STATESVILLE SCHOOLS·NCES 370231000991
Scotts Elementary
4743 Taylorsville Hwy, Statesville, NC 28625 · (704) 585-6526 · Iredell County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL283 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 48% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
11.3:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
280 students
DISTRICT 72% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 18 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 37 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 45 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 39 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 41 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 55 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 48 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (37) is 23% smaller than its 5th grade class (48).
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
45.5%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
57.9%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 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
53.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.6%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% 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 Scotts Elementary
Scotts Elementary's state test result (53.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotts Elementary this school | 283 | 98.9% | 53.6% |
| South Newton Elementary Newton | 328 | 99.1% | 52.2% |
| W M Jenkins Elementary Hickory | 276 | 98.9% | 61.9% |
| Catawba Heights Elementary Belmont | 238 | 98.7% | 57.4% |
| Winter Park Model Elementary Wilmington | 311 | 99.0% | 58.2% |
| Jones Intermediate Mount Airy | 339 | 99.1% | 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 Scotts Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Iredell County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.6% | #713 of 1,297 | #15 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.9% | #668 of 1,296 | #15 of 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.5% | #773 of 1,300 | #15 of 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 283 | #1,215 of 1,485 | #22 of 25 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.3:1 | #43 of 1,377 | #1 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.5% | #173 of 1,379 | #4 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.9% | #676 of 1,414 | #9 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.9% | #146 of 937 | #3 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
283
-58 (-17%) vs 2020
-16% since 1990-91, when it was 335
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 283 | 25 | 11.3:1 | 99% (280) |
| 2023-24 | 309 | 25 | 12.4:1 | 99% (306) |
| 2022-23 | 333 | 24 | 13.9:1 | 68% (228) |
| 2020-21 | 341 | 23 | 14.8:1 | 57% (194) |
| 2017-18 | 382 | 23.8 | 16.1:1 | 62% (238) |
| 2015-16 | 432 | 23 | 18.8:1 | 68% (292) |
| 2010-11 | 427 | 26 | 16.4:1 | 63% (268) |
| 2000-01 | 380 | 19 | 20.0:1 | 48% (181) |
| 1990-91 | 335 | 14 | 23.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Scotts Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (382 to 283); teachers up 5% (23.8 to 25).
About Scotts Elementary
Scotts Elementary is a public elementary school run by Iredell-Statesville Schools in Statesville, North Carolina. Enrollment is 283 students in 2024-25, and the school serves pre-K through 5. Against the 467-student average for elementary schools in North Carolina, enrollment here is 39% lower.
Scotts Elementary is one school in a 38-school district, Iredell-Statesville Schools, which enrolls 21,017 students.
Federal enrollment data show White students as the largest group at Scotts Elementary, at 42%. Enrollment also includes 30% Hispanic, 12% Black, 10% multiracial, and 6% Asian. Among people living in Iredell County, the White share is about 74%. Scotts Elementary's diversity index is 70%, against a US figure of 70%.
Teachers at Scotts Elementary total 25 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 11.3:1. That is 3.5 students per teacher below the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 99%. The 61% average for public schools in Iredell County is 38 points lower.
The allk12 Grade for Scotts Elementary is B-. Compared with North Carolina public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 48% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Scotts Elementary is 5.0 points above the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 53.6% actual, 48.6% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in North Carolina.
Among Iredell County residents, the median household income is $81,419, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Besides Scotts Elementary, Iredell County has 51 other public schools.
Nearest public school: Stony Point Elementary, about 2.6 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes 3 other public schools. Local comparison: Scotts Elementary ranks 5th of 9 nearby schools, at 53.6% versus a 49.2% average.
The school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area, according to its NCES locale (Rural: Distant).
Enrollment is down 17% from 2020-21, when Scotts Elementary had 341 students, to 2024-25, when it had 283. The ratio of students to teachers went from 14.8:1 to 11.3:1 over the same years.
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Iredell County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
196,544
Census ACS
Median income
$81,419
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
52
31,906 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Iredell-Statesville Schools
- Lake Norman HighHigh · 1,905 students
- South Iredell HighHigh · 1,768 students
- Statesville HighHigh · 991 students
- North Iredell HighHigh · 983 students
- Troutman ElementaryElementary · 902 students
- Coddle Creek ElementaryElementary · 808 students
Other schools in Statesville
- South Iredell HighHigh · 1,768 students
- Statesville HighHigh · 991 students
- American Renaissance SchoolElementary · 823 students
- West Iredell HighHigh · 767 students
- East Iredell ElementaryElementary · 663 students
- Cloverleaf ElementaryElementary · 568 students
Nearby schools
- Stony Point Elementary2.6 mi · 237
- West Iredell High3.7 mi · 767
- West Iredell Middle4.3 mi · 521
- Sharon Elementary5.7 mi · 251
- Hiddenite Elementary6.1 mi · 370
- Celeste Henkel Elementary6.5 mi · 558
Frequently asked questions
About Scotts ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Scotts Elementary?
Scotts Elementary enrolls approximately 283 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Scotts Elementary serve?
Scotts Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Scotts Elementary?
Approximately 11.3:1 students per teacher at Scotts Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Scotts Elementary?
At Scotts Elementary, the student body is approximately 42% White, 30% Hispanic, 12% Black, 6% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is Scotts Elementary in?
Scotts Elementary is part of Iredell-Statesville Schools.
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