Enrollment
410
Elementary
DISTRICT 433 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO CITY SCHOOLS·NCES 370072002474
Scroggs Elementary
501 Kildaire Rd, Chapel Hill, NC 27516 · (919) 918-7165 · Orange County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL410 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 58% 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.
- 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
12.1:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.5:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
123 students
DISTRICT 35% · 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 | 31 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 49 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 58 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 65 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 75 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 60 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (49) is 18% smaller than its 5th grade class (60).
Student demographics
67%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
65.2%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
69.6%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 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
67.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.7%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% 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 Scroggs Elementary
Scroggs Elementary's state test result (67.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scroggs Elementary this school | 410 | 30.0% | 67.3% |
| Ephesus Elementary Chapel Hill | 410 | 30.0% | 70.7% |
| Hemby Bridge Elementary Indian Trail | 491 | 35.0% | 71.8% |
| Morris Grove Elementary Chapel Hill | 383 | 22.5% | 82.8% |
| Summerfield Elementary Summerfield | 584 | 27.4% | 81.7% |
| Stough Elementary Raleigh | 550 | 33.3% | 70.3% |
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 Scroggs Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.3% | #290 of 1,297 | #12 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.6% | #341 of 1,296 | #11 of 18 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.2% | #219 of 1,300 | #9 of 18 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 410 | #870 of 1,485 | #12 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.1:1 | #98 of 1,377 | #5 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.1% | #362 of 1,379 | #9 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.0% | #1,301 of 1,414 | #14 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.7% | #335 of 937 | #5 of 15 |
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
410
-12 (-3%) vs 2020
-24% since 2000-01, when it was 541
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
was 13.2:1
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 | 410 | 34 | 12.1:1 | 30% (123) |
| 2023-24 | 397 | 33.3 | 11.9:1 | 28% (112) |
| 2022-23 | 392 | 32.9 | 11.9:1 | 29% (113) |
| 2020-21 | 422 | 32 | 13.2:1 | 21% (87) |
| 2017-18 | 498 | 34.3 | 14.5:1 | 29% (145) |
| 2015-16 | 510 | 40 | 12.8:1 | 25% (129) |
| 2010-11 | 603 | 38 | 15.9:1 | 21% (127) |
| 2000-01 | 541 | 28 | 19.3:1 | 18% (99) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Scroggs Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (498 to 410); teachers down 1% (34.3 to 34).
About Scroggs Elementary
Located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Scroggs Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school. It offers pre-K through 5 and has 410 students enrolled.
The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools system has 20 schools and 11,392 students.
At Scroggs Elementary, 52% of students are White. After that, the student body is 14% Black, 14% Hispanic, 13% Asian, and 7% multiracial. Census figures show Orange County is about 69% White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 67%.
Scroggs Elementary has 34 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.1:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in North Carolina is 14.9:1. At Scroggs Elementary, 30% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. Public schools in Orange County average 40%.
On the allk12 Grade, Scroggs Elementary lands at B, ahead of 58% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
Scroggs Elementary's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 67.3% is 2.4 points below the 69.7% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
American Community Survey estimates for Orange County show that median household income comes to about $90,089, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 62%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Orange County has 38 public schools with about 19,582 students, including Scroggs Elementary.
Of the public schools around it, Scroggs Elementary is closest to Culbreth Middle, about 0.7 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Scroggs Elementary is 4th of 7 nearby schools with test data.
Scroggs Elementary is coded as City: Small in federal locale data.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 410, down from 422 in 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 12.1 students per teacher, compared with 13.2 in 2020-21.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Orange County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
149,678
Census ACS
Median income
$90,089
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
62%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
38
19,582 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools
- Chapel Hill HighHigh · 1,608 students
- East Chapel Hill HighHigh · 1,419 students
- Carrboro HighHigh · 885 students
- Smith MiddleMiddle · 763 students
- McDougle MiddleMiddle · 659 students
- Culbreth MiddleMiddle · 632 students
Other schools in Chapel Hill
- Chapel Hill HighHigh · 1,608 students
- East Chapel Hill HighHigh · 1,419 students
- Smith MiddleMiddle · 763 students
- Margaret B. Pollard MiddleMiddle · 736 students
- McDougle MiddleMiddle · 659 students
- Culbreth MiddleMiddle · 632 students
Nearby schools
- Culbreth Middle0.7 mi · 632
- Carrboro High1.3 mi · 885
- FPG Elementary1.4 mi · 536
- Virtual Academy School1.7 mi · 39
- Phoenix Academy High1.7 mi · 27
- Carrboro Elementary2.5 mi · 515
Frequently asked questions
About Scroggs ElementaryHow large is Scroggs Elementary?
Scroggs Elementary enrolls approximately 410 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Scroggs Elementary serve?
Scroggs Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Scroggs Elementary?
Approximately 12.1:1 students per teacher at Scroggs Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Scroggs Elementary?
At Scroggs Elementary, the student body is approximately 52% White, 14% Hispanic, 14% Black, 13% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Scroggs Elementary public or private?
Scroggs Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools.
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