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Enrollment
416
Elementary
DISTRICT 433 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO CITY SCHOOLS·NCES 370072000296
Seawell Elementary
9115 Seawell School Rd, Chapel Hill, NC 27516 · (919) 967-4343 · Orange County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL416 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 83% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- ATest 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
12.4:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.5:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
125 students
DISTRICT 35% · 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 | 26 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 36 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 40 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 57 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 57 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 93 | 22% |
| Grade 5 | 107 | 26% |
This year's kindergarten class (36) is 66% smaller than its 5th grade class (107).
Student demographics
74%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
76.4%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
76.4%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 76 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
77.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.7%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 78% 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 Seawell Elementary
Seawell Elementary's state test result (77.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seawell Elementary this school | 416 | 30.0% | 77.6% |
| Woods Creek Elementary Holly Springs | 406 | 24.6% | 77.3% |
| Glenwood Elementary Chapel Hill | 390 | 19.2% | 82.9% |
| Knights View Elementary School Charlotte | 511 | 19.4% | N/A |
| Northwoods Elementary Cary | 579 | 35.1% | 68.7% |
| McKee Road Elementary Charlotte | 534 | 27.3% | 86.1% |
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 Seawell Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 77.6% | #104 of 1,297 | #5 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.4% | #180 of 1,296 | #6 of 18 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 76.4% | #73 of 1,300 | #4 of 18 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 416 | #847 of 1,485 | #9 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.4:1 | #136 of 1,377 | #7 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.9% | #36 of 1,379 | #2 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.0% | #1,299 of 1,414 | #12 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.2% | #202 of 937 | #4 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
416
-65 (-14%) vs 2020
-26% since 1990-91, when it was 565
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
was 11.7:1
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 | 416 | 33.5 | 12.4:1 | 30% (125) |
| 2023-24 | 442 | 34.7 | 12.8:1 | 33% (144) |
| 2022-23 | 491 | 38.9 | 12.6:1 | 31% (150) |
| 2020-21 | 481 | 41 | 11.7:1 | 23% (112) |
| 2017-18 | 542 | 36.6 | 14.8:1 | 24% (129) |
| 2015-16 | 523 | 37 | 14.1:1 | 26% (135) |
| 2010-11 | 550 | 40 | 13.8:1 | 17% (91) |
| 2000-01 | 638 | 41 | 15.6:1 | 22% (139) |
| 1990-91 | 565 | 42 | 13.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Seawell Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (542 to 416); teachers down 8% (36.6 to 33.5).
About Seawell Elementary
Among the schools in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, is Seawell Elementary, a medium-sized elementary school. The school enrolls 416 students, from pre-K through 5.
Seawell Elementary is one school in a 20-school district, Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools, which enrolls 11,392 students.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Seawell Elementary. The largest is White students, at 34%. Next come 33% Asian, 13% Black, 11% Hispanic, and 9% multiracial. That compares with about 69% White among all Orange County residents. Seawell Elementary's diversity index is 74%, against a US figure of 70%.
Seawell Elementary employs 33.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 12.4:1. This ratio sits 2.4 below the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 30% in 2024-25. That is lower than the 40% average for public schools in Orange County.
Measured against North Carolina public elementary schools, Seawell Elementary receives an A-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Seawell Elementary is 7.9 points above its prediction. Actual: 77.6%. Predicted: 69.7%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Orange County, the median household income is $90,089, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 62%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Seawell Elementary is one of 38 public schools in the county.
The school nearest to Seawell Elementary is Smith Middle, at a distance of about 0.2 miles. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Seawell Elementary places 2nd of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
In the federal locale system, Seawell Elementary is coded City: Small, for schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment dropped 14% from its 2020-21 level of 481.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Seawell Elementary. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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
- Smith Middle0.2 mi · 763
- Chapel Hill High0.4 mi · 1,608
- McDougle Elementary1.3 mi · 497
- McDougle Middle1.4 mi · 659
- Carrboro Elementary1.8 mi · 515
- Northside Elementary1.8 mi · 412
Frequently asked questions
About Seawell ElementaryHow large is Seawell Elementary?
Seawell Elementary enrolls approximately 416 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Seawell Elementary serve?
Seawell Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Seawell Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Seawell Elementary is approximately 12.4:1 (34 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Seawell Elementary?
At Seawell Elementary, the student body is approximately 34% White, 11% Hispanic, 13% Black, 33% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Seawell Elementary?
Seawell Elementary is overseen by Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools in Orange County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.