Enrollment
319
Elementary
DISTRICT 452 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GUILFORD COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370192000966
Shadybrook Elementary
503 Shadybrook Rd, High Point, NC 27265 · (336) 819-2950 · Guilford County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL319 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 75% 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.
- A-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
13.2:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
316 students
DISTRICT 92% · 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 | 60 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 47 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 48 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 47 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 53 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (60) is 13% larger than its 5th grade class (53).
Student demographics
77%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
54.5%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
70.1%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 55 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
63.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.6%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% 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 Shadybrook Elementary
Shadybrook Elementary's state test result (63.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shadybrook Elementary this school | 319 | 99.1% | 63.1% |
| Longview Elementary Hickory | 269 | 98.9% | 46.9% |
| Southwest Primary Hickory | 292 | 99.0% | N/A |
| Millis Road Elementary Jamestown | 444 | 99.3% | 60.5% |
| Tanglewood Elementary Lumberton | 355 | 99.2% | 60.6% |
| Ben D. Quinn Elementary New Bern | 312 | 93.9% | 54.2% |
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 Shadybrook Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Guilford County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.1% | #412 of 1,297 | #16 of 64 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.1% | #329 of 1,296 | #14 of 64 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.5% | #466 of 1,300 | #19 of 64 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 319 | #1,144 of 1,485 | #59 of 76 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #275 of 1,377 | #11 of 72 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 76.7% | #12 of 1,379 | #1 of 72 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.1% | #619 of 1,414 | #48 of 74 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.8% | #174 of 937 | #6 of 49 |
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
319
+10 (+3%) vs 2020
-43% since 2000-01, when it was 555
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 11.4:1
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 | 319 | 24.1 | 13.2:1 | 99% (316) |
| 2023-24 | 299 | 23.8 | 12.6:1 | 99% (296) |
| 2022-23 | 321 | 23.5 | 13.7:1 | 72% (232) |
| 2020-21 | 309 | 27 | 11.4:1 | 45% (139) |
| 2017-18 | 424 | 26.4 | 16.1:1 | 57% (242) |
| 2015-16 | 475 | 28 | 17.0:1 | 52% (249) |
| 2010-11 | 627 | 34 | 18.4:1 | 35% (218) |
| 2000-01 | 555 | 42 | 13.2:1 | 48% (265) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Shadybrook Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (424 to 319); teachers down 9% (26.4 to 24.1).
About Shadybrook Elementary
Shadybrook Elementary is a low-enrollment elementary school in North Carolina, with an address in High Point. It serves 319 students in pre-K through 5. For comparison, elementary schools in North Carolina average about 467 students.
Guilford County Schools (123 schools, 68,535 students) runs Shadybrook Elementary.
Federal enrollment data show Black students as the largest group at Shadybrook Elementary, at 33%. Other groups make up 24% White, 21% Hispanic, 13% Asian, and 9% multiracial. The county population is about 34% Black, within a few points of the school. The school's diversity index is 77%, meaning two students picked at random have a 77% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school employs the equivalent of 24.1 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 13.2:1. That is 1.6 students per teacher below the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Shadybrook Elementary is 99%. That is higher than the 89% average for public schools in Guilford County.
The allk12 Grade for Shadybrook Elementary is A-. Compared with North Carolina public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 75% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 48.6% for Shadybrook Elementary. The school posts 63.1%, 14.5 points above the prediction.
According to the American Community Survey, in Guilford County, the median household income is $68,642, roughly 39% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. There are 143 public schools in Guilford County, enrolling about 79,539 students in all.
Oak View Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles away. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Shadybrook Elementary is 1st of 9 on proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Mid-size: inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment is up 3% from 2020-21, when Shadybrook Elementary had 309 students, to 2024-25, when it had 319. Its ratio of students to teachers was 11.4:1 in 2020-21, and 13.2:1 in 2024-25.
Questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Guilford County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
547,940
Census ACS
Median income
$68,642
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
143
79,539 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Guilford County Schools
- Northwest Guilford HighHigh · 2,055 students
- Grimsley HighHigh · 1,967 students
- Page HighHigh · 1,648 students
- Southwest Guilford HighHigh · 1,547 students
- James B Dudley HighHigh · 1,403 students
- Ben L. Smith High SchoolHigh · 1,348 students
Other schools in High Point
- Phoenix Academy - Primary Elem UpperCombined · 1,583 students
- Southwest Guilford HighHigh · 1,547 students
- Southwest Guilford MiddleMiddle · 1,032 students
- High Point Central HighHigh · 1,005 students
- Southwest ElementaryElementary · 808 students
- T Wingate Andrews HighHigh · 753 students
Nearby schools
- Oak View Elementary0.6 mi · 491
- Johnson Street Global Studies1.8 mi · 389
- Northwood Elementary1.9 mi · 502
- T Wingate Andrews High2.4 mi · 753
- Kirkman Park Elementary2.4 mi · 236
- Kearns Academy2.5 mi · 108
Frequently asked questions
About Shadybrook ElementaryHow large is Shadybrook Elementary?
Shadybrook Elementary enrolls approximately 319 students in grades PK-05.
Is Shadybrook Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Shadybrook Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Shadybrook Elementary?
Approximately 13.2:1 students per teacher at Shadybrook Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Shadybrook Elementary?
At Shadybrook Elementary, the student body is approximately 24% White, 21% Hispanic, 33% Black, 13% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Shadybrook Elementary public or private?
Shadybrook Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Guilford County Schools.
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