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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Shepherd Elementary administration to hear?
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Enrollment
738
Elementary
DISTRICT 527 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·IREDELL-STATESVILLE SCHOOLS·NCES 370231000993
Shepherd Elementary
1748 Charlotte Hwy, Mooresville, NC 28115 · (704) 664-2582 · Iredell County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL738 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 58% 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.
- 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
15.7:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
735 students
DISTRICT 72% · 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 | 3 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 117 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 109 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 115 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 143 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 131 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 120 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (117) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (120).
Student demographics
55%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
50.8%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
58.5%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 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
56.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.4%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 Shepherd Elementary
Shepherd Elementary's state test result (56.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shepherd Elementary this school | 738 | 99.6% | 56.9% |
| Town Creek Elementary Winnabow | 702 | 99.3% | 70.3% |
| Welcome Elementary Lexington | 638 | 99.5% | 51.7% |
| Union Elementary Shallotte | 654 | 99.5% | 71.7% |
| Lewisville Elementary Lewisville | 591 | 99.5% | 86.2% |
| Piney Grove Elementary Kernersville | 635 | 99.5% | 78.7% |
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 Shepherd Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Iredell County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.9% | #606 of 1,297 | #14 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.5% | #655 of 1,296 | #14 of 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.8% | #593 of 1,300 | #13 of 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 738 | #142 of 1,485 | #5 of 25 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #936 of 1,377 | #20 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.0% | #871 of 1,379 | #15 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.6% | #53 of 1,414 | #2 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +56.0% | #26 of 369 | #1 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
738
+211 (+40%) vs 2020
+156% since 1990-91, when it was 288
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 15.1:1
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 | 738 | 47 | 15.7:1 | 100% (735) |
| 2023-24 | 709 | 46 | 15.4:1 | 100% (706) |
| 2022-23 | 711 | 44.6 | 15.9:1 | 45% (318) |
| 2020-21 | 527 | 35 | 15.1:1 | 31% (163) |
| 2017-18 | 473 | 28.4 | 16.6:1 | 42% (201) |
| 2015-16 | 503 | 28 | 18.0:1 | 42% (213) |
| 2010-11 | 507 | 28 | 18.1:1 | 45% (229) |
| 2000-01 | 374 | 21 | 17.8:1 | 26% (97) |
| 1990-91 | 288 | 14 | 20.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Shepherd Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 56% (473 to 738); teachers up 65% (28.4 to 47).
About Shepherd Elementary
Shepherd Elementary is a large elementary school found in Mooresville, North Carolina. The school counts 738 students across pre-K through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in North Carolina is about 467 students.
Iredell-Statesville Schools counts 38 schools and 21,017 students, including Shepherd Elementary.
By race and ethnicity, Shepherd Elementary is 64% White. The school is also 14% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 9% Black, and 3% Asian. That is lower than the 74% White share among all Iredell County residents. By the diversity index, Shepherd Elementary comes in at 55%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 15.7:1, with 47 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among elementary schools in North Carolina is 14.9:1, lower than at this school. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 100% of enrollment. The gap from the 61% average for public schools in Iredell County is 39 points.
The allk12 Grade for Shepherd Elementary is B. Compared with North Carolina public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 58% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Compared with North Carolina schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Shepherd Elementary's results are 8.4 points above predicted: 56.9% against 48.4%.
Among Iredell County residents, median household income is about $81,419, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Shepherd Elementary is one of 52 public schools in Iredell County, which together enroll about 31,906 students.
The nearest public school is Selma Burke Middle, at about 2.0 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Of the 7 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Shepherd Elementary is 5th on average proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is Rural: Fringe: the school is in rural territory close to an urban area.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count grew from 527 to 738.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss science fairs, picture day, and bus routes at Shepherd Elementary. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Mooresville
- Mooresville High SchoolHigh · 1,923 students
- Lake Norman HighHigh · 1,905 students
- Pine Lake PreparatoryCombined · 1,888 students
- Langtree Charter AcademyCombined · 1,376 students
- Coddle Creek ElementaryElementary · 808 students
- Mooresville MiddleMiddle · 696 students
Other Shepherd Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Shepherd Elementary. Shepherd Elementary is the largest of the 4.
- Shepherd Elementary SchoolSHEPHERD, MI · 544 students
- Shepherd Elementary SchoolWashington, DC · 394 students
- Shepherd ElementaryShepherd, MT · 342 students
Nearby schools
- Selma Burke Middle2.0 mi · 649
- Iredell Charter Academy of Arts &Science2.3 mi · 795
- Park View Elementary3.5 mi · 421
- Lakeshore Middle3.8 mi · 531
- Lakeshore Elementary3.8 mi · 658
- East Mooresville Intermediate4.0 mi · 612
Frequently asked questions
About Shepherd ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Shepherd Elementary?
Shepherd Elementary enrolls approximately 738 students in grades PK-05.
Is Shepherd Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Shepherd Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Shepherd Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Shepherd Elementary is approximately 15.7:1 (47 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Shepherd Elementary?
Student demographics at Shepherd Elementary are roughly 64% White, 14% Hispanic, 9% Black, 3% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Shepherd Elementary public or private?
Shepherd Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Iredell-Statesville Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.