Enrollment
235
Elementary
DISTRICT 301 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SURRY COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370441001756
Shoals Elementary
1800 Shoals Road, Pinnacle, NC 27043 · (336) 325-2518 · Surry County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL235 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 99% 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.
- 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
13.4:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
232 students
DISTRICT 97% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 36 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 42 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 45 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 31 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 38 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 43 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (36) is 16% smaller than its 5th grade class (43).
Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
80.0%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
84.5%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 80 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 85 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NC schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
80.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.7%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+32.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 81% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 49% typical for North Carolina schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 32 points, placing it in North Carolina's top 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 Shoals Elementary
Shoals Elementary's state test result (80.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shoals Elementary this school | 235 | 98.7% | 80.9% |
| Happy Valley Elementary Lenoir | 234 | 97.9% | 43.4% |
| Mount Pleasant Elementary School Ferguson | 237 | 98.7% | 47.8% |
| C B Eller Elementary School Elkin | 248 | 97.6% | 59.9% |
| Sunshine Elementary School Bostic | 217 | 98.6% | 65.8% |
| Ranger Elementary Murphy | 264 | 98.9% | 61.1% |
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 Shoals Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Surry County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 80.9% | #64 of 1,297 | #1 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 84.5% | #59 of 1,296 | #1 of 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 80.0% | #44 of 1,300 | #1 of 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 235 | #1,321 of 1,485 | #11 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #320 of 1,377 | #4 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 21.1% | #1,348 of 1,379 | #13 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.7% | #775 of 1,414 | #10 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.1% | #378 of 937 | #2 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
235
-15 (-6%) vs 2020
+27% since 1990-91, when it was 185
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 11.9:1
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 | 235 | 17.5 | 13.4:1 | 99% (232) |
| 2023-24 | 252 | 19.9 | 12.7:1 | 99% (249) |
| 2022-23 | 245 | 20.3 | 12.1:1 | 51% (125) |
| 2020-21 | 250 | 21 | 11.9:1 | 34% (86) |
| 2017-18 | 280 | 19.5 | 14.4:1 | 48% (135) |
| 2015-16 | 277 | 19 | 14.6:1 | 46% (128) |
| 2010-11 | 280 | 19 | 14.7:1 | 44% (123) |
| 2000-01 | 458 | 29 | 15.8:1 | 28% (126) |
| 1990-91 | 185 | 11 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Shoals Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (280 to 235); teachers down 10% (19.5 to 17.5).
About Shoals Elementary
Shoals Elementary is an elementary school in Pinnacle, North Carolina, according to federal school records. The latest federal count shows 235 students in pre-K through 5. Against the 467-student average for elementary schools in North Carolina, enrollment here is 50% lower.
Federal data list 20 schools in Surry County Schools, with 7,318 students enrolled.
Shoals Elementary's enrollment is 89% White. After that, the student body is 6% multiracial and 5% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 21% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Shoals Elementary employs 17.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 13.4:1. This ratio sits 1.5 below the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 99% in 2024-25.
allk12 grades Shoals Elementary an A+. The grade compares the school only with North Carolina public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests, 80.9%, is 32.2 points above the 48.7% the model predicts from its free or reduced-price lunch share. That result is in the top 10% of North Carolina schools.
Federal survey data for Surry County show that the median household income is $55,656, roughly 20% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 30 public schools in Surry County, enrolling about 11,139 students in all.
Pinnacle Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 3.7 miles away. The five-mile area around Shoals Elementary holds 3 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Shoals Elementary at 1st of 9.
In the federal locale system, Shoals Elementary is coded Rural: Distant, for schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment is down 6% from 2020-21, when Shoals Elementary had 250 students, to 2024-25, when it had 235. The ratio was 11.9:1 in 2020-21 and 13.4:1 in 2024-25.
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Surry County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
71,425
Census ACS
Median income
$55,656
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
30
11,139 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Surry County Schools
- North Surry HighHigh · 792 students
- Surry Central HighHigh · 679 students
- East Surry HighHigh · 576 students
- Central MiddleMiddle · 502 students
- Franklin ElementaryElementary · 473 students
- Pilot Mountain MiddleMiddle · 401 students
Other Shoals Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Shoals Elementary. Shoals Elementary is the largest of the 2.
- Shoals Elementary SchoolCharleston, WV · 191 students
Nearby schools
- Pinnacle Elementary School3.7 mi · 162
- Pilot Mountain Elementary4.3 mi · 353
- East Surry High4.4 mi · 576
- Pilot Mountain Middle5.0 mi · 401
- Chestnut Grove Middle School7.2 mi · 662
- West Stokes High School7.3 mi · 799
Frequently asked questions
About Shoals ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Shoals Elementary?
Shoals Elementary enrolls approximately 235 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Shoals Elementary serve?
Shoals Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Shoals Elementary?
Approximately 13.4:1 students per teacher at Shoals Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Shoals Elementary?
At Shoals Elementary, the student body is approximately 89% White, 5% Hispanic, 1% Black, 6% Two or more.
Is Shoals Elementary public or private?
Shoals Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Surry County Schools.
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