Shoals Elementary

As a low-enrollment elementary school in Pinnacle, North Carolina, Shoals Elementary enrolls 235 students from grades pre-K through 5, part of Surry County Schools. That puts it 50% below the typical public school in North Carolina, which averages around 467 students.

Surry County Schools comprises 20 schools with combined enrollment of 7,318 students; Shoals Elementary is among them.

On the student-mix side, Shoals Elementary reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (89%). The remainder comes out to 6% multiracial, 5% Hispanic.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.9:1, putting Shoals Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Shoals Elementary sits in the top 10% of North Carolina schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 48.7%; actual is 80.9%, +32.2 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the broader community, census data for Surry County shows median household earnings sit near $55,656, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. In all, Surry County runs 30 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,139 students), of which Shoals Elementary is one.

Pinnacle Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 3.7 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Shoals Elementary at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 65.1%.

Shoals Elementary operates from a low-density location.

Five-year trend. Shoals Elementary's enrollment has decreased 16% since 2018, when it stood at 280 (now 235).

On the community side, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.