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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Siler City Elementary administration to hear?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
591
Elementary
DISTRICT 389 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHATHAM COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370075000315
Siler City Elementary
671 Ellington Road, Siler City, NC 27344 · (919) 663-2032 · Chatham County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL591 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 30% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
12.3:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
588 students
DISTRICT 84% · 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 | 31 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 91 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 92 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 93 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 90 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 103 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 91 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (91) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (91).
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
36.2%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
52.1%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 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
46.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% 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 Siler City Elementary
Siler City Elementary's state test result (46.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Siler City Elementary this school | 591 | 99.5% | 46.3% |
| Merry Oaks International Academy Charlotte | 601 | 99.5% | 32.3% |
| Oaklawn Language Academy Charlotte | 531 | 97.4% | 67.1% |
| Devonshire Elementary Charlotte | 550 | 99.5% | 31.6% |
| Virginia Cross Elementary Siler City | 494 | 99.4% | 42.2% |
| Forest Park Elementary Winston Salem | 522 | 99.4% | 39.5% |
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 Siler City Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Chatham County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.3% | #924 of 1,297 | #10 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.1% | #834 of 1,296 | #10 of 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.2% | #1,061 of 1,300 | #10 of 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 591 | #369 of 1,485 | #2 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #113 of 1,377 | #3 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.1% | #1,051 of 1,379 | #6 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.5% | #156 of 1,414 | #1 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.6% | #364 of 937 | #4 of 9 |
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
591
-35 (-6%) vs 2020
-27% since 1990-91, when it was 811
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 13.3:1
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 | 591 | 48.2 | 12.3:1 | 99% (588) |
| 2023-24 | 631 | 45 | 14.0:1 | 88% (553) |
| 2022-23 | 636 | 45.9 | 13.9:1 | 86% (548) |
| 2020-21 | 626 | 47 | 13.3:1 | 70% (438) |
| 2017-18 | 709 | 51.5 | 13.8:1 | 84% (598) |
| 2015-16 | 734 | 52 | 14.1:1 | 84% (613) |
| 2010-11 | 655 | 52 | 12.6:1 | 83% (545) |
| 2000-01 | 644 | 47 | 13.7:1 | 77% (497) |
| 1990-91 | 811 | 29 | 28.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Siler City Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (709 to 591); teachers down 6% (51.5 to 48.2).
About Siler City Elementary
Siler City Elementary is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Siler City, North Carolina. The school runs pre-K through 5 and enrolls 591 students. Elementary schools in North Carolina average about 467 students, which makes this school 27% larger than average.
Chatham County Schools oversees Siler City Elementary and 20 other schools, with 8,987 students in total.
About 70% of the student body at Siler City Elementary is Hispanic. Other groups include 15% Black, 11% White, and 2% multiracial. By comparison, Chatham County residents are about 14% Hispanic. A diversity index of 47% means there is a 47% chance two randomly chosen students at Siler City Elementary are from different groups.
Based on 48.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, Siler City Elementary has a ratio of 12.3:1. The gap from the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina is 2.6 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 99%. The gap from the 74% average for public schools in Chatham County is 25 points.
Siler City Elementary earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 30% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 46.3%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 48.5%.
Chatham County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $94,317, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. There are 25 public schools in the county, enrolling about 10,374, Siler City Elementary among them.
Chatham Charter is about 1.3 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Siler City Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with 7 others within five miles. Siler City Elementary's average proficiency of 46.3% compares with 41.9% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Fringe: in rural territory close to an urban area.
A 6% decrease took enrollment from 626 in 2020-21 to 591 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 13.3:1 to 12.3:1.
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Chatham County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
80,151
Census ACS
Median income
$94,317
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
49%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
25
10,374 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Chatham County Schools
- Seaforth HighHigh · 1,088 students
- Jordan-Matthews HighHigh · 848 students
- Margaret B. Pollard MiddleMiddle · 736 students
- Chatham Grove ElementaryElementary · 683 students
- Northwood HighHigh · 634 students
- North Chatham ElementaryElementary · 588 students
Other schools in Siler City
- Jordan-Matthews HighHigh · 848 students
- Chatham CharterCombined · 591 students
- Chatham MiddleMiddle · 513 students
- Virginia Cross ElementaryElementary · 494 students
- Silk Hope SchoolElementary · 281 students
- Chatham Early CollegeHigh · 113 students
Nearby schools
- Chatham Charter1.3 mi · 591
- Chatham Early College1.9 mi · 113
- ONE Academy1.9 mi · 35
- Chatham County Schools Virtual Academy1.9 mi · 9
- Jordan-Matthews High2.3 mi · 848
- Chatham Middle2.9 mi · 513
Frequently asked questions
About Siler City ElementaryHow large is Siler City Elementary?
Siler City Elementary enrolls approximately 591 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Siler City Elementary serve?
Siler City Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Siler City Elementary?
Approximately 12.3:1 students per teacher at Siler City Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Siler City Elementary?
At Siler City Elementary, the student body is approximately 11% White, 70% Hispanic, 15% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Siler City Elementary public or private?
Siler City Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Chatham County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.