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Which teacher or staff member at South Graham Elementary deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
518
Elementary
DISTRICT 503 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALAMANCE-BURLINGTON SCHOOLS·NCES 370003000014
South Graham Elementary
320 Ivey Road, Graham, NC 27253 · (336) 570-6520 · Alamance County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL518 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 13% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
15.2:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
515 students
DISTRICT 82% · 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 | 40 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 92 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 93 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 61 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 89 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 78 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 65 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (92) is 42% larger than its 5th grade class (65).
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
36.8%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
44.6%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 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
38.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% 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 South Graham Elementary
South Graham Elementary's state test result (38.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Graham Elementary this school | 518 | 99.4% | 38.7% |
| Carver Elementary Wendell | 495 | 99.4% | 52.9% |
| Greenway Park Elementary Charlotte | 511 | 99.4% | 43.6% |
| Butler Avenue Elementary Clinton | 469 | 99.4% | N/A |
| South Smithfield Elementary Smithfield | 450 | 99.3% | 42.1% |
| Hillandale Elementary Durham | 586 | 99.5% | 35.9% |
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 South Graham Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Alamance County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.7% | #1,124 of 1,297 | #11 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.6% | #1,046 of 1,296 | #11 of 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.8% | #1,051 of 1,300 | #11 of 20 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 518 | #565 of 1,485 | #10 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #826 of 1,377 | #12 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.7% | #269 of 1,379 | #9 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.4% | #257 of 1,414 | #5 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.2% | #502 of 937 | #5 of 14 |
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
518
-4 (-1%) vs 2020
+30% since 1990-91, when it was 397
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 13.7:1
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 | 518 | 34 | 15.2:1 | 99% (515) |
| 2023-24 | 493 | 33.7 | 14.7:1 | 99% (490) |
| 2022-23 | 480 | 36.1 | 13.3:1 | 72% (346) |
| 2020-21 | 522 | 38 | 13.7:1 | 54% (280) |
| 2017-18 | 590 | 47.6 | 12.4:1 | 99% (587) |
| 2015-16 | 626 | 46 | 13.6:1 | 100% (623) |
| 2010-11 | 573 | 47 | 12.2:1 | 72% (411) |
| 2000-01 | 594 | 36 | 16.5:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 397 | 26 | 15.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for South Graham Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (590 to 518); teachers down 29% (47.6 to 34).
About South Graham Elementary
South Graham Elementary serves students in Graham, North Carolina, as a medium-sized elementary school. It enrolled 518 students in pre-K through 5 for the 2024-25 school year.
Alamance-Burlington Schools has a total of 37 schools and 22,661 students, South Graham Elementary among them.
Hispanic students are the largest group at South Graham Elementary, with 44% of enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 30% Black, 17% White, 8% multiracial, and 2% Asian. Among all residents of Alamance County, the Hispanic share is about 15%. The chance that two students picked at random at South Graham Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 69%.
A ratio of 15.2:1 comes from the school's 34 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in North Carolina average about 14.9:1, a similar figure. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 99% in 2024-25. Across public schools in Alamance County, the average is 80%.
Measured against North Carolina public elementary schools, South Graham Elementary receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, South Graham Elementary would score about 48.5%. It scores 38.7%, 9.8 points below that figure.
County data help place the school in context: in Alamance County, median household income is about $65,651, roughly 29% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. The public schools of Alamance County number 42 and enroll about 25,737.
The nearest other public school, River Mill Academy, is about 0.6 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, South Graham Elementary ranks 2nd of 6 on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Mid-size.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 522 in 2020-21, 518 in 2024-25. The ratio was 13.7:1 in 2020-21 and 15.2:1 in 2024-25.
Threads on this page can be about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Alamance County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
176,893
Census ACS
Median income
$65,651
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
42
25,737 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Alamance-Burlington Schools
- Walter M Williams HighHigh · 1,206 students
- Southern Alamance HighHigh · 1,148 students
- Western Alamance HighHigh · 1,138 students
- Southeast Alamance HighHigh · 1,079 students
- Eastern Alamance HighHigh · 952 students
- Hawfields MiddleMiddle · 864 students
Other schools in Graham
- Southern Alamance HighHigh · 1,148 students
- Graham HighHigh · 828 students
- Southern Alamance MiddleMiddle · 822 students
- River Mill AcademyCombined · 780 students
- Alexander Wilson ElementaryElementary · 609 students
- Graham MiddleMiddle · 553 students
Nearby schools
- River Mill Academy0.6 mi · 780
- Alamance Virtual School0.6 mi · 203
- Ray Street Academy0.6 mi · 36
- Graham Middle1.0 mi · 553
- Graham High1.7 mi · 828
- North Graham Elementary1.9 mi · 362
Frequently asked questions
About South Graham ElementaryHow large is South Graham Elementary?
South Graham Elementary enrolls approximately 518 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does South Graham Elementary serve?
South Graham Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at South Graham Elementary?
Approximately 15.2:1 students per teacher at South Graham Elementary.
How diverse is South Graham Elementary?
South Graham Elementary reports a student body of 17% White, 44% Hispanic, 30% Black, 2% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is South Graham Elementary public or private?
South Graham Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Alamance-Burlington Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.