Enrollment
215
Elementary
DISTRICT 452 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GUILFORD COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370192000850
Southern Elementary
5720 Drake Road, Greensboro, NC 27406 · (336) 674-4325 · Guilford County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL215 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 68% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- BTest 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
13.2:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
212 students
DISTRICT 92% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 14 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 34 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 33 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 28 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 37 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 37 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 32 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (34) is 6% larger than its 5th grade class (32).
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
55.6%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
57.4%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 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
60.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.7%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 Southern Elementary
Southern Elementary's state test result (60.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Elementary this school | 215 | 98.6% | 60.6% |
| Catawba Heights Elementary Belmont | 238 | 98.7% | 57.4% |
| Moravian Falls Elementary School Moravian Falls | 257 | 98.4% | 76.9% |
| Star Elementary Star | 272 | 98.9% | 62.4% |
| Scotts Elementary Statesville | 283 | 98.9% | 53.6% |
| Johnston Elementary Asheville | 217 | 98.6% | 27.5% |
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 Southern Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Guilford County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.6% | #482 of 1,297 | #17 of 64 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.4% | #689 of 1,296 | #26 of 64 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.6% | #443 of 1,300 | #17 of 64 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 215 | #1,354 of 1,485 | #69 of 76 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #270 of 1,377 | #10 of 72 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.2% | #413 of 1,379 | #24 of 72 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.6% | #808 of 1,414 | #55 of 74 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -31.1% | #82 of 937 | #3 of 49 |
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
215
-28 (-12%) vs 2020
-37% since 1990-91, when it was 343
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 215 | 16.3 | 13.2:1 | 99% (212) |
| 2023-24 | 234 | 17.8 | 13.2:1 | 56% (131) |
| 2022-23 | 248 | 18 | 13.8:1 | 77% (190) |
| 2020-21 | 243 | 17 | 14.3:1 | 53% (129) |
| 2017-18 | 312 | 19.7 | 15.9:1 | 65% (204) |
| 2015-16 | 322 | 17 | 18.9:1 | 69% (222) |
| 2010-11 | 300 | 18 | 16.7:1 | 59% (176) |
| 2000-01 | 310 | 23 | 13.5:1 | 34% (105) |
| 1990-91 | 343 | 20 | 17.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Southern Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 31% (312 to 215); teachers down 17% (19.7 to 16.3).
About Southern Elementary
Southern Elementary is an elementary school in Greensboro, North Carolina, reachable at (336) 674-4325. It serves 215 students in pre-K through 5. For comparison, elementary schools in North Carolina average about 467 students.
Besides Southern Elementary, Guilford County Schools runs 122 other schools. The district enrolls 68,535 students.
Southern Elementary has no majority group; White students are the largest, at 43%. Smaller groups are 37% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 7% Black, and 4% Asian. The school's diversity index is 66%, meaning two students picked at random have a 66% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The ratio of students to teachers is 13.2:1, with 16.3 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. That is 1.7 students per teacher below the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 99%. The gap from the 89% average for public schools in Guilford County is 10 points.
allk12 grades Southern Elementary a B+. The grade compares the school only with North Carolina public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Southern Elementary is +11.8 points: 60.6% actual, 48.7% predicted.
Census Bureau estimates for Guilford County show that the median household income is $68,642, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Southern Elementary is one of 143 public schools in the county.
Southern Guilford Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles away. The five-mile area around Southern Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Southern Elementary at 1st of 6.
The federal government classifies Southern Elementary's location as Rural: Fringe.
Enrollment is down 12% from 2020-21, when Southern Elementary had 243 students, to 2024-25, when it had 215. The ratio was 14.3:1 in 2020-21 and 13.2:1 in 2024-25.
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Guilford County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
547,940
Census ACS
Median income
$68,642
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
143
79,539 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Guilford County Schools
- Northwest Guilford HighHigh · 2,055 students
- Grimsley HighHigh · 1,967 students
- Page HighHigh · 1,648 students
- Southwest Guilford HighHigh · 1,547 students
- James B Dudley HighHigh · 1,403 students
- Ben L. Smith High SchoolHigh · 1,348 students
Other schools in Greensboro
- Northwest Guilford HighHigh · 2,055 students
- Grimsley HighHigh · 1,967 students
- Page HighHigh · 1,648 students
- James B Dudley HighHigh · 1,403 students
- Triad Math and Science AcademyCombined · 1,374 students
- Ben L. Smith High SchoolHigh · 1,348 students
Other Southern Elementary schools
9 other US public schools in 6 states are named Southern Elementary. Southern Elementary is the 9th largest of the 10.
- Southern Elementary SchoolNew Castle, DE · 729 students
- Southern Elementary SchoolSomerset, KY · 611 students
- Southern Elementary SchoolFalmouth, KY · 542 students
- Southern Elementary SchoolGlen Rock, PA · 527 students
- Southern Elementary SchoolRacine, OH · 495 students
Nearby schools
- Southern Guilford Middle0.3 mi · 620
- Southern Guilford High0.4 mi · 934
- Sumner Elementary3.1 mi · 549
- College Prep and Leadership Academy4.0 mi · 890
- Haynes Inman Education Center4.2 mi · 135
- Jamestown Middle4.2 mi · 949
Frequently asked questions
About Southern ElementaryHow many students attend Southern Elementary?
Southern Elementary enrolls approximately 215 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Southern Elementary serve?
Southern Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Southern Elementary?
Approximately 13.2:1 students per teacher at Southern Elementary.
How diverse is Southern Elementary?
Southern Elementary reports a student body of 43% White, 37% Hispanic, 7% Black, 4% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Southern Elementary in?
Southern Elementary is part of Guilford County Schools.
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