Stokesdale Elementary

Stokesdale Elementary operates as a mid-tier elementary school in Stokesdale, North Carolina, part of Guilford County Schools. Current enrollment sits at 473 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

Guilford County Schools comprises 123 schools with combined enrollment of 68,535 students; Stokesdale Elementary is among them.

On demographics, Stokesdale Elementary lists that the largest single group is White, at 79% of enrollment. Other groups include 9% Hispanic, 6% Black, 4% multiracial. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.5:1. The state averages about 14.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 29% of students at Stokesdale Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Guilford County runs at roughly 89%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Stokesdale Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 70.1%, the actual is 65.1%, a residual of -4.9 points.

Around the school, Guilford County reports that the typical household earns roughly $68,642 per year, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Guilford County's 143 public schools (combined enrollment of about 79,539 students), Stokesdale Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Summerfield Charter Academy, around 4.0 miles off. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Stokesdale Elementary comes 6th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 80.4%.

Stokesdale Elementary operates from a countryside location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 15%: 557 students in 2018 compared to 473 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 17.7:1 in 2018 to 15.5:1 in 2025.

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