Enrollment
336
Elementary
DISTRICT 413 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GRANVILLE COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370180000745
Stovall-Shaw Elementary
7696 Hwy 15 N, Stovall, NC 27582 · (919) 693-3478 · Granville County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL336 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 35% 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
14.9:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
333 students
DISTRICT 97% · 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 | 18 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 42 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 66 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 58 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 46 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 51 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 55 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (42) is 24% smaller than its 5th grade class (55).
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
37.4%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
63.2%
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 63 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
48.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.6%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% 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 Stovall-Shaw Elementary
Stovall-Shaw Elementary's state test result (48.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stovall-Shaw Elementary this school | 336 | 99.1% | 48.3% |
| James W Smith Elementary Cove City | 325 | 96.6% | 54.9% |
| West Rockingham Elementary Rockingham | 314 | 98.4% | 33.2% |
| Frederick Douglass Elementary Wilson | 339 | 98.5% | 63.8% |
| Billingsville Elementary Charlotte | 356 | 99.2% | N/A |
| Cotswold Elementary Charlotte | 340 | 99.1% | 56.8% |
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 Stovall-Shaw Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Granville County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.3% | #862 of 1,297 | #4 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.2% | #529 of 1,296 | #1 of 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.4% | #1,038 of 1,300 | #5 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 336 | #1,097 of 1,485 | #6 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.9:1 | #735 of 1,377 | #1 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.3% | #348 of 1,379 | #2 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.1% | #585 of 1,414 | #5 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.1% | #549 of 937 | N/A |
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
336
-49 (-13%) vs 2020
+7% since 1990-91, when it was 315
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 336 | 22.5 | 14.9:1 | 99% (333) |
| 2023-24 | 347 | 21.5 | 16.1:1 | 79% (275) |
| 2022-23 | 324 | 21.4 | 15.1:1 | 78% (254) |
| 2020-21 | 385 | 28 | 13.8:1 | 49% (188) |
| 2017-18 | 378 | 25.6 | 14.8:1 | 64% (242) |
| 2015-16 | 348 | 22 | 15.8:1 | 67% (232) |
| 2010-11 | 404 | 23 | 17.6:1 | 64% (257) |
| 2000-01 | 415 | 19 | 21.8:1 | 43% (177) |
| 1990-91 | 315 | 20 | 15.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Stovall-Shaw Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (378 to 336); teachers down 12% (25.6 to 22.5).
About Stovall-Shaw Elementary
Stovall-Shaw Elementary runs as a low-enrollment elementary school in Stovall, North Carolina. It reports enrollment of 336 students in pre-K through 5. On average, elementary schools in North Carolina enroll around 467, and this school is 28% below that mark.
Granville County Schools has 6,402 students in 16 schools, and Stovall-Shaw Elementary is one of those schools.
The student body at Stovall-Shaw Elementary has no majority group. White students lead at 39%. The remaining shares are 36% Black, 20% Hispanic, and 5% multiracial. Granville County as a whole is about 57% White, so the school's share is lower. A diversity index of 67% means there is a 67% chance two randomly chosen students at Stovall-Shaw Elementary are from different groups.
For every teacher at Stovall-Shaw Elementary, there are about 14.9 students; the school has 22.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The ratio is within a point of the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina. There are 333 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 99% of enrollment. That is in line with the 98% average for public schools in Granville County.
Stovall-Shaw 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 35% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
Stovall-Shaw Elementary is within a point of its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (48.3% versus 48.6%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in North Carolina.
In the wider Granville County area, median household income comes to about $71,111, roughly 25% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Granville County's 20 public schools enroll about 8,376 students and include Stovall-Shaw Elementary.
Northern Granville Middle sits about 6.7 miles from Stovall-Shaw Elementary. Stovall-Shaw Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within ten miles. The school's 48.3% average proficiency ranks 1st among 6 nearby schools.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Distant.
Enrollment fell by 13% across 4 years, from 385 in 2020-21 to 336 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 13.8:1 to 14.9:1.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Stovall-Shaw Elementary. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Granville County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
60,877
Census ACS
Median income
$71,111
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
20
8,376 students
Quick facts
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Other schools in Granville County Schools
- South Granville HighHigh · 706 students
- Granville Central HighHigh · 531 students
- West Oxford ElementaryElementary · 520 students
- Mount Energy ElementaryElementary · 515 students
- J. F. Webb HighHigh · 512 students
- Northern Granville MiddleMiddle · 495 students
Nearby schools
- Northern Granville Middle6.7 mi · 495
- J. F. Webb High7.0 mi · 512
- Oxford Preparatory7.1 mi · 869
- New Hope Elementary7.7 mi · 130
- West Oxford Elementary8.3 mi · 520
- Phoenix Academy8.4 mi · 17
Frequently asked questions
About Stovall-Shaw ElementaryHow large is Stovall-Shaw Elementary?
Stovall-Shaw Elementary enrolls approximately 336 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Stovall-Shaw Elementary serve?
Stovall-Shaw Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Stovall-Shaw Elementary?
Approximately 14.9:1 students per teacher at Stovall-Shaw Elementary.
How diverse is Stovall-Shaw Elementary?
Stovall-Shaw Elementary reports a student body of 39% White, 20% Hispanic, 36% Black, 5% Two or more.
Is Stovall-Shaw Elementary public or private?
Stovall-Shaw Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Granville County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.