Summerfield Elementary

As a mid-sized K-5 school in Summerfield, North Carolina, Summerfield Elementary educates 584 students from grades K through 5, run under Guilford County Schools. Compared to the state average of about 467 students per school, that is 25% above typical.

Guilford County Schools runs 123 schools in total, collectively educating 68,535 students. Summerfield Elementary is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Summerfield Elementary records that the largest single group is White, at 56% of enrollment. Other groups include 15% Asian, 13% Black, 10% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Summerfield Elementary has 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.9:1 average. Roughly 27% of students at Summerfield Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is lower than Guilford County's rate of about 89%.

With demographic context factored in, Summerfield Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 70.5%, the actual is 81.7%, a residual of +11.2 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Guilford County) records 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. In all, Guilford County runs 143 public schools (combined enrollment of about 79,539 students), of which Summerfield Elementary is one.

Revolution Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Summerfield Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Summerfield Elementary at 1st of 5; the average score across the group is 77.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 9%: 643 students in 2018 compared to 584 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 63% to 56% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 15.9:1 in 2025.

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