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What's one thing Sumner Elementary gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
549
Elementary
DISTRICT 452 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GUILFORD COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370192000853
Sumner Elementary
1915 Harris Drive, Greensboro, NC 27406 · (336) 316-5888 · Guilford County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL549 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 24% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
19.1:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
546 students
DISTRICT 92% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 104 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 97 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 89 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 82 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 83 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 94 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (104) is 11% larger than its 5th grade class (94).
Student demographics
62%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
42.3%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
50.7%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 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
44.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% 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 Sumner Elementary
Sumner Elementary's state test result (44.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sumner Elementary this school | 549 | 99.5% | 44.0% |
| Woodhill Elementary Gastonia | 577 | 99.5% | 25.0% |
| Sandy Ridge Elementary Durham | 589 | 99.5% | 45.6% |
| Wildwood Forest Elementary Raleigh | 551 | 99.5% | 40.7% |
| Sherwood Elementary Gastonia | 553 | 99.5% | 31.6% |
| Walnut Creek Elementary Raleigh | 574 | 99.5% | 32.7% |
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 Sumner Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Guilford County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #985 of 1,297 | #43 of 64 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.7% | #887 of 1,296 | #36 of 64 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.3% | #864 of 1,300 | #38 of 64 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 549 | #467 of 1,485 | #23 of 76 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.1:1 | #1,334 of 1,377 | #68 of 72 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.1% | #623 of 1,379 | #33 of 72 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.5% | #207 of 1,414 | #16 of 74 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.0% | #630 of 937 | #34 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
549
+73 (+15%) vs 2020
+33% since 1990-91, when it was 412
Student : Teacher
19.1:1
was 14.0:1
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 | 549 | 28.8 | 19.1:1 | 99% (546) |
| 2023-24 | 525 | 34.5 | 15.2:1 | 99% (522) |
| 2022-23 | 519 | 32.6 | 15.9:1 | 99% (514) |
| 2020-21 | 476 | 34 | 14.0:1 | 90% (429) |
| 2017-18 | 603 | 34.5 | 17.5:1 | 100% (600) |
| 2015-16 | 628 | 39 | 16.1:1 | 100% (627) |
| 2010-11 | 581 | 40 | 14.5:1 | 81% (471) |
| 2000-01 | 617 | 46 | 13.4:1 | 53% (324) |
| 1990-91 | 412 | 31 | 13.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sumner Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (603 to 549); teachers down 17% (34.5 to 28.8).
About Sumner Elementary
Sumner Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school located in Greensboro, North Carolina. It reported 549 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25.
The 123 schools in Guilford County Schools enroll 68,535 students altogether, Sumner Elementary among them.
Of every 100 students at Sumner Elementary, about 52 are Black. Beyond that, enrollment is 31% Hispanic, 10% White, 4% multiracial, and 2% Asian. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 34%. The diversity index for Sumner Elementary is 62%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Classroom staffing at Sumner Elementary totals 28.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 19.1:1. Compared with the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina, this school's ratio is higher. Federal data show 99% of students (546) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Guilford County is 89%.
Sumner 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 24% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 48.5% for Sumner Elementary. The school posts 44.0%, 4.5 points below the prediction.
In the wider Guilford County area, median household income comes to about $68,642, roughly 39% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Guilford County's 143 public schools enroll about 79,539 students and include Sumner Elementary.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Next Generation Academy, is about 1.8 miles. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 41.9%; Sumner Elementary's is 44.0%, ranking 2nd of 6.
NCES lists the school's locale as Rural: Fringe. That means it sits in rural territory close to an urban area.
By 2024-25, enrollment had risen to 549, from 476 in 2020-21. The number of students per teacher increased from 14.0 to 19.1 over 4 years.
People who know Sumner Elementary can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 Sumner Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Sumner Elementary. Sumner Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 4.
- Sumner Elementary SchoolRoslindale, MA · 576 students
- Sumner ElementaryClaremont, CA · 444 students
- Sumner ElementaryAUSTIN, MN · 387 students
Nearby schools
- Next Generation Academy1.8 mi · 487
- Allen Middle1.9 mi · 617
- Cyrus P Frazier Elementary1.9 mi · 327
- Southern Guilford High2.8 mi · 934
- Southern Guilford Middle3.0 mi · 620
- Southern Elementary3.1 mi · 215
Frequently asked questions
About Sumner ElementaryHow many students attend Sumner Elementary?
Sumner Elementary enrolls approximately 549 students in grades KG-05.
Is Sumner Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Sumner Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Sumner Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Sumner Elementary is approximately 19.1:1 (29 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Sumner Elementary?
Student demographics at Sumner Elementary are roughly 10% White, 31% Hispanic, 52% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Sumner Elementary in?
Sumner Elementary is part of Guilford County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.