Sylvan Elementary

Sylvan Elementary is a tight-knit K-5 school in Snow Camp, North Carolina, part of Alamance-Burlington Schools. The school caters to 298 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, North Carolina's public schools average about 467 students each, so Sylvan Elementary sits 36% smaller than that benchmark.

Alamance-Burlington Schools runs 37 schools in total, collectively educating 22,661 students. Sylvan Elementary is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Sylvan Elementary shows that White students make up the majority at 71%. Beyond that, the school records 16% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 5% Black. The wider county runs roughly 60% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.9:1 average. An estimated 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Alamance County's rate of about 80%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Sylvan Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 40.3%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Alamance County put the typical household earns roughly $65,651 per year, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Alamance County's 42 public schools (combined enrollment of about 25,737 students), Sylvan Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is B. Everett Jordan Elementary, roughly 7.4 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 7 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, Sylvan Elementary comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 46.4%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Sylvan Elementary has climbed 3%, going from 289 students in 2018 to 298 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 80% to 71%. Class-load math has widened: from 13.3:1 in 2018 to 15.7:1 in 2025.

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