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Enrollment
559
Elementary
DISTRICT 535 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LEE COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370256002391
Tramway Elementary
360 Center Church Road, Sanford, NC 27330 · (919) 718-0170 · Lee County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL559 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 94% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+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
14.0:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
552 students
DISTRICT 98% · 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 | 108 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 104 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 85 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 86 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 87 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 89 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (108) is 21% larger than its 5th grade class (89).
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
66.8%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
79.9%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 80 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NC schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
72.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.7%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+23.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 49% typical for North Carolina schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 24 points, placing it in North Carolina's top 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 Tramway Elementary
Tramway Elementary's state test result (72.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tramway Elementary this school | 559 | 98.7% | 72.5% |
| China Grove Elementary China Grove | 592 | 99.5% | 31.1% |
| Cape Fear Elementary Rocky Point | 533 | 99.4% | 46.6% |
| Landis Elementary Landis | 613 | 99.5% | 57.2% |
| Rock Ridge Elementary Wilson | 476 | 99.4% | 81.5% |
| Dixon Road Elementary Willow Spring | 644 | 99.5% | 67.0% |
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 Tramway Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Lee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.5% | #173 of 1,297 | #1 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 79.9% | #124 of 1,296 | #1 of 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.8% | #181 of 1,300 | #1 of 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 559 | #437 of 1,485 | #4 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #469 of 1,377 | #3 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.5% | #687 of 1,379 | #8 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.7% | #764 of 1,414 | #6 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.4% | #272 of 937 | #4 of 7 |
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
559
-31 (-5%) vs 2020
-14% since 2000-01, when it was 649
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 14.1:1
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 | 559 | 40 | 14.0:1 | 99% (552) |
| 2023-24 | 559 | 43 | 13.0:1 | 46% (258) |
| 2022-23 | 545 | 41.1 | 13.3:1 | 47% (254) |
| 2020-21 | 590 | 42 | 14.1:1 | 29% (170) |
| 2017-18 | 702 | 43.7 | 16.1:1 | 42% (294) |
| 2015-16 | 701 | 37 | 18.9:1 | 41% (286) |
| 2010-11 | 700 | 36 | 19.4:1 | 38% (264) |
| 2000-01 | 649 | 29 | 22.4:1 | 30% (196) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Tramway Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (702 to 559); teachers down 9% (43.7 to 40).
About Tramway Elementary
At 360 Center Church Road in Sanford, North Carolina, Tramway Elementary operates as a mid-sized elementary school. In all, 559 students attend the school in kindergarten through 5.
Tramway Elementary is among 16 schools run by Lee County Schools, which serves 9,168 students.
The share of White students at Tramway Elementary is 54%, a majority. It is also 29% Hispanic, 13% Black, and 4% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Lee County is roughly 64% White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 61%.
The school had 40 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 14.0:1. The gap from the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina is 0.9 students per teacher. The school reported 99% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.
Among North Carolina public elementary schools, Tramway Elementary outscored 94%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
On allk12's BeatsExpectations measure, Tramway Elementary is among the top 10% of schools in North Carolina. Predicted: 48.7%. Actual: 72.5%.
In the wider Lee County area, median household income comes to about $65,387, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Lee County counts 20 public schools with about 10,641 students.
Of the public schools around it, Tramway Elementary is closest to SanLee Middle School, about 2.2 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 48.5% on proficiency, and Tramway Elementary is above that at 72.5%.
Tramway Elementary is coded as Rural: Fringe in federal locale data.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 5% decline, from 590 to 559.
Tramway Elementary has a community page on allk12 for topics such as special education services, counseling, and support programs. You can also rate the school on this page.
Lee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
65,816
Census ACS
Median income
$65,387
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
20
10,641 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lee County Schools
- Lee County HighHigh · 1,459 students
- Southern Lee High SchoolHigh · 1,180 students
- SanLee Middle SchoolMiddle · 792 students
- WB Wicker ElementaryElementary · 588 students
- J Glenn Edwards ElementaryElementary · 587 students
- Greenwood ElementaryElementary · 571 students
Other schools in Sanford
- Lee County HighHigh · 1,459 students
- Southern Lee High SchoolHigh · 1,180 students
- Benhaven ElementaryElementary · 1,065 students
- Highland ElementaryElementary · 854 students
- SanLee Middle SchoolMiddle · 792 students
- Highland MiddleMiddle · 762 students
Nearby schools
- SanLee Middle School2.2 mi · 792
- West Lee Middle2.2 mi · 522
- Southern Lee High School2.3 mi · 1,180
- J R Ingram Jr Elementary2.5 mi · 419
- WB Wicker Elementary3.5 mi · 588
- Floyd L Knight Children Center3.8 mi · 95
Frequently asked questions
About Tramway ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Tramway Elementary?
Tramway Elementary enrolls approximately 559 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Tramway Elementary serve?
Tramway Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Tramway Elementary?
Approximately 14.0:1 students per teacher at Tramway Elementary.
How diverse is Tramway Elementary?
Tramway Elementary reports a student body of 54% White, 29% Hispanic, 13% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Tramway Elementary?
Tramway Elementary is overseen by Lee County Schools in Lee County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.