Enrollment
257
Elementary
DISTRICT 452 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GUILFORD COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370192000800
Vandalia Elementary
407 East Vandalia Road, Greensboro, NC 27406 · (336) 370-8275 · Guilford County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL257 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 26% 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.
- 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
15.3:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
248 students
DISTRICT 92% · 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 | 36 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 25 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 37 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 48 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 39 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 34 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 38 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (25) is 34% smaller than its 5th grade class (38).
Student demographics
47%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
43.0%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
51.4%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 43 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
44.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.4%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% 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 Vandalia Elementary
Vandalia Elementary's state test result (44.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vandalia Elementary this school | 257 | 96.5% | 44.5% |
| R Freeman Sch of Engineering Wilmington | 241 | 98.8% | 15.5% |
| Movement School Southwest Charlotte | 284 | 96.8% | N/A |
| Pinkston Street Elementary Henderson | 262 | 98.9% | 36.4% |
| Cook Literacy Model School Winston-Salem | 228 | 98.7% | 43.1% |
| Coker-Wimberly Elementary Battleboro | 236 | 96.6% | 30.0% |
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 Vandalia Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Guilford County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.5% | #969 of 1,297 | #42 of 64 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.4% | #863 of 1,296 | #33 of 64 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #847 of 1,300 | #37 of 64 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 257 | #1,277 of 1,485 | #66 of 76 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #855 of 1,377 | #49 of 72 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.9% | #1,053 of 1,379 | #62 of 72 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.5% | #1,017 of 1,414 | #65 of 74 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.9% | #715 of 937 | #40 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
257
+66 (+35%) vs 2020
-25% since 2000-01, when it was 344
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 11.9:1
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 | 257 | 16.8 | 15.3:1 | 96% (248) |
| 2023-24 | 243 | 16.2 | 15.0:1 | 99% (240) |
| 2022-23 | 240 | 16.8 | 14.3:1 | 99% (237) |
| 2020-21 | 191 | 16 | 11.9:1 | 82% (157) |
| 2017-18 | 276 | 17.9 | 15.4:1 | 95% (261) |
| 2015-16 | 295 | 18 | 16.4:1 | 99% (293) |
| 2010-11 | 307 | 20 | 15.3:1 | 77% (237) |
| 2000-01 | 344 | 31 | 11.1:1 | 62% (214) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Vandalia Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (276 to 257); teachers down 7% (17.9 to 16.8).
About Vandalia Elementary
This page covers Vandalia Elementary, a small elementary school in Greensboro, North Carolina. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 257 students in pre-K through 5. Against the 467-student average for elementary schools in North Carolina, enrollment here is 45% lower.
Guilford County Schools runs Vandalia Elementary along with 122 other schools, enrolling 68,535 students in total.
Black students account for 70% of enrollment at Vandalia Elementary. Enrollment also includes 21% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% White, and 2% Asian. The school's Black share is 36 points above the 34% share among Guilford County residents. By the diversity index, Vandalia Elementary comes in at 47%.
Teachers at the school number 16.8 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 15.3:1. Across elementary schools in North Carolina, the average ratio is about 14.9:1. The school's lunch program data list 96% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
The allk12 Grade for Vandalia Elementary is C. Compared with North Carolina public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 26% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 49.4% at Vandalia Elementary; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 44.5%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Guilford County, median household income is 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. Vandalia Elementary is one of 143 public schools in Guilford County, which together enroll about 79,539 students.
The shortest distance from Vandalia Elementary to another public school is about 1.9 miles, to Triad Math and Science Academy. The five-mile area around Vandalia Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. Among 7 nearby schools that report test results, Vandalia Elementary ranks 3rd on proficiency.
Vandalia Elementary falls in the City: Large locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Vandalia Elementary saw enrollment rise 35% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. The ratio of students to teachers went from 11.9:1 to 15.3:1 over the same years.
The Vandalia Elementary community page is open for posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Vandalia Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Vandalia Elementary. Vandalia Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Vandalia ElementaryPorterville, CA · 556 students
- Vandalia Elementary SchoolVandalia, IL · 552 students
Nearby schools
- Triad Math and Science Academy1.9 mi · 1,374
- Julius I Foust Elementary2.2 mi · 661
- Gillespie Park Elementary2.2 mi · 215
- Wiley Accel/Enrichment2.5 mi · 198
- Erwin Montessori2.5 mi · 221
- Allen Middle2.5 mi · 617
Frequently asked questions
About Vandalia ElementaryHow large is Vandalia Elementary?
Vandalia Elementary enrolls approximately 257 students in grades PK-05.
Is Vandalia Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Vandalia Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Vandalia Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Vandalia Elementary is approximately 15.3:1 (17 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Vandalia Elementary?
At Vandalia Elementary, the student body is approximately 3% White, 21% Hispanic, 70% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Vandalia Elementary in?
Vandalia Elementary is part of Guilford County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.