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What advice would you give to incoming students at Waldo C Falkener Sr Elementary?
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Enrollment
530
Elementary
DISTRICT 452 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GUILFORD COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370192002583
Waldo C Falkener Sr Elementary
3931 Naco Road, Greensboro, NC 27401 · (336) 370-8150 · Guilford County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL530 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 3% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
527 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 18 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 77 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 82 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 92 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 82 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 87 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 92 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (77) is 16% smaller than its 5th grade class (92).
Student demographics
49%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
23.3%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
30.7%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 23 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NC schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
28.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-19.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 48% typical for North Carolina schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Waldo C Falkener Sr Elementary
Waldo C Falkener Sr Elementary's state test result (28.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waldo C Falkener Sr Elementary this school | 530 | 99.4% | 28.6% |
| Westerly Hills Academy Charlotte | 522 | 99.4% | 51.4% |
| Movement School Eastland Charlotte | 523 | 99.2% | N/A |
| David Cox Road Elementary Charlotte | 604 | 99.5% | 38.4% |
| Bessemer Elementary Greensboro | 509 | 99.4% | 29.4% |
| RISE Southeast Raleigh Charter School Raleigh | 484 | 97.7% | N/A |
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 Waldo C Falkener Sr Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Guilford County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.6% | #1,254 of 1,297 | #62 of 64 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.7% | #1,248 of 1,296 | #62 of 64 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.3% | #1,259 of 1,300 | #64 of 64 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 530 | #527 of 1,485 | #27 of 76 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #468 of 1,377 | #21 of 72 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.4% | #996 of 1,379 | #59 of 72 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.4% | #238 of 1,414 | #19 of 74 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.0% | #593 of 937 | #31 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
530
+19 (+4%) vs 2020
-14% since 2010-11, when it was 614
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 530 | 37.9 | 14.0:1 | 99% (527) |
| 2023-24 | 559 | 38.7 | 14.4:1 | 99% (556) |
| 2022-23 | 511 | 34.9 | 14.6:1 | 99% (508) |
| 2020-21 | 511 | 38 | 13.4:1 | 99% (508) |
| 2017-18 | 589 | 37.6 | 15.7:1 | 99% (586) |
| 2015-16 | 568 | 39 | 14.6:1 | 98% (558) |
| 2010-11 | 614 | 45 | 13.6:1 | 92% (563) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Waldo C Falkener Sr Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (589 to 530); teachers up 1% (37.6 to 37.9).
About Waldo C Falkener Sr Elementary
Waldo C Falkener Sr Elementary is one of the public schools in Greensboro, North Carolina. It is a medium-sized elementary school. The school enrolls 530 students, from pre-K through 5.
Guilford County Schools runs 123 schools with a combined 68,535 students. Waldo C Falkener Sr Elementary is one of them.
Waldo C Falkener Sr Elementary is 66% Black by enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 25% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. Census estimates put the Black share of Guilford County's population at about 34%. Waldo C Falkener Sr Elementary's diversity index is 49%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school reports 37.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 14.0 students per teacher. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 99%. Across public schools in Guilford County, the average is 89%.
allk12 grades Waldo C Falkener Sr Elementary an F. The grade compares the school only with North Carolina public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Waldo C Falkener Sr Elementary scores 19.8 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests: 28.6% actual versus 48.5% predicted. That puts it in the bottom 10% of North Carolina schools on BeatsExpectations.
Within Guilford County, the median household income is $68,642, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 39%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Besides Waldo C Falkener Sr Elementary, Guilford County has 142 other public schools.
The next-closest public school is Herbin Metz Education Center, less than a tenth of a mile away. Waldo C Falkener Sr Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools average 47.4% on proficiency, and Waldo C Falkener Sr Elementary is below that at 28.6%.
Waldo C Falkener Sr Elementary is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels City: Large.
Enrollment at Waldo C Falkener Sr Elementary grew 4% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 511 to 530 students.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Waldo C Falkener Sr Elementary covering things like sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. 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
Nearby schools
- Herbin Metz Education Center0.1 mi · 68
- Otis L Hairston Sr Middle0.1 mi · 658
- Gateway Education Center0.5 mi · 146
- Bessemer Elementary0.6 mi · 509
- Middle College at GTCC-Greensboro0.7 mi · 162
- Gate City Charter1.5 mi · 715
Frequently asked questions
About Waldo C Falkener Sr ElementaryHow large is Waldo C Falkener Sr Elementary?
Waldo C Falkener Sr Elementary enrolls approximately 530 students in grades PK-05.
Is Waldo C Falkener Sr Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Waldo C Falkener Sr Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Waldo C Falkener Sr Elementary?
Approximately 14.0:1 students per teacher at Waldo C Falkener Sr Elementary.
How diverse is Waldo C Falkener Sr Elementary?
Waldo C Falkener Sr Elementary reports a student body of 2% White, 25% Hispanic, 66% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Waldo C Falkener Sr Elementary public or private?
Waldo C Falkener Sr Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Guilford County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.