White Plains Elementary

White Plains Elementary is one of the modestly sized K-5 schools in Mount Airy, North Carolina, run under Surry County Schools, with 328 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 30% smaller than the typical public school in North Carolina, which averages around 467 students.

Surry County Schools runs 20 schools in total, collectively educating 7,318 students. White Plains Elementary is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, White Plains Elementary lists that White students make up the majority at 70%; the rest comes out to 26% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 84%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, White Plains Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 56.5%.

Around the school, census data for Surry County shows median household earnings sit near $55,656, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Surry County's 30 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,139 students), White Plains Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Meadowview Magnet Middle, around 2.4 miles off. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), White Plains Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 56.6%.

White Plains Elementary operates from a small-town location.

Five-year trend. White Plains Elementary's enrollment has climbed 3% since 2018, when it stood at 318 (now 328). Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 22% to 26%. Class-load math has rose: from 13.3:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 in 2025.

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