Elkin City Schools
Surry County, North Carolina · Grades PK-12

- Address
- 202 West Spring St, Elkin, NC 28621
Open in Maps → - Phone
- (336) 835-3135
- NCES agency ID
- 3701380
- State LEA ID
- NC-861
Enrollment and school counts are the state’s 2024-2025figures where reported, otherwise the federal NCES directory.
School calendar
Term dates, holidays, breaks and teacher workdays for Elkin City Schools, as the district publishes them — with printable PDFs and calendar files you can subscribe to.
View the calendar →NC School Report Card
2024-2025Official accountability results published by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. School Performance Grades combine achievement (80%) with academic growth (20%).
Schools by type
| School type | Schools | Average students |
|---|---|---|
| Elementary | 1 | 639 |
| High | 1 | 387 |
| Middle | 1 | 186 |
| All schools | 3 | -- |
School performance grades
| Grade | Schools | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 0 | 0.0% |
| B | 1 | 33.3% |
| C | 2 | 66.7% |
| D | 0 | 0.0% |
| F | 0 | 0.0% |
| All graded schools | 3 | 100.0% |
School growth status
| Growth | Schools | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Exceeded | 2 | 66.7% |
| Met | 0 | 0.0% |
| Not Met | 1 | 33.3% |
Student performance by subject
| Subject | Grade-level proficient | Career & college ready |
|---|---|---|
| NC Math 3 | 89.5% | 62.8% |
| English II | 77.2% | 50% |
| Science (grades 5 & 8) | 67.2% | 48.2% |
| Mathematics (grades 3–8) | 55.1% | 38.2% |
| Reading (grades 3–8) | 54% | 35.2% |
| Biology | 53.7% | 40% |
| NC Math 1 | 52.6% | 28.9% |
Grade-level proficient is achievement levels 3–5; career and college ready is the higher bar of levels 4–5.
Outcomes
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| 4-year cohort graduation rate | 90.5% |
| ACT WorkKeys credential earned | 72% |
| Students completing Math III | 95% |
| Passed end-of-grade assessments | 45.1% |
| Students promoted to the next grade | 75.8% |
| Students retained in grade | 24.2% |
| English learners making progress (of 122) | 51.6% |
| Schools identified as low-performing | 0 of 3 |

Download the report card
The Elkin City Schools report card as a two-page interactive PDF — bookmarked sections, donut and bar charts, and the NC DPI and NCES sources cited with working links.
Student Demographics
Gender Distribution
Total Students: 1,267Student counts for Elkin City Schools, 2024-2025, from the NCES Common Core of Data. Percentages are of 1,267 students and may not total 100% because of rounding.
Students
Student Population
Students Counted: 1,282Student indicators for Elkin City Schools, 2024-2025, from the North Carolina School Report Cards. Attendance is out of the 1,282 students DPI counted, added up from the district’s own schools. A student is chronically absent after missing 10% or more of the days enrolled; the other measures overlap it and each other.
Teachers
Licensing & Certification
Total Teachers: 73.1 FTETeacher figures for Elkin City Schools, 2024-2025, from the North Carolina School Report Cards. Counts are full-time equivalents, not headcount, added up from the district’s own schools. Licensing and certification percentages are each out of 73.1 FTE.
Elkin City Schools boundary map
3 campusesLoading the map…
Click any campus for its details. District boundary from the Census school district geography published by NCES; campus locations from the NCES Common Core of Data.
Compare two schools
Put any two Elkin City Schools schools side by side — grades, growth, proficiency, attendance and staffing. You can also compare against a school in another district from the full comparison page.
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Schools in Elkin City Schools
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Directory figures are from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD), U.S. Department of Education for 2024-2025.Methodology →