Elementary · North Carolina

Banoak Elementary

Banoak Elementary, a public elementary school in Vale, North Carolina: grades k–6, 291 students, 16.7 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Catawba County Schools.

Size and class size

Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students
291
Teachers (FTE)
17.5
Students per teacher
16.7
Grades
K–6
Elementary

More students per teacher than 84% of elementary schools in North Carolina

Median 14.7 · 1,461 schools compared

More students per teacher than 71% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Smaller than 81% of elementary schools in North Carolina

Median 455 · 1,469 schools compared

Smaller than 75% of elementary schools in the US

Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on North Carolina's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

North Carolina: 53%

57%proficient

−0.9 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 68% of elementary schools in North Carolina

Median 49% · 1,423 elementary schools compared

189 students tested, grades 3–8 · End-of-Grade Tests - Edition 5; proficient means Levels 2-4

Math

North Carolina: 57%

65%proficient

+2.0 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 63% of elementary schools in North Carolina

Median 58% · 1,423 elementary schools compared

189 students tested, grades 3–8 · End-of-Grade Tests - Edition 5; proficient means Levels 2-4

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades
Elementary · Grades K–6
Type
District school · Regular
Instruction
In person
Area
Distant rural area

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Catawba County Schools.

Location

Address
7651 W NC 10 Hwy, Vale, NC 28168
Phone
(704)462-2849

Nearby elementary schools

The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
Pre-K–534215.355%75%
K–648417.355%69%
K–670817.560%79%
Pre-K–534414.648%74%
Pre-K–532714.865%74%
Pre-K–541813.843%57%

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

Sources

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

NCES 370069000275