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Oak View Elementary

Public Grades PK, KG-5
1170th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 1,492 North Carolina Elementary Schools
Better than 22% of North Carolina elementary schools
Summary

Oak View Elementary is a PK–5 elementary school in High Point, North Carolina, serving 491 students in the Guilford County Schools district, located within a cluster of elementary schools where student poverty rates are among the highest in the area. Nearly all Oak View students (roughly 99%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The school has spent the past decade ranked in the bottom quartile of North Carolina elementary schools, with state percentile scores mostly in the single digits or low teens. Its 2025–2026 ranking at the 22nd percentile is its best result in available data, a notable improvement from the 6th percentile the previous year.

Academically, Oak View's results are uneven across subjects and grade levels. Reading is the clearest weakness: 5th grade reading proficiency stands at 31.9%, roughly 20 points below the state average, and 3rd and 4th grade reading also trail district and state benchmarks. The school shows more promise in math and science, with 5th grade math (56.9%) and 5th grade science (65.3%) meeting or exceeding Guilford County Schools averages. The most informative comparison may be Shadybrook Elementary, located just 0.6 miles away with a nearly identical student demographic profile. Shadybrook outperforms Oak View in nearly every subject and grade—for example, 4th grade math proficiency at Shadybrook is 70% versus 42.4% at Oak View—demonstrating that high poverty concentration alone does not determine school outcomes.

Encouraging trends include broad improvement across several student subgroups in 2025–2026. English Language Learners at Oak View ranked at the 58th percentile statewide, while Special Education students jumped from the 4th to the 49th percentile, and African American students rose from the 11th to the 45th percentile. Hispanic students, however, continue to rank lower, at the 15th percentile, and reading remains an urgent schoolwide focus. Chronic absenteeism has also improved dramatically, falling from 55.4% during 2020–2021 to 28.3% in 2024–2025, now slightly better than the district average. Oak View is showing signs of forward momentum, but whether these gains endure will depend on sustaining this progress across reading instruction and upcoming cohorts.

491
Students ?
15.9
Student/teacher ratio ?
Community Eligibility
All students receive free meals (2024-25) ?
 614 Oakview Road
       High Point, NC  27265-2199

(336) 819-2935

District: Guilford County Schools


Students who attend Oak View Elementary usually attend:

Middle:    Welborn Middle
Racial breakdown:

African American:
50.7%
Hispanic:
21.2%
White:
11.6%
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At a glance
▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 17th percentile in 2016 → 22nd in 2026
Strengths
✓Ranking is trending up — up 5 percentile points since 2016
Worth a look
!Test scores below the North Carolina average (47% vs 61% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (22nd percentile)
!Reading scores 16 pts below the North Carolina average
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school47%
District avg56%
North Carolina avg61%
1,170th of 1,492
North Carolina public elementary schools ?
Bottom 22%▲ up 4 pts since 2016
From bottom 17% (2016) to bottom 22% (2026)
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
150th of 246Guilford County Schools among North Carolina districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202626.01170 of 149221.6%★☆☆☆☆
202510.91405 of 14905.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202417.41319 of 150512.4%★☆☆☆☆
202316.61314 of 150212.5%★☆☆☆☆
202217.61326 of 151412.4%★☆☆☆☆
202115.41301 of 148912.6%★☆☆☆☆
201913.61329 of 14739.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201811.91317 of 14348.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201721.91189 of 142916.8%★☆☆☆☆
201622.81178 of 142517.3%★☆☆☆☆
201528.41102 of 144023.5%★☆☆☆☆
201430.6996 of 139028.3%★☆☆☆☆
201332.1998 of 140328.9%★☆☆☆☆
201213.91288 of 13887.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201125.01135 of 138117.8%★☆☆☆☆
201027.91081 of 136320.7%★☆☆☆☆
200930.31026 of 135424.2%★☆☆☆☆
200834.9933 of 132429.5%★☆☆☆☆
200737.7927 of 129328.3%★☆☆☆☆
200643.5815 of 127636.1%★★☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202645.3499 of 90344.7%★★☆☆☆
202521.0818 of 91810.9%★☆☆☆☆
202417.3854 of 9247.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202319.5836 of 93310.4%★☆☆☆☆
202230.0696 of 92724.9%★☆☆☆☆
202125.0728 of 89618.8%★☆☆☆☆
201921.6846 of 94910.9%★☆☆☆☆
201820.5819 of 92711.7%★☆☆☆☆

Asian

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202419.8114 of 13012.3%★☆☆☆☆
202315.0100 of 11412.3%★☆☆☆☆
20226.8100 of 1076.5%☆☆☆☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202256.7190 of 63470.0%★★★★☆
201917.6826 of 8785.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201816.5862 of 8973.9%☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202649.7216 of 51958.4%★★★☆☆
202537.6348 of 56338.2%★★☆☆☆
202446.7241 of 53354.8%★★★☆☆
202352.1196 of 51461.9%★★★☆☆
202251.6180 of 48562.9%★★★☆☆
202153.0120 of 38568.8%★★★☆☆
201947.1231 of 49753.5%★★★☆☆
201825.3356 of 42115.4%★☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202626.01156 of 144720.1%★☆☆☆☆
202515.41331 of 14518.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202420.91243 of 145514.6%★☆☆☆☆
202313.41347 of 14597.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202215.01336 of 14588.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202117.81235 of 144014.2%★☆☆☆☆
201919.81235 of 142413.3%★☆☆☆☆
201812.61297 of 14057.7%☆☆☆☆☆

Gifted and Talented

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
201965.3118 of 61280.7%★★★★☆
201837.056 of 6918.8%★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202624.6834 of 98115.0%★☆☆☆☆
202523.4818 of 96114.9%★☆☆☆☆
202445.2518 of 95145.5%★★☆☆☆
202333.9632 of 91530.9%★★☆☆☆
202233.7646 of 89327.7%★☆☆☆☆
202126.0695 of 84317.6%★☆☆☆☆
201941.3531 of 86538.6%★★☆☆☆
201841.3529 of 85137.8%★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202637.9948 of 143433.9%★★☆☆☆
202514.81358 of 14375.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202421.91268 of 145012.6%★☆☆☆☆
202325.91159 of 143719.3%★☆☆☆☆
202231.9998 of 136626.9%★☆☆☆☆
202134.1887 of 132933.3%★★☆☆☆
201915.51270 of 13616.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201816.41226 of 13328.0%☆☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202627.41114 of 145123.2%★☆☆☆☆
20259.71394 of 14503.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202416.01317 of 146410.0%★☆☆☆☆
202321.81195 of 146118.2%★☆☆☆☆
202223.41170 of 146420.1%★☆☆☆☆
202115.71259 of 144412.8%★☆☆☆☆
201913.81308 of 14308.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201813.71298 of 14138.1%☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202643.1415 of 81549.1%★★☆☆☆
202517.6788 of 8214.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202426.8658 of 80117.9%★☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
201923.51019 of 118313.9%★☆☆☆☆
201823.51016 of 117813.8%★☆☆☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
Gifted and Talented (2019)81st percentile+71 vs school
Disabled (2022)70th percentile+58 vs school
English Language Learner (2026)58th percentile+37 vs school
Special Education (2026)49th percentile+27 vs school
African American (2026)45th percentile+23 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)34th percentile+12 vs school
Male (2026)23rd percentile~ school
Female (2026)20th percentile~ school
Hispanic (2026)15th percentile-7 vs school
White (2019)14th percentile+4 vs school
Asian (2024)12th percentile~ school
By subject vs North Carolina (2025-2026) ?
Science65%~ state avg
Mathematics48%-15 vs state
Reading41%-16 vs state

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Oak View Elementary ranks in the bottom 21.6% of North Carolina elementary schools.

Students at Oak View Elementary are 51% African American, 21% Hispanic, 12% White, 8% Asian, 8% Two or more races.

Students who attend Oak View Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Welborn Middle

In the 2024-25 school year, 491 students attended Oak View Elementary.

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2017–18 through 2025–26 attendance data & graduation ratesSep 2, 2026
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2016–17 through 2024–25 graduation ratesSep 3, 2025
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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the North Carolina Dept of Public Instruction.

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