Overview of Mount Gilead Elementary: Mount Gilead Elementary is a public school situated in Mount Gilead, NC, which is in a distant rural environment. The learner population of Mount Gilead Elementary is 253, and the school serves PK-5. At Mount Gilead Elementary, 42% of learners scored above or at the proficient (mastery) level for math, and 27% scored above or at that level for reading.

The school’s minority learner population is 60%. The learner-teacher ratio is 16:1, which is the same as that of the district.

The learner population is made up of 43% female learners and 57% male learners. The school serves 82% economically disadvantaged learners. There are 16 equivalent full-time teachers and 1 full-time school counselor.

Test Scores at Mount Gilead Elementary: At Mount Gilead Elementary, 42% of students scored at or above the proficient level for math, and 27% scored at or above that level for reading.

Compared with the district, the school did better in math and worse in reading, according to this metric. In Montgomery County Schools, 31% of students tested at or above the proficient level for reading, and 40% tested at or above that level for math.

Mount Gilead Elementary did worse in math and worse in reading in this metric compared with students across the state. In North Carolina, 43% of students tested at or above the proficient level for reading, and 46% tested at or above that level for math.