📍 1495 Ephesus Church Rd, Chapel Hill, Orange County, 27517
Ephesus Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Chapel Hill, Orange County. The school has 381 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 33.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.3:1. 62% of students are proficient in reading. 57% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Ephesus Elementary enrolls 381 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 33.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 50% White, 15% Black or African American and 14% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 190 | 50% |
| Black or African American | 59 | 15% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 52 | 14% |
| Asian | 49 | 13% |
| Two or more races | 31 | 8.1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
136 of the school's 381 students (36%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 126 qualify for free lunch and 10 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Ephesus Elementary is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). The school receives targeted-assistance Title I funding for eligible students. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district NC-40, state senate district 23, state house district 56.
Ephesus Elementary is one of 21 schools in Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools, based in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The district serves 11,353 students district-wide and employs 906 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 381 students, Ephesus Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 541 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Small