📍 145 Pilot School Road, Thomasville, Davidson County, 27360
Pilot Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Thomasville, Davidson County. The school has 364 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Davidson County Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 20.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.8:1. 37% of students are proficient in reading. 42% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Pilot Elementary enrolls 364 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 20.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 74% White, 15% Hispanic or Latino and 5.5% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 270 | 74% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 53 | 15% |
| Two or more races | 20 | 5.5% |
| Black or African American | 16 | 4.4% |
| Asian | 5 | 1.4% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
254 of the school's 364 students (70%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 245 qualify for free lunch and 9 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.
Pilot Elementary is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Midsize). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district NC-60, state senate district 29, state house district 81.
Pilot Elementary is one of 36 schools in Davidson County Schools, based in Lexington, North Carolina. The district serves 17,985 students district-wide and employs 1,136 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 364 students, Pilot Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 500 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Midsize