Baskerville Elementary

Baskerville Elementary is one of the close-knit elementary schools in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, one of the schools within Nash County Public Schools, with 321 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. That puts it 31% smaller than the typical public school in North Carolina, which averages around 467 students.

Nash County Public Schools comprises 28 schools with combined enrollment of 14,587 students; Baskerville Elementary is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Baskerville Elementary records that nearly all students (91%) are Black. Other groups include 5% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 56% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Baskerville Elementary has 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.9:1 average. Around 99% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Edgecombe County put median household earnings sit near $51,265, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 19%. Across Edgecombe County's 27 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,573 students), Baskerville Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Baskerville Elementary, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 6-year window, the student count climbed 3%: 311 students in 2018 compared to 321 in 2024. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 17.8:1 today.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.