Blue Ridge Elementary

Blue Ridge Elementary is one of the low-enrollment elementary schools in Burnsville, North Carolina, operated by Yancey County Schools, with 382 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

Yancey County Schools comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 2,148 students; Blue Ridge Elementary is among them.

On demographics, Blue Ridge Elementary shows that 92% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school reports 6% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Yancey County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Blue Ridge Elementary has 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.3:1. The state averages about 14.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 98% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Blue Ridge Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 54.1%.

In the area at large, census data for Yancey County shows median household income runs about $58,709, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Blue Ridge Elementary is one of 7 public schools in Yancey County (combined enrollment of about 2,148 students).

Nearest neighbor: Cane River Middle, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Blue Ridge Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Blue Ridge Elementary at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 55.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

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