Brevard Elementary

Located at 399 Greenville Hwy, in Brevard, North Carolina, Brevard Elementary is a medium-sized primary school that caters to 524 students (grades pre-K through 5), overseen by Transylvania County Schools.

Across the 9 schools in Transylvania County Schools (3,205 students total), Brevard Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Brevard Elementary logs that 73% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 10% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 7% Black. The wider county runs roughly 88% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Brevard Elementary has 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.9:1 average. Around 99% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Brevard Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 48.5%; this one delivers 50.5%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Transylvania County indicate median household earnings sit near $66,184, roughly 40% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Brevard Elementary is one of 10 public schools in Transylvania County (combined enrollment of about 3,640 students).

Nearest neighbor: Brevard High, around 0.9 miles off. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Brevard Elementary ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 56.7%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 3%: 541 students in 2018 compared to 524 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 today.

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