Brier Creek Elementary

As a low-enrollment elementary school in Thomasville, North Carolina, Brier Creek Elementary educates 210 students from grades pre-K through 5, operated by Davidson County Schools. By comparison, North Carolina's public schools average about 467 students each, so Brier Creek Elementary sits 55% smaller than that benchmark.

Davidson County Schools comprises 35 schools with combined enrollment of 17,936 students; Brier Creek Elementary is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Brier Creek Elementary lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (82%). Other groups include 12% Hispanic, 5% multiracial.

On the resource side, The school reports having 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.3:1. The state averages around 14.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 99% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Davidson County's rate of about 76%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Brier Creek Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 65.4%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Davidson County put median household earnings sit near $64,172, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Davidson County runs 49 public schools (combined enrollment of about 23,696 students), of which Brier Creek Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Fair Grove Elementary, around 3.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around Brier Creek Elementary. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Brier Creek Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 48.2%.

Brier Creek Elementary operates from a rural location.

Over the past 7-year window. Brier Creek Elementary's enrollment has decreased 32% since 2018, when it stood at 307 (now 210). The White share of enrollment declined from 88% to 82% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 today.

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