BT Bullock Elementary

BT Bullock Elementary is an elementary campus of middle-of-the-pack scale in Sanford, North Carolina, one of the schools within Lee County Schools, enrolling 511 students in grades K through 5.

Across the 16 schools in Lee County Schools (9,168 students total), BT Bullock Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, BT Bullock Elementary lists that 42% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school shows 34% White, 20% Black, 5% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 22%.

On the income-and-resources front, BT Bullock Elementary logs 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 99% of students at BT Bullock Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, BT Bullock 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 51.7%.

In the surrounding community, Lee County reports that median household income runs about $65,387, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. Across Lee County's 20 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,641 students), BT Bullock Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Central Carolina Academy, around 1.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around BT Bullock Elementary. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BT Bullock Elementary ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 49.4%.

BT Bullock Elementary operates from a town-based location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 22%: 658 students in 2018 compared to 511 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share fell from 26% to 20%. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 14.1:1 in 2018 to 15.2:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.