Buies Creek Elementary

Buies Creek Elementary operates as a compact elementary school in Buies Creek, North Carolina, overseen by Harnett County Schools. Current enrollment sits at 267 students spanning grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 467 students per school, that is 43% smaller than typical.

Harnett County Schools comprises 29 schools with combined enrollment of 20,095 students; Buies Creek Elementary is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Buies Creek Elementary records that the most-represented group is White (48%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest consists of 21% Hispanic, 19% Black, 9% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 62% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Buies Creek Elementary records 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.9:1 average. Roughly 58% of students at Buies Creek Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Harnett County (around 74%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Buies Creek Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 61.2%; this one delivers 48.3%.

Around the school, census data for Harnett County shows the typical household earns roughly $71,287 per year, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Harnett County runs 31 public schools (combined enrollment of about 20,611 students), of which Buies Creek Elementary is one.

Coats Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 3.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around Buies Creek Elementary. On composite proficiency, Buies Creek Elementary comes 1st of 6 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 39.7%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 7%: 288 students in 2018 compared to 267 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 63% to 48%.

On the community side, members of the Buies Creek Elementary community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.