C B Eller Elementary School

C B Eller Elementary School is one of the low-enrollment elementary-level communitys in Elkin, North Carolina, overseen by Wilkes County Schools, with 248 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 47% smaller than the state mean of about 467.

Within Wilkes County Schools, which oversees 22 schools and 8,547 students, C B Eller Elementary School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, C B Eller Elementary School shows that 87% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school logs 7% multiracial, 6% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, C B Eller Elementary School reports 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.9:1, putting C B Eller Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. About 98% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, C B Eller Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 49.0%; this one delivers 59.9%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Wilkes County indicate median household income runs about $51,721, roughly 17% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. In all, Wilkes County runs 22 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,547 students), of which C B Eller Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Elkin High, roughly 2.7 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, C B Eller Elementary School comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 55.7%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 14%: 289 students in 2018 compared to 248 in 2025.

On allk12, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.