C C Wright Elementary School

As an intimate elementary school in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, C C Wright Elementary School enrolls 316 students from grades pre-K through 5, overseen by Wilkes County Schools. That puts it 32% leaner than the typical public school in North Carolina, which averages around 467 students.

Wilkes County Schools comprises 22 schools with combined enrollment of 8,547 students; C C Wright Elementary School is among them.

Looking at the student body, C C Wright Elementary School logs that 61% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder breaks down as 18% Hispanic, 11% Black, 9% multiracial. By comparison, Wilkes County as a whole is about 87% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.3:1 students per teacher. 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.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, C C Wright Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 43.5%.

Across the wider county, Wilkes County reports that median household earnings sit near $51,721, roughly 17% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. C C Wright Elementary School is one of 22 public schools in Wilkes County (combined enrollment of about 8,547 students).

The closest other public school is North Wilkesboro Elementary School, roughly 3.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. On composite proficiency, C C Wright Elementary School comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 58.0%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 21%: 400 students in 2018 compared to 316 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 68% to 61%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 in 2025.

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