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C. G. Credle Elementary

223 College St, Oxford, NC 27565 · (919) 693-9191 · Granville County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL327 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 21% of North Carolina public elementary schools
  • C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
  • ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.

Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded North Carolina public elementary schools

Enrollment
327
Elementary
DISTRICT 413 · STATE 467
Student : Teacher
17.8:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
324 students
DISTRICT 97% · STATE 82%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.

Enrollment by grade, 2024-25

GradeStudentsShare
Pre-K155%
Kindergarten6620%
Grade 14815%
Grade 24915%
Grade 34514%
Grade 45216%
Grade 55216%

This year's kindergarten class (66) is 27% larger than its 5th grade class (52).

Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 71% · US 70%
White
5417%
DISTRICT 32% · STATE 42% · US 43%
Hispanic
5116%
DISTRICT 27% · STATE 22% · US 30%
Black
19861%
DISTRICT 34% · STATE 25% · US 15%
Asian
62%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 4% · US 6%
Two+
186%
DISTRICT 6% · STATE 6% · US 5%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Male
16049%
Female
16751%

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Test scores

NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)
English Language Arts
24.5%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
52.4%
NC avg 52.2%

What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all North Carolina schools, those numbers are about 51 and 52.

Source: NC EOG / EOC. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
42.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.6%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.8pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% typical for North Carolina schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among North Carolina's top nor bottom 10%.

BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →

Schools most like C. G. Credle Elementary

C. G. Credle Elementary's state test result (42.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
C. G. Credle Elementary this school32799.1%42.7%
South Creek Elementary
Robersonville
33799.1%38.5%
Zeb Vance Elementary
Kittrell
29899.0%33.3%
A H Snipes Academy of Arts/Des
Wilmington
34299.1%36.6%
Wells Elementary
Wilson
38395.8%55.3%
Sunnyside Elementary
Fayetteville
36296.1%50.8%
Matched among North Carolina elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.

Where C. G. Credle Elementary ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn North CarolinaIn Granville County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
42.7%#1,029 of 1,297#6 of 7
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
52.4%#829 of 1,296#6 of 7
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
24.5%#1,249 of 1,300#7 of 7
Enrollment
ranked largest first
327#1,128 of 1,485#7 of 7
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
17.8:1#1,284 of 1,377#6 of 7
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
57.8%#775 of 1,379#7 of 7
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
99.1%#606 of 1,414#6 of 7
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-11.9%#513 of 937N/A
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.

4-year change

SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25
Enrollment
327
-12 (-4%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 415
Student : Teacher
17.8:1
was 15.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2532718.417.8:199% (324)
2023-2431423.513.3:192% (290)
2022-2333822.914.8:188% (297)
2020-213392215.4:168% (230)
2017-1837127.613.4:182% (306)
2015-164542915.7:176% (344)
2010-115443515.5:172% (393)
2000-015192520.8:164% (334)
1990-914152417.3:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for C. G. Credle Elementary.

Since 2017-18: students down 12% (371 to 327); teachers down 33% (27.6 to 18.4).

About C. G. Credle Elementary

C. G. Credle Elementary is classified as an elementary school. It is located in Oxford, North Carolina. Classes run from pre-K through 5, and the school has 327 students. The average for elementary schools in North Carolina is about 467 students, so this school is 30% smaller than average.

The 16 schools of Granville County Schools, including C. G. Credle Elementary, enroll 6,402 students.

A majority of students at C. G. Credle Elementary, 61%, are Black. The remaining shares are 17% White, 16% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. Granville County as a whole is about 29% Black, so the school's share is higher. The chance that two students picked at random at C. G. Credle Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 58%.

Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.8:1 at C. G. Credle Elementary, with 18.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina is lower than this school's figure. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 99%. That is close to the 98% average for public schools in Granville County.

The allk12 Grade for C. G. Credle Elementary is C-. Compared with North Carolina public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 21% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.

On a poverty-adjusted basis, C. G. Credle Elementary falls in the middle 80% of North Carolina schools: 42.7% actual against 48.6% predicted.

Granville County has these Census figures: median household income is about $71,111, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 25% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 12%. The public schools of Granville County number 20 and enroll about 8,376.

Granville Academy is the closest public school, about 0.4 miles away in a straight line. C. G. Credle Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with 6 others within five miles. C. G. Credle Elementary comes in 2nd of 6 nearby schools on average proficiency.

The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Town: Distant: in a town some distance from an urbanized area.

From 2020-21 to 2024-25, C. G. Credle Elementary went from 339 students to 327. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 15.4:1 to 17.8:1.

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Granville County at a glance

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Population
60,877
Census ACS
Median income
$71,111
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
20
8,376 students

Quick facts

School name
C. G. Credle Elementary
District
Granville County Schools
Address
223 College St, Oxford, NC 27565
Phone
(919) 693-9191
County
Granville County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–05
Total enrollment
327
Teachers (FTE)
18
Student–teacher ratio
17.8:1
Free and reduced lunch
324 (99%)
Locale
32-Town: Distant
NCES ID
370180000738
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About C. G. Credle Elementary
How many students attend C. G. Credle Elementary?
C. G. Credle Elementary enrolls approximately 327 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does C. G. Credle Elementary serve?
C. G. Credle Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at C. G. Credle Elementary?
Approximately 17.8:1 students per teacher at C. G. Credle Elementary.
How diverse is C. G. Credle Elementary?
C. G. Credle Elementary reports a student body of 17% White, 16% Hispanic, 61% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is C. G. Credle Elementary in?
C. G. Credle Elementary is part of Granville County Schools.
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