Candor Elementary

Located at 414 S Main, in Candor, North Carolina, Candor Elementary is a cozy elementary school that enrolls 368 students (grades pre-K through 5), part of Montgomery County Schools. By comparison, North Carolina's public schools average about 467 students each, so Candor Elementary sits 21% leaner than that benchmark.

Montgomery County Schools comprises 11 schools with combined enrollment of 3,587 students; Candor Elementary is among them.

On the student-mix side, Candor Elementary logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 67%. Beyond that, the school reports 15% Black, 12% White, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Montgomery County as a whole is about 16% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Candor Elementary records 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.9:1, putting Candor Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Around 99% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, Candor Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 31.2%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Montgomery County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $57,766 per year, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Montgomery County runs 12 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,818 students), of which Candor Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is East Middle, roughly 3.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Candor Elementary. On composite proficiency, Candor Elementary comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 50.2%.

Candor Elementary operates from a small-town location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 11%: 414 students in 2018 compared to 368 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 61% to 67% over that span.

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