Catawba Rosenwald Education Center

Catawba Rosenwald Education Center is an all-grades campus of tiny scale in Catawba, North Carolina, one of the schools within Catawba County Schools, educateing 7 students in grades K through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 99% below the state mean of about 731.

Catawba Rosenwald Education Center is one of 28 schools operated by Catawba County Schools, a district that caters to 16,003 students overall.

On demographics, Catawba Rosenwald Education Center records that 71% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder consists of 14% Hispanic, 14% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Catawba County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Catawba Rosenwald Education Center has 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 0.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.1:1 average.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Catawba County) logs that median household income runs about $67,864, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Catawba County's 44 public schools (combined enrollment of about 22,392 students), Catawba Rosenwald Education Center is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Catawba Elementary School, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around Catawba Rosenwald Education Center.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 83%: 42 students in 2018 compared to 7 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 62% to 71% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 2.9:1 in 2018 to 0.7:1 in 2025.

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