Central Elementary

As a small elementary-level community in Barco, North Carolina, Central Elementary teaches 264 students from grades pre-K through 5, run under Currituck County Schools. That puts it 43% below the typical public school in North Carolina, which averages around 467 students.

Central Elementary is one of 10 schools operated by Currituck County Schools, a district that works with 4,601 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Central Elementary records that White students make up the majority at 65%. Other groups include 14% multiracial, 10% Hispanic, 10% Black. By comparison, Currituck County as a whole is about 85% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Central Elementary shows 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.7:1. The state averages around 14.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 45% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Currituck County (around 36%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Central Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 65.2%, the actual is 54.6%, a residual of -10.6 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Currituck County) reports that median household earnings sit near $93,511, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Currituck County runs 12 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,651 students), of which Central Elementary is one.

Currituck County High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Central Elementary. On composite proficiency, Central Elementary comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 66.6%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Five-year trend. Central Elementary's enrollment has climbed 25% since 2018, when it stood at 212 (now 264). White enrollment moved from 73% to 65% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 11.8:1 in 2018 to 16.7:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.