Central Elementary

Central Elementary is an elementary school with a street address in Eden, North Carolina. Its grade span covers pre-K through 5, with 521 students on the rolls.

Rockingham County Schools includes 23 schools. Together they enroll 11,114 students.

The biggest share of students at Central Elementary, 45%, is White. Next come 28% Black, 16% Hispanic, and 9% multiracial. That compares with about 73% White among all Rockingham County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 68%.

There are 31.2 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 16.7:1. The gap from the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina is 1.8 students per teacher. On the income side, 98% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The figure for public schools in Rockingham County is close, at 98%.

After adjusting for student poverty, Central Elementary lands between the top and bottom 10% of North Carolina schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 41.0%; the prediction is 48.9%.

The school is in Rockingham County, where the median household earns about $57,053 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 17% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 12%. Across Rockingham County, 27 public schools serve about 12,299 students.

Of the public schools around it, Central Elementary is closest to John M Morehead High, about 0.2 miles away. Central Elementary has 4 other public schools within five miles. Central Elementary's average proficiency of 41.0% compares with 56.1% for its nearest scored neighbors.

On the NCES locale scale, the school is Town: Distant.

Enrollment has been fairly stable: 521 in 2020-21 and 521 in 2024-25. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (16.7:1) than in 2020-21 (15.3:1).

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