Central Elementary

Set in Jackson, North Carolina, Central Elementary is a cozy primary school, one of the schools within Northampton County Schools. It serves 283 students across grades pre-K through 3. Enrollment runs roughly 39% smaller than the state mean of about 467.

Across the 6 schools in Northampton County Schools (1,251 students total), Central Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Central Elementary records that 72% of the student body identifies as Black. Beyond that, the school lists 14% White, 10% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Northampton County as a whole is about 55% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.9:1. The state averages around 14.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 99% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Central Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.6%, the actual is 37.3%, a residual of -11.3 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Northampton County indicate median household income runs about $50,086, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Central Elementary is one of 6 public schools in Northampton County (combined enrollment of about 2,246 students).

The closest other public school is Northampton Virtual Academy, roughly 1.6 miles away. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, Central Elementary comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 39.8%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Central Elementary's enrollment has ticked up 14% since 2018, when it stood at 249 (now 283). The Black share of enrollment edged down from 84% to 72% over that span.

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