Enrollment
331
Elementary
DISTRICT 527 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·IREDELL-STATESVILLE SCHOOLS·NCES 370231000983
Central Elementary
4083 Wilkesboro Hwy, Statesville, NC 28625 · (704) 876-0746 · Iredell County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL331 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 84% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded North Carolina public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
323 students
DISTRICT 72% · STATE 82%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 2 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 44 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 48 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 65 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 53 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 55 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 64 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (44) is 31% smaller than its 5th grade class (64).
Student demographics
24%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
56.7%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
77.4%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 77 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all North Carolina schools, those numbers are about 51 and 52.
Source: NC EOG / EOC. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NC schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
66.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.0%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 49% typical for North Carolina schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 17 points, placing it in North Carolina's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Central Elementary
Central Elementary's state test result (66.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Elementary this school | 331 | 97.6% | 66.3% |
| North Brook Elementary Vale | 344 | 99.1% | 62.7% |
| Jonathan Valley Elementary Waynesville | 336 | 98.5% | 60.5% |
| Rosman Elementary Rosman | 344 | 99.1% | 63.9% |
| Baton Elementary Granite Falls | 357 | 99.2% | 60.9% |
| Denton Elementary Denton | 369 | 99.2% | 56.9% |
Matched among North Carolina elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Central Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Iredell County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.3% | #312 of 1,297 | #4 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 77.4% | #159 of 1,296 | #4 of 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.7% | #416 of 1,300 | #9 of 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 331 | #1,113 of 1,485 | #21 of 25 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.7:1 | #667 of 1,377 | #15 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 24.2% | #1,334 of 1,379 | #24 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.6% | #957 of 1,414 | #13 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.4% | #495 of 937 | #9 of 14 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
331
-21 (-6%) vs 2020
-20% since 1990-91, when it was 414
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
was 15.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 331 | 22.5 | 14.7:1 | 98% (323) |
| 2023-24 | 344 | 23 | 14.9:1 | 99% (341) |
| 2022-23 | 383 | 20.7 | 18.6:1 | 46% (175) |
| 2020-21 | 352 | 23 | 15.3:1 | 36% (128) |
| 2017-18 | 378 | 20.3 | 18.6:1 | 35% (133) |
| 2015-16 | 372 | 19 | 19.6:1 | 42% (158) |
| 2010-11 | 340 | 20 | 17.0:1 | 46% (156) |
| 2000-01 | 371 | 23 | 16.1:1 | 37% (136) |
| 1990-91 | 414 | 18 | 23.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Central Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (378 to 331); teachers up 11% (20.3 to 22.5).
About Central Elementary
Families in Statesville, North Carolina, are served by Central Elementary, a small elementary school. The school covers pre-K through 5 and reported 331 students in 2024-25. On average, elementary schools in North Carolina enroll around 467, and this school is 29% below that mark.
Iredell-Statesville Schools has 38 schools; together they serve 21,017 students.
A large majority of enrollment at Central Elementary is White, at 87%. Beyond that, enrollment is 7% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, and 2% Black. The White share of the county population is lower, at 74%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Central Elementary scores 24%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Central Elementary is 14.7:1, based on 22.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in North Carolina is about 14.9:1. Central Elementary counts 98% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 61% for public schools in Iredell County.
On the allk12 Grade, Central Elementary lands at A-, ahead of 84% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
Test results at Central Elementary are 17.2 points above what its student poverty level predicts. The average proficiency rate across its state test results is 66.3%, compared with a predicted 49.0%, which ranks in the top 10% in North Carolina.
For the population of Iredell County, the median household earns about $81,419 a year, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Across Iredell County, 52 public schools serve about 31,906 students.
Central Elementary's closest public school neighbor is North Iredell High, about 5.2 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within ten miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Central Elementary is 2nd of 9 on proficiency.
NCES assigns Central Elementary the locale Rural: Distant, meaning in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
The school's enrollment fell 6% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
People who know Central Elementary can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Iredell County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
196,544
Census ACS
Median income
$81,419
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
52
31,906 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Iredell-Statesville Schools
- Lake Norman HighHigh · 1,905 students
- South Iredell HighHigh · 1,768 students
- Statesville HighHigh · 991 students
- North Iredell HighHigh · 983 students
- Troutman ElementaryElementary · 902 students
- Coddle Creek ElementaryElementary · 808 students
Other schools in Statesville
- South Iredell HighHigh · 1,768 students
- Statesville HighHigh · 991 students
- American Renaissance SchoolElementary · 823 students
- West Iredell HighHigh · 767 students
- East Iredell ElementaryElementary · 663 students
- Cloverleaf ElementaryElementary · 568 students
Other Central Elementary schools
151 other US public schools in 35 states are named Central Elementary. Central Elementary is the 98th largest of the 152.
- Central ElementaryAlbemarle, NC · 525 students
- Central ElementaryEden, NC · 521 students
- Central ElementaryElizabeth City, NC · 484 students
- Central ElementaryJackson, NC · 283 students
- Central ElementaryBarco, NC · 264 students
Nearby schools
- North Iredell High5.2 mi · 983
- Agriculture and Science Early College5.2 mi · 255
- North Iredell Middle5.5 mi · 556
- Stony Point Elementary6.3 mi · 237
- Scotts Elementary6.5 mi · 283
- Hiddenite Elementary7.4 mi · 370
Frequently asked questions
About Central ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Central Elementary?
Central Elementary enrolls approximately 331 students in grades PK-05.
Is Central Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Central Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Central Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Central Elementary is approximately 14.7:1 (23 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Central Elementary?
At Central Elementary, the student body is approximately 87% White, 7% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Central Elementary in?
Central Elementary is part of Iredell-Statesville Schools.
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