C.F. Pope Elementary

Set in Burgaw, North Carolina, C.F. Pope Elementary is a mid-sized K-5 school, operated by Pender County Schools. It caters to 530 students across grades pre-K through 5.

Pender County Schools runs 19 schools in total, collectively educating 11,073 students. C.F. Pope Elementary is one of those campuses.

Demographically, C.F. Pope Elementary lists that the largest single group is White at 36%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 34% Black, 19% Hispanic, 9% multiracial. By comparison, Pender County as a whole is about 75% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, C.F. Pope Elementary has 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.2:1. The state averages around 14.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 98% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Pender County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, C.F. Pope Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.0%, the actual is 35.6%, a residual of -13.4 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Pender County) reports that median household income runs about $80,396, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Pender County's 19 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,073 students), C.F. Pope Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Burgaw Middle, roughly 0.8 miles away. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), C.F. Pope Elementary ranks 7th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 45.9%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Looking at the recent track record. C.F. Pope Elementary's enrollment has contracted 6% since 2018, when it stood at 565 (now 530).

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