Clarke Elementary

Set in Henderson, North Carolina, Clarke Elementary is a modestly sized K-5 school, operated by Vance County Schools. It works with 364 students across grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, North Carolina's public schools average about 467 students each, so Clarke Elementary sits 22% smaller than that benchmark.

Vance County Schools runs 16 schools in total, collectively educating 5,205 students. Clarke Elementary is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Clarke Elementary lists that Black students make up the majority at 69%. The remainder is composed of 19% Hispanic, 7% White, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 47% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Clarke Elementary lists 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.9:1, putting Clarke Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), On a poverty-adjusted basis, Clarke Elementary sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 48.6%; actual is 28.3%, a gap of -20.3 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Vance County) reports that median household income runs about $50,465, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Vance County's 19 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,495 students), Clarke Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Vance County High School, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Clarke Elementary comes 5th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 41.2%.

Clarke Elementary operates from an outlying location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Clarke Elementary has ticked down 20%, going from 455 students in 2018 to 364 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 16.6:1 today.

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