Enrollment
364
Elementary
DISTRICT 263 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VANCE COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370465003169
Clarke Elementary
309 Mount Carmel Church Road, Henderson, NC 27537 · (252) 438-8415 · Vance County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL364 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 3% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
16.6:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
361 students
DISTRICT 97% · 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 | 35 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 57 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 69 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 58 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 60 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 41 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 44 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (57) is 30% larger than its 5th grade class (44).
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
22.9%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
30.3%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 23 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NC schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
28.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.6%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-20.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 49% typical for North Carolina schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Clarke Elementary
Clarke Elementary's state test result (28.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clarke Elementary this school | 364 | 99.2% | 28.3% |
| A H Snipes Academy of Arts/Des Wilmington | 342 | 99.1% | 36.6% |
| William H Owen Elementary Fayetteville | 393 | 99.0% | 53.4% |
| Lucile Souders Elementary Fayetteville | 399 | 99.2% | 38.6% |
| Stocks Elementary Tarboro | 389 | 96.1% | 32.3% |
| E M Rollins Elementary Henderson | 322 | 99.1% | 46.1% |
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 Clarke Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Vance County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.3% | #1,256 of 1,297 | #10 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.3% | #1,250 of 1,296 | #9 of 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 22.9% | #1,263 of 1,300 | #9 of 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 364 | #1,012 of 1,485 | #3 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #1,141 of 1,377 | #4 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.6% | #1,010 of 1,379 | #3 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.2% | #526 of 1,414 | #2 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.0% | #283 of 937 | #6 of 9 |
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
364
-4 (-1%) vs 2020
-27% since 2010-11, when it was 498
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 16.7:1
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 | 364 | 22 | 16.6:1 | 99% (361) |
| 2023-24 | 369 | 21.5 | 17.2:1 | 99% (366) |
| 2022-23 | 337 | 19.9 | 16.9:1 | 99% (334) |
| 2020-21 | 368 | 22 | 16.7:1 | 99% (365) |
| 2017-18 | 455 | 30.6 | 14.9:1 | 99% (452) |
| 2015-16 | 507 | 34 | 14.9:1 | 99% (504) |
| 2010-11 | 498 | 35 | 14.2:1 | 87% (433) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Clarke Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (455 to 364); teachers down 28% (30.6 to 22).
About Clarke Elementary
Clarke Elementary is an elementary school located in Henderson, North Carolina, in Vance County. It has an enrollment of 364 students in pre-K through 5. That compares with an average of about 467 students for elementary schools in North Carolina.
Clarke Elementary sits within Vance County Schools, which has 16 schools and 5,205 students.
Federal enrollment data show Clarke Elementary is 69% Black. Other groups include 19% Hispanic, 7% White, and 5% multiracial. The county population is about 47% Black. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 49%.
Clarke Elementary lists 22 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 16.6 students per teacher. The school's 16.6:1 compares with an average of 14.9:1 for elementary schools in North Carolina. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 99% of the student body. Public schools in Vance County average a similar 98%.
Clarke Elementary holds an F allk12 Grade, placing it above 3% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
Clarke Elementary posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 28.3%. Schools with its free or reduced-price lunch share in North Carolina are predicted to post 48.6%, so the school is 20.3 points behind and in the state's bottom 10%.
In the surrounding county, Vance County, the median household earns about $50,465 a year, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 14% of people live in poverty. Vance County has 19 public schools with about 7,495 students, including Clarke Elementary.
Vance County High School sits about 0.4 miles from Clarke Elementary. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The school's 28.3% average proficiency ranks 5th among 6 nearby schools.
NCES assigns Clarke Elementary the locale Rural: Fringe, meaning in rural territory close to an urban area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 364, starting from 368.
Anyone can start a thread about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures at Clarke Elementary. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Vance County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
42,322
Census ACS
Median income
$50,465
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
19
7,495 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Vance County Schools
- Vance County High SchoolHigh · 1,064 students
- Vance County Middle SchoolMiddle · 755 students
- Dabney ElementaryElementary · 385 students
- Aycock ElementaryElementary · 376 students
- E M Rollins ElementaryElementary · 322 students
- Zeb Vance ElementaryElementary · 298 students
Other schools in Henderson
- Henderson CollegiateCombined · 1,334 students
- Vance County High SchoolHigh · 1,064 students
- Vance Charter SchoolCombined · 956 students
- Vance County Middle SchoolMiddle · 755 students
- Dabney ElementaryElementary · 385 students
- Aycock ElementaryElementary · 376 students
Other Clarke Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Clarke Elementary. Clarke Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Clarke Elementary SchoolFORT CAVAZOS, TX · 481 students
Nearby schools
- Vance County High School0.4 mi · 1,064
- Aycock Elementary1.4 mi · 376
- Henderson Collegiate1.7 mi · 1,334
- Pinkston Street Elementary1.9 mi · 262
- L B Yancey Elementary2.0 mi · 186
- AdVance Academy2.5 mi · 112
Frequently asked questions
About Clarke ElementaryHow large is Clarke Elementary?
Clarke Elementary enrolls approximately 364 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Clarke Elementary serve?
Clarke Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Clarke Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Clarke Elementary is approximately 16.6:1 (22 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Clarke Elementary?
At Clarke Elementary, the student body is approximately 7% White, 19% Hispanic, 69% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Clarke Elementary?
Clarke Elementary is overseen by Vance County Schools in Vance County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.