Coker-Wimberly Elementary

Set in Battleboro, North Carolina, Coker-Wimberly Elementary is a low-enrollment elementary school, overseen by Edgecombe County Public Schools. It educates 236 students across grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, North Carolina's public schools average about 467 students each, so Coker-Wimberly Elementary sits 49% below that benchmark.

Edgecombe County Public Schools comprises 19 schools with combined enrollment of 6,310 students; Coker-Wimberly Elementary is among them.

On demographics, Coker-Wimberly Elementary shows that Black students make up the majority at 64%. Other groups include 22% Hispanic, 7% White, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Edgecombe County as a whole is about 56% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Coker-Wimberly Elementary records 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.9:1 average. Around 97% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), On a poverty-adjusted basis, Coker-Wimberly Elementary sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 49.3%; actual is 30.0%, a gap of -19.4 points.

In the surrounding community, Edgecombe County reports that median household earnings sit near $51,265, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 19%. Coker-Wimberly Elementary is one of 27 public schools in Edgecombe County (combined enrollment of about 8,573 students).

Nearest neighbor: North Edgecombe High, around 1.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Coker-Wimberly Elementary. On composite proficiency, Coker-Wimberly Elementary comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 29.1%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Over the past 7-year window. Coker-Wimberly Elementary's enrollment has decreased 25% since 2018, when it stood at 316 (now 236). Black enrollment moved from 69% to 64% across the same window. Class-load math has widened: from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 17.5:1 in 2025.

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