Enrollment
236
Elementary
DISTRICT 350 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EDGECOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 370132000553
Coker-Wimberly Elementary
1619 NC 97 West, Battleboro, NC 27809 · (252) 823-4446 · Edgecombe County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL236 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 4% 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
17.5:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.9:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
228 students
DISTRICT 98% · 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 | 12 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 27 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 35 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 44 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 35 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 45 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 38 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (27) is 29% smaller than its 5th grade class (38).
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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
27.6%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
33.6%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 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
30.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.3%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-19.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% 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 Coker-Wimberly Elementary
Coker-Wimberly Elementary's state test result (30.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coker-Wimberly Elementary this school | 236 | 96.6% | 30.0% |
| University Park Creative Arts Charlotte | 212 | 97.6% | 54.9% |
| Pinkston Street Elementary Henderson | 262 | 98.9% | 36.4% |
| R Freeman Sch of Engineering Wilmington | 241 | 98.8% | 15.5% |
| Vandalia Elementary Greensboro | 257 | 96.5% | 44.5% |
| Movement School Southwest Charlotte | 284 | 96.8% | N/A |
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 Coker-Wimberly Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Edgecombe County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.0% | #1,246 of 1,297 | #6 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.6% | #1,219 of 1,296 | #6 of 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.6% | #1,224 of 1,300 | #6 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 236 | #1,318 of 1,485 | #9 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.5:1 | #1,261 of 1,377 | #10 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.2% | #925 of 1,379 | #4 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.6% | #1,014 of 1,414 | #11 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.3% | #161 of 937 | N/A |
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
236
-10 (-4%) vs 2020
-46% since 1990-91, when it was 440
Student : Teacher
17.5:1
was 12.3:1
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 | 236 | 13.5 | 17.5:1 | 97% (228) |
| 2023-24 | 234 | 18 | 13.0:1 | 99% (231) |
| 2022-23 | 252 | 21.2 | 11.9:1 | 99% (249) |
| 2020-21 | 246 | 20 | 12.3:1 | 99% (243) |
| 2017-18 | 316 | 19.2 | 16.5:1 | 99% (313) |
| 2015-16 | 331 | 17 | 19.5:1 | 99% (328) |
| 2010-11 | 477 | 27 | 17.7:1 | 92% (437) |
| 2000-01 | 437 | 32 | 13.7:1 | 99% (434) |
| 1990-91 | 440 | 18 | 24.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Coker-Wimberly Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (316 to 236); teachers down 30% (19.2 to 13.5).
About Coker-Wimberly Elementary
Coker-Wimberly Elementary serves students in Battleboro, North Carolina, as a low-enrollment elementary school. Classes run from pre-K through 5, and the school has 236 students. Against the 467-student average for elementary schools in North Carolina, enrollment here is 49% lower.
Coker-Wimberly Elementary is one school in a 19-school district, Edgecombe County Public Schools, which enrolls 6,310 students.
By race and ethnicity, Coker-Wimberly Elementary is 64% Black. The rest of enrollment is 22% Hispanic, 7% White, and 6% multiracial. Census estimates put the Black share of Edgecombe County's population at about 56%. Coker-Wimberly Elementary has a diversity index of 53%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Staffing totals 13.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 17.5:1. For comparison, elementary schools in North Carolina average 14.9:1. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 97%. That is close to the 99% average for public schools in Edgecombe County.
The allk12 Grade for Coker-Wimberly Elementary is F. Compared with North Carolina public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 4% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On BeatsExpectations, which compares test results with what a school's student poverty level would predict, Coker-Wimberly Elementary ranks in the bottom 10% in North Carolina. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 30.0%, against a prediction of 49.3%.
Census Bureau estimates for Edgecombe County show that median household income is about $51,265, roughly 18% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 19% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Coker-Wimberly Elementary is one of 27 public schools in Edgecombe County, which together enroll about 8,573 students.
Of nearby public schools, North Edgecombe High is the closest, at about 1.5 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 2 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 29.1%, lower than Coker-Wimberly Elementary's 30.0%.
The school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area, according to its NCES locale (Rural: Distant).
Coker-Wimberly Elementary saw enrollment fall 4% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. The ratio was 12.3:1 in 2020-21 and 17.5:1 in 2024-25.
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Edgecombe County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
48,736
Census ACS
Median income
$51,265
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
19%
Below federal line
Schools in county
27
8,573 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Edgecombe County Public Schools
- SouthWest Edgecombe HighHigh · 798 students
- G W Carver ElementaryElementary · 550 students
- Martin Millennium AcademyElementary · 548 students
- G W Bulluck ElementaryElementary · 535 students
- Tarboro HighHigh · 496 students
- Stocks ElementaryElementary · 389 students
Other schools in Battleboro
- Red Oak MiddleMiddle · 840 students
- M B Hubbard ElementaryElementary · 412 students
- Phillips MiddleMiddle · 118 students
Nearby schools
- North Edgecombe High1.5 mi · 358
- Phillips Middle4.9 mi · 118
- Stocks Elementary5.5 mi · 389
- Tarboro High5.8 mi · 496
- North East Carolina Prep6.1 mi · 1,107
- Martin Millennium Academy6.1 mi · 548
Frequently asked questions
About Coker-Wimberly ElementaryHow many students attend Coker-Wimberly Elementary?
Coker-Wimberly Elementary enrolls approximately 236 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Coker-Wimberly Elementary serve?
Coker-Wimberly Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Coker-Wimberly Elementary?
Approximately 17.5:1 students per teacher at Coker-Wimberly Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Coker-Wimberly Elementary?
Student demographics at Coker-Wimberly Elementary are roughly 7% White, 22% Hispanic, 64% Black, 6% Two or more.
What district is Coker-Wimberly Elementary in?
Coker-Wimberly Elementary is part of Edgecombe County Public Schools.
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