Colerain Elementary

Colerain Elementary, a modestly sized primary school in Colerain, North Carolina, run under Bertie County Schools, works with 193 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 467 students per school, that is 59% leaner than typical.

Bertie County Schools comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 1,819 students; Colerain Elementary is among them.

On the student-mix side, Colerain Elementary lists that 82% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Beyond that, the school lists 13% White, 3% multiracial. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 60%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Colerain Elementary has 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.9:1, putting Colerain Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 98% of students at Colerain Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Colerain Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 47.5%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Bertie County) logs that median household income runs about $48,750, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Bertie County's 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,819 students), Colerain Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Chowan Middle, roughly 6.9 miles away. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Colerain Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 40.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 10%: 215 students in 2018 compared to 193 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 77% to 82% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 11.7:1 in 2025.

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