Coleridge Elementary School

Set in Ramseur, North Carolina, Coleridge Elementary School is a modestly sized primary school, part of Randolph County School System. It hosts 273 students across grades K through 5. By comparison, North Carolina's public schools average about 467 students each, so Coleridge Elementary School sits 42% leaner than that benchmark.

Randolph County School System comprises 32 schools with combined enrollment of 14,994 students; Coleridge Elementary School is among them.

Demographically, Coleridge Elementary School reports that White students make up the majority at 58%. Other groups include 34% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 4% Black. By comparison, Randolph County as a whole is about 78% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Coleridge Elementary School records 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.9:1 average. Roughly 99% of students at Coleridge Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Randolph County's rate of about 84%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Coleridge Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 43.2%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Randolph County put median household earnings sit near $61,022, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Randolph County runs 42 public schools (combined enrollment of about 21,656 students), of which Coleridge Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Southeastern Randolph Middle School, around 5.9 miles off. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Coleridge Elementary School at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 44.8%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Over the past 7-year window. Coleridge Elementary School's enrollment has declined 15% since 2018, when it stood at 321 (now 273). Hispanic enrollment moved from 21% to 34% across the same window. Class-load math has widened: from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 15.6:1 in 2025.

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