Enrollment
321
Elementary
DISTRICT 365 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CALDWELL COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370058000222
Collettsville School
4690 Collettsville School Rd, Collettsville, NC 28611 · (828) 754-6913 · Caldwell County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL321 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 47% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
16.3:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
317 students
DISTRICT 91% · 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 | 13 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 30 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 34 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 32 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 35 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 25 | 8% |
| Grade 5 | 42 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 35 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 37 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 38 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (30) is 21% smaller than its 8th grade class (38).
Student demographics
13%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · 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
47.7%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
56.3%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
53.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.7%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% typical for North Carolina schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among North Carolina's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Collettsville School
Collettsville School's state test result (53.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collettsville School this school | 321 | 98.8% | 53.3% |
| Mount Olive Elementary School King | 316 | 99.1% | 71.2% |
| Union Elementary Vale | 342 | 99.1% | 67.7% |
| Brush Creek Elementary Marshall | 356 | 99.2% | 54.1% |
| Central Elementary Statesville | 331 | 97.6% | 66.3% |
| North Brook Elementary Vale | 344 | 99.1% | 62.7% |
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 Collettsville School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Caldwell County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.3% | #723 of 1,297 | #6 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.3% | #718 of 1,296 | #6 of 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.7% | #705 of 1,300 | #6 of 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 321 | #1,139 of 1,485 | #10 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #1,085 of 1,377 | #3 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 13.0% | #1,372 of 1,379 | #13 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.8% | #762 of 1,414 | #8 of 13 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.7% | #796 of 937 | #7 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
321
-16 (-5%) vs 2020
-25% since 1990-91, when it was 428
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 14.7:1
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 | 321 | 19.7 | 16.3:1 | 99% (317) |
| 2023-24 | 339 | 22.9 | 14.8:1 | 99% (336) |
| 2022-23 | 334 | 21.9 | 15.2:1 | 68% (226) |
| 2020-21 | 337 | 23 | 14.7:1 | 55% (187) |
| 2017-18 | 337 | 22.1 | 15.3:1 | 63% (213) |
| 2015-16 | 354 | 23 | 15.4:1 | 60% (214) |
| 2010-11 | 367 | 24 | 15.3:1 | 64% (235) |
| 2000-01 | 460 | 26 | 17.7:1 | 43% (197) |
| 1990-91 | 428 | 28 | 15.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Collettsville School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (337 to 321); teachers down 11% (22.1 to 19.7).
About Collettsville School
Collettsville School, located in Collettsville, North Carolina, is a small elementary school. Federal data show 321 students enrolled in pre-K through 8 in 2024-25. On average, elementary schools in North Carolina enroll around 467, and this school is 31% below that mark.
Caldwell County Schools enrolls 10,667 students in 25 schools, including Collettsville School.
Of every 100 students at Collettsville School, about 93 are White. Other students are 3% multiracial and 3% Hispanic. A diversity index of 13% means there is a 13% chance two randomly chosen students at Collettsville School are from different groups.
Its ratio of 16.3:1 is based on 19.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in North Carolina have an average ratio of 14.9:1. In all, 99% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, Collettsville School lands at B-, ahead of 47% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 48.7% for Collettsville School. The school posts 53.3%, 4.7 points above the prediction.
In the surrounding county, Caldwell County, the median household earns about $56,425 a year, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Collettsville School, Caldwell County has 26 public schools.
A public school about 5.3 miles away, West Caldwell High, is the closest to Collettsville School. Inside a ten-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 40.1%, lower than Collettsville School's 53.3%.
Collettsville School has an NCES locale of Rural: Distant.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 5% decline, from 337 to 321. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 14.7:1 to 16.3:1.
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Caldwell County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
80,536
Census ACS
Median income
$56,425
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
26
10,920 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Caldwell County Schools
- South Caldwell HighHigh · 1,272 students
- Hibriten HighHigh · 818 students
- Hudson ElementaryElementary · 665 students
- Granite Falls ElementaryElementary · 647 students
- West Caldwell HighHigh · 634 students
- Hudson MiddleMiddle · 551 students
Nearby schools
- West Caldwell High5.3 mi · 634
- Gamewell Middle5.7 mi · 457
- Gamewell Elementary5.8 mi · 459
- Valmead Elementary7.4 mi · 305
- Davenport A+ School7.5 mi · 429
- Caldwell Online Academy7.7 mi · 138
Frequently asked questions
About Collettsville SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Collettsville School?
Collettsville School enrolls approximately 321 students in grades PK-08.
Is Collettsville School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Collettsville School is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many teachers does Collettsville School have?
Collettsville School employs 20 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.3:1.
How diverse is Collettsville School?
Collettsville School reports a student body of 93% White, 3% Hispanic, 0% Black, 3% Two or more.
Is Collettsville School public or private?
Collettsville School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Caldwell County Schools.
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