Enrollment
447
Elementary
DISTRICT 527 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·IREDELL-STATESVILLE SCHOOLS·NCES 370231000984
Cool Spring Elementary
1969 Mocksville Hwy, Cleveland, NC 27013 · (704) 873-4949 · Iredell County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL447 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
444 students
DISTRICT 72% · 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 | 3 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 72 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 81 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 80 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 74 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 66 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 71 | 16% |
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
70.0%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
82.4%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 82 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NC schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
73.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+25.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 49% typical for North Carolina schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 25 points, placing it in North Carolina's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Where Cool Spring Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Iredell County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 73.9% | #154 of 1,297 | #3 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 82.4% | #88 of 1,296 | #2 of 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.0% | #133 of 1,300 | #2 of 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 447 | #761 of 1,485 | #17 of 25 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #561 of 1,377 | #14 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.3% | #966 of 1,379 | #19 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.3% | #364 of 1,414 | #5 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +15.5% | #136 of 369 | #7 of 10 |
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.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
447
+115 (+35%) vs 2020
+31% since 1990-91, when it was 342
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 447 | 31.2 | 14.3:1 | 99% (444) |
| 2023-24 | 422 | 31.7 | 13.3:1 | 99% (419) |
| 2022-23 | 376 | 25.3 | 14.9:1 | 57% (216) |
| 2020-21 | 332 | 24 | 13.8:1 | 41% (135) |
| 2017-18 | 387 | 22.6 | 17.1:1 | 47% (180) |
| 2015-16 | 397 | 24 | 16.5:1 | 45% (180) |
| 2010-11 | 459 | 26 | 17.6:1 | 48% (220) |
| 2000-01 | 398 | 21 | 18.9:1 | 31% (124) |
| 1990-91 | 342 | 16 | 21.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cool Spring Elementary.
About Cool Spring Elementary
Cool Spring Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school based in Cleveland, North Carolina. Grades offered run from pre-K through 5, with 447 students enrolled.
Across its 38 schools, Iredell-Statesville Schools enrolls 21,017 students. Cool Spring Elementary is one of those schools.
At Cool Spring Elementary, White students make up 67% of the student body. The remaining shares are 19% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 6% Black, and 2% Asian. Pick two students at random and there is a 51% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Cool Spring Elementary counts 31.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 14.3 students for each one. That matches the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina fairly closely. About 99% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Iredell County average 61%.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Cool Spring Elementary is in the top 10% of North Carolina schools: 73.9% actual against 48.5% predicted.
Among Iredell County residents, the median household income is $81,419, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Cool Spring Elementary is one of 52 public schools in the county.
Of nearby public schools, East Iredell Middle is the closest, at about 3.3 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within ten miles of Cool Spring Elementary. Of 7 schools in the immediate area with test results, Cool Spring Elementary ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
The school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area, according to its NCES locale (Rural: Distant).
Over 4 years, Cool Spring Elementary's enrollment grew 35%, to 447.
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Iredell County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
196,544
Census ACS
Median income
$81,419
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
52
31,906 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Iredell-Statesville Schools
- Lake Norman HighHigh · 1,905 students
- South Iredell HighHigh · 1,768 students
- Statesville HighHigh · 991 students
- North Iredell HighHigh · 983 students
- Troutman ElementaryElementary · 902 students
- Coddle Creek ElementaryElementary · 808 students
Nearby schools
- East Iredell Middle3.3 mi · 328
- East Iredell Elementary6.5 mi · 663
- Cloverleaf Elementary7.4 mi · 568
- ISS Virtual Academy8.2 mi · 138
- Discovery School8.2 mi · 32
- Harmony Elementary8.3 mi · 371
Frequently asked questions
About Cool Spring ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Cool Spring Elementary?
Cool Spring Elementary enrolls approximately 447 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Cool Spring Elementary serve?
Cool Spring Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Cool Spring Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Cool Spring Elementary is approximately 14.3:1 (31 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Cool Spring Elementary?
At Cool Spring Elementary, the student body is approximately 67% White, 19% Hispanic, 6% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Cool Spring Elementary in?
Cool Spring Elementary is part of Iredell-Statesville Schools.
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