Cooleemee Elementary

Cooleemee Elementary is one of the moderately sized elementary campuss in Cooleemee, North Carolina, part of Davie County Schools, with 462 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

Davie County Schools runs 13 schools in total, collectively educating 6,116 students. Cooleemee Elementary is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Cooleemee Elementary reports that the largest single group is White, at 56% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 28% Hispanic, 11% Black, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Davie County as a whole is about 83% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 83% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Davie County's rate of about 54%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Cooleemee Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 53.5%; this one delivers 50.2%.

In the area at large, Davie County reports that median household earnings sit near $75,057, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Davie County's 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,116 students), Cooleemee Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Davie County Early College High, around 3.8 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Cooleemee Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Cooleemee Elementary at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 51.8%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Cooleemee Elementary's enrollment has rose 6% since 2018, when it stood at 437 (now 462). Hispanic enrollment moved from 22% to 28% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 12.7:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 today.

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