Cornatzer Elementary

Located at 552 Cornatzer Road, in Mocksville, North Carolina, Cornatzer Elementary is a reasonably sized elementary school that enrolls 408 students (grades pre-K through 5), overseen by Davie County Schools.

Within Davie County Schools, which oversees 13 schools and 6,116 students, Cornatzer Elementary is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Cornatzer Elementary reports that the largest single group is White, at 72% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school reports 19% Hispanic, 7% Black. The wider county runs roughly 83% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Cornatzer Elementary has 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.9:1 average. Roughly 62% of students at Cornatzer Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Davie County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Cornatzer Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 60.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 50.4%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Davie County) records that the typical household earns roughly $75,057 per year, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Davie County's 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,116 students), Cornatzer Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Central Davie Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 3.3 miles from this campus. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Cornatzer Elementary ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 63.1%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 18%: 346 students in 2018 compared to 408 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 12.2:1 in 2018 to 16.7:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.