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What's one thing Creekside Elementary gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
622
Elementary
DISTRICT 526 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PITT COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370001202789
Creekside Elementary
431 Forlines Road, Winterville, NC 28590 · (252) 353-5253 · Pitt County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL622 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
619 students
DISTRICT 96% · STATE 82%
Community
1
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 | 32 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 106 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 92 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 85 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 87 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 111 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 109 | 18% |
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
50.8%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
65.6%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 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
58.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 →
Where Creekside Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Pitt County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.7% | #544 of 1,297 | #7 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.6% | #455 of 1,296 | #7 of 21 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.8% | #590 of 1,300 | #7 of 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 622 | #315 of 1,485 | #11 of 25 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #647 of 1,377 | #13 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.7% | #957 of 1,379 | #18 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.5% | #124 of 1,414 | #8 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.0% | #814 of 937 | #12 of 14 |
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
622
-13 (-2%) vs 2020
+10% since 2010-11, when it was 566
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 13.2:1
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 | 622 | 42.5 | 14.6:1 | 100% (619) |
| 2023-24 | 638 | 41 | 15.6:1 | 100% (635) |
| 2022-23 | 629 | 44 | 14.3:1 | 74% (468) |
| 2020-21 | 635 | 48 | 13.2:1 | 54% (345) |
| 2017-18 | 648 | 46.6 | 13.9:1 | 55% (359) |
| 2015-16 | 652 | 46 | 14.2:1 | 59% (382) |
| 2010-11 | 566 | 42 | 13.5:1 | 59% (334) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Creekside Elementary.
About Creekside Elementary
Federal records list Creekside Elementary as an elementary school in Winterville, North Carolina. The school runs pre-K through 5 and enrolls 622 students. That compares with an average of about 467 students for elementary schools in North Carolina.
The district, Pitt County Schools, has 24,470 students enrolled across 40 schools.
The share of Black students at Creekside Elementary is 66%, a majority. The school is also 18% White, 7% Hispanic, and 7% multiracial. That is higher than the 35% Black share among all Pitt County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 52%.
Classroom staffing at Creekside Elementary totals 42.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 14.6:1. The average for elementary schools in North Carolina is about 14.9:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Creekside Elementary is about 100%.
Creekside Elementary is 10.3 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (58.7% versus 48.5%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in North Carolina.
American Community Survey estimates for Pitt County show that the median household earns about $58,188 a year, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 12%. Across Pitt County, 43 public schools serve about 25,202 students.
South Central, about 0.5 miles away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Creekside Elementary places 4th out of 7 schools in its immediate area.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Mid-size, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Federal data show 635 students in 2020-21 and 622 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%. Federal data show the ratio rising from 13.2:1 to 14.6:1.
On allk12, people connected to Creekside Elementary can post about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Pitt County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
177,193
Census ACS
Median income
$58,188
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
43
25,202 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Pitt County Schools
- D H Conley HighHigh · 1,757 students
- South CentralHigh · 1,738 students
- Junius H Rose HighHigh · 1,568 students
- Hope MiddleMiddle · 952 students
- ChicodElementary · 902 students
- North Pitt HighHigh · 854 students
Other schools in Winterville
- South CentralHigh · 1,738 students
- A G Cox MiddleMiddle · 778 students
- Ridgewood ElementaryElementary · 700 students
- W H Robinson ElementaryElementary · 692 students
- Winterville Charter AcademyElementary · 624 students
- PCS Early College High SchoolHigh · 334 students
Nearby schools
- South Central0.5 mi · 1,738
- PCS Early College High School1.1 mi · 334
- W H Robinson Elementary1.3 mi · 692
- A G Cox Middle1.5 mi · 778
- Ridgewood Elementary1.9 mi · 700
- Winterville Charter Academy3.3 mi · 624
Frequently asked questions
About Creekside ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Creekside Elementary?
Creekside Elementary enrolls approximately 622 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Creekside Elementary serve?
Creekside Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Creekside Elementary?
Approximately 14.6:1 students per teacher at Creekside Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Creekside Elementary?
At Creekside Elementary, the student body is approximately 18% White, 7% Hispanic, 66% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Creekside Elementary public or private?
Creekside Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Pitt County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.