Creekside Elementary

Creekside Elementary is a mid-tier K-5 school in Winterville, North Carolina, overseen by Pitt County Schools. The school hosts 622 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 33% above the state mean of about 467.

Creekside Elementary is one of 40 schools operated by Pitt County Schools, a district that enrolls 24,470 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Creekside Elementary reports that Black students make up the majority at 66%; the rest comes out to 18% White, 7% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Pitt County as a whole is about 35% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Creekside Elementary shows 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Creekside Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 58.7%.

Zooming out to the county, Pitt County reports that the typical household earns roughly $58,188 per year, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Creekside Elementary is one of 43 public schools in Pitt County (combined enrollment of about 25,202 students).

The closest other public school is South Central, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Creekside Elementary. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Creekside Elementary ranks 4th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 59.8%.

Creekside Elementary operates from a suburban location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 4%: 648 students in 2018 compared to 622 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 27% to 18%.

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