Creswell Elementary

Located at 200 South Seventh St, in Creswell, North Carolina, Creswell Elementary is a very small K-5 school that enrolls 93 students (grades pre-K through 5), one of the schools within Washington County Schools. By comparison, North Carolina's public schools average about 467 students each, so Creswell Elementary sits 80% leaner than that benchmark.

Washington County Schools runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 1,317 students. Creswell Elementary is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Creswell Elementary logs that 53% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder reads as 22% White, 18% Hispanic, 6% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 14.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 97% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Washington County put the typical household earns roughly $41,813 per year, 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 23%. Across Washington County's 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,586 students), Creswell Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Washington Early College High, roughly 0.1 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 6 years, enrollment at Creswell Elementary has fell 49%, going from 183 students in 2018 to 93 in 2024. The Black share of enrollment ticked up from 35% to 53% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 14.1:1 in 2018 to 12.6:1 in 2024.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.