Creswell Elementary

Federal records list Creswell Elementary as an elementary school in Creswell, North Carolina. The school teaches pre-K through 5 and enrolls 93 students. The school is 80% below the average for elementary schools in North Carolina.

Washington County Schools serves 1,317 students across 5 schools.

Of every 100 students at Creswell Elementary, about 53 are Black. Beyond that, enrollment is 22% White, 18% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. The diversity index for Creswell Elementary is 64%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.

Creswell Elementary has 7.4 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.9:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in North Carolina is 14.9:1. At Creswell Elementary, 97% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2023-24. The figure for public schools in Washington County is close, at 99%.

In Washington County, median household income comes to about $41,813, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 15% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 23%. Washington County counts 6 public schools with about 1,586 students.

The closest school to Creswell Elementary is Washington Early College High, located less than a tenth of a mile away. In all, 2 other public schools sit within five miles of Creswell Elementary.

For locale, NCES codes Creswell Elementary as Rural: Remote.

Creswell Elementary enrolled 183 in 2017-18 and 93 in 2023-24. Changes in grade configuration can produce shifts of this size. By 2023-24, 53% of students were Black, compared with 35% in 2017-18. Students per teacher dropped from 14.1 in 2017-18 to 12.6 in 2023-24.

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