E M Rollins Elementary

E M Rollins Elementary is one of the tight-knit K-5 schools in Henderson, North Carolina, part of Vance County Schools, with 322 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, North Carolina's public schools average about 467 students each, so E M Rollins Elementary sits 31% leaner than that benchmark.

Vance County Schools runs 16 schools in total, collectively educating 5,205 students. E M Rollins Elementary is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, E M Rollins Elementary lists that the largest single group is Black, at 75% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 17% Hispanic, 5% White, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Vance County as a whole is about 47% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.9:1, putting E M Rollins Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, E M Rollins Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 48.6%; this one delivers 46.1%.

In the broader community, census data for Vance County shows median household earnings sit near $50,465, about 17% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. Across Vance County's 19 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,495 students), E M Rollins Elementary is one campus in the mix.

AdVance Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), E M Rollins Elementary ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 39.7%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Five-year trend. E M Rollins Elementary's enrollment has contracted 20% since 2018, when it stood at 402 (now 322). Hispanic enrollment moved from 6% to 17% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 today.

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