E O Young Jr Elementary

E O Young Jr Elementary is a very small elementary school in Henderson, North Carolina, run under Vance County Schools. The school teaches 174 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 63% smaller than the typical public school in North Carolina, which averages around 467 students.

Within Vance County Schools, which oversees 16 schools and 5,205 students, E O Young Jr Elementary is one campus in the system.

Demographically, E O Young Jr Elementary lists that the largest single group is Black, at 66% of enrollment. The remainder looks like 16% White, 12% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 47%.

On the resource side, E O Young Jr Elementary reports 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.9:1 average. An estimated 94% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), E O Young Jr Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.2%; this one delivers 39.0%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Vance County) reports that median household earnings sit near $50,465, about 17% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. Across Vance County's 19 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,495 students), E O Young Jr Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Carver Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around E O Young Jr Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts E O Young Jr Elementary at 3rd of 6; the average score across the group is 43.0%.

E O Young Jr Elementary operates from a countryside location.

Five-year trend. E O Young Jr Elementary's enrollment has ticked down 27% since 2018, when it stood at 238 (now 174). Class-load math has fell: from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.