East Bend Elementary

As a low-enrollment K-5 school in East Bend, North Carolina, East Bend Elementary enrolls 246 students from grades pre-K through 5, one of the schools within Yadkin County Schools. Compared to the state average of about 467 students per school, that is 47% smaller than typical.

East Bend Elementary is one of 14 schools operated by Yadkin County Schools, a district that educates 5,174 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, East Bend Elementary logs that the largest single group is White, at 73% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 21% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 83%.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.9:1 average. Roughly 99% of students at East Bend Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Yadkin County's rate of about 83%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, East Bend Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 48.7%; this one delivers 59.6%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Yadkin County indicate median household income runs about $62,932, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Yadkin County runs 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,174 students), of which East Bend Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Fall Creek Elementary, around 4.7 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, East Bend Elementary comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 66.1%.

East Bend Elementary operates from an outlying location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 15%: 288 students in 2018 compared to 246 in 2025.

On allk12, the feed for East Bend Elementary typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.