G W Bulluck Elementary

Located at 3090 Bulluck School Road, in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, G W Bulluck Elementary is a medium-sized primary school that hosts 535 students (grades pre-K through 5), one of the schools within Edgecombe County Public Schools.

Across the 19 schools in Edgecombe County Public Schools (6,310 students total), G W Bulluck Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, G W Bulluck Elementary reports that Black students make up the majority at 60%. The remainder is composed of 23% White, 9% Hispanic, 8% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, G W Bulluck Elementary has 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.6:1. The state averages about 14.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 99% of students at G W Bulluck Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, G W Bulluck Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 48.5%; this one delivers 37.0%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Edgecombe County indicate median household income runs about $51,265, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 19% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Edgecombe County's 27 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,573 students), G W Bulluck Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: West Edgecombe Middle, around 1.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Over the past 7-year window. G W Bulluck Elementary's enrollment has contracted 25% since 2018, when it stood at 709 (now 535). Over the same period, the White share declined from 33% to 23%.

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