Gatesville Elementary

Located at 709 North Main Street, in Gatesville, North Carolina, Gatesville Elementary is a low-enrollment elementary campus that works with 252 students (grades pre-K through 5), run under Gates County Schools. That puts it 46% leaner than the typical public school in North Carolina, which averages around 467 students.

Gates County Schools runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 1,410 students. Gatesville Elementary is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Gatesville Elementary logs that the largest single group is White, at 62% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 20% Black, 12% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. Compared to Gates County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, On paper, Gatesville Elementary has 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.9:1, putting Gatesville Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 60% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, Gatesville Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 60.7%; this one delivers 46.5%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Gates County put median household income runs about $66,333, roughly 11% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Gates County's 5 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,410 students), Gatesville Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Central Middle School, around 2.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Gatesville Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Gatesville Elementary at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 50.0%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 17%: 305 students in 2018 compared to 252 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment edged down from 30% to 20% over that span. Class-load math has grew: from 13.3:1 in 2018 to 16.6:1 in 2025.

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