Glade Creek Elementary

As a tight-knit elementary school in Ennice, North Carolina, Glade Creek Elementary works with 236 students from grades pre-K through 8, run under Alleghany County Schools. Enrollment runs roughly 49% below the state mean of about 467.

Within Alleghany County Schools, which oversees 4 schools and 1,352 students, Glade Creek Elementary is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Glade Creek Elementary lists that White students make up the majority at 67%. The remainder comes out to 32% Hispanic. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 89%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 14.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 99% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, Glade Creek Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 44.5%.

In the surrounding community, Alleghany County reports that the typical household earns roughly $47,172 per year, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Alleghany County's 4 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,352 students), Glade Creek Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Fairview Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 6.9 miles from this campus. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, Glade Creek Elementary comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 62.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Glade Creek Elementary has ticked up 7%, going from 221 students in 2018 to 236 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 11.2:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 today.

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