Grifton

Grifton is an elementary-level community of cozy scale in Grifton, North Carolina, run under Pitt County Schools, teacheing 395 students in grades pre-K through 8.

Within Pitt County Schools, which oversees 40 schools and 24,470 students, Grifton is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Grifton shows that 44% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school reports 27% White, 22% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 35%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Grifton has 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.9:1 average. About 97% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, Grifton tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 49.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 44.3%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Pitt County put median household earnings sit near $58,188, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. In all, Pitt County runs 43 public schools (combined enrollment of about 25,202 students), of which Grifton is one.

Nearest neighbor: Ayden-Grifton High, around 4.0 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 6 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, Grifton comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 40.1%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Grifton has edged down 20%, going from 496 students in 2018 to 395 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share grew from 36% to 44%.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Grifton typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.