Hildebran Elementary

Hildebran Elementary, a compact elementary campus in Hildebran, North Carolina, operated by Burke County Schools, serves 297 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, North Carolina's public schools average about 467 students each, so Hildebran Elementary sits 36% leaner than that benchmark.

Burke County Schools runs 26 schools in total, collectively educating 11,667 students. Hildebran Elementary is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Hildebran Elementary logs that 76% of the student body identifies as White; the rest comes out to 9% Asian, 8% Hispanic, 6% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Hildebran Elementary logs 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.9:1, putting Hildebran Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Around 96% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Hildebran Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.5%, the actual is 57.5%, a residual of +8.0 points.

In the area at large, census data for Burke County shows median household earnings sit near $58,592, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Burke County's 30 public schools (combined enrollment of about 12,360 students), Hildebran Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Southwest Primary, roughly 2.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Hildebran Elementary. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Hildebran Elementary ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 60.3%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Hildebran Elementary has shrank 24%, going from 390 students in 2018 to 297 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 18.5:1 today.

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