Inborden Elementary S.T.E.A.M. Academy

As an intimate K-5 school in Enfield, North Carolina, Inborden Elementary S.T.E.A.M. Academy teaches 225 students from grades pre-K through 5, one of the schools within Halifax County Schools. By comparison, North Carolina's public schools average about 467 students each, so Inborden Elementary S.T.E.A.M. Academy sits 52% below that benchmark.

Halifax County Schools runs 11 schools in total, collectively educating 2,150 students. Inborden Elementary S.T.E.A.M. Academy is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Inborden Elementary S.T.E.A.M. Academy logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (84%). Other groups include 4% White, 4% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 52%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Inborden Elementary S.T.E.A.M. Academy lists 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.5:1. The state averages around 14.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 99% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Inborden Elementary S.T.E.A.M. Academy sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 48.7%; this one delivers 48.0%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Halifax County indicate median household income runs about $45,590, 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 18% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Halifax County runs 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,803 students), of which Inborden Elementary S.T.E.A.M. Academy is one.

Nearest neighbor: Enfield Middle S.T.E.A.M. Academy, around 0.0 miles off. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, Inborden Elementary S.T.E.A.M. Academy comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 37.1%.

Inborden Elementary S.T.E.A.M. Academy operates from an outlying location.

Over the past 7-year window. Inborden Elementary S.T.E.A.M. Academy's enrollment has edged down 21% since 2018, when it stood at 286 (now 225). Black enrollment moved from 93% to 84% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 17.2:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, members of the Inborden Elementary S.T.E.A.M. Academy community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.