Kings Creek Elementary

Kings Creek Elementary is a minimally staffed primary school in Lenoir, North Carolina, operated by Caldwell County Schools. The school instructs 153 students in grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, North Carolina's public schools average about 467 students each, so Kings Creek Elementary sits 67% leaner than that benchmark.

Caldwell County Schools comprises 25 schools with combined enrollment of 10,667 students; Kings Creek Elementary is among them.

On demographics, Kings Creek Elementary lists that nearly all students (90%) are White. Beyond that, the school reports 5% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Caldwell County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, Kings Creek Elementary records 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.9:1, putting Kings Creek Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 98% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, Kings Creek Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.9%, the actual is 37.0%, a residual of -11.9 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Caldwell County) reports that median household income runs about $56,425, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Caldwell County runs 26 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,920 students), of which Kings Creek Elementary is one.

Oak Hill Charter School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 6.3 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, Kings Creek Elementary comes 6th of 6 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 49.3%.

Kings Creek Elementary operates from a small-town location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 9%: 169 students in 2018 compared to 153 in 2025. Class-load math has widened: from 11.7:1 in 2018 to 13.5:1 in 2025.

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