Enrollment
153
Elementary
DISTRICT 365 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CALDWELL COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370058000234
Kings Creek Elementary
3680 Wilkesboro Boulevard, Lenoir, NC 28645 · (828) 754-6039 · Caldwell County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL153 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 12% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded North Carolina public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
11 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
150 students
DISTRICT 91% · STATE 82%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 7 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 11 | 7% |
| Grade 1 | 15 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 20 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 15 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 15 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 16 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 22 | 14% |
| Grade 7 | 16 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 16 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (11) is 31% smaller than its 8th grade class (16).
Student demographics
19%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
46.7%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
24.3%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all North Carolina schools, those numbers are about 51 and 52.
Source: NC EOG / EOC. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
37.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.9%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% typical for North Carolina schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among North Carolina's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Kings Creek Elementary
Kings Creek Elementary's state test result (37.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kings Creek Elementary this school | 153 | 98.0% | 37.0% |
| Pinnacle Elementary School Pinnacle | 162 | 98.1% | 68.2% |
| Gouge Primary Bakersville | 144 | 97.9% | N/A |
| Saluda Elementary School Saluda | 142 | 97.9% | 81.3% |
| Martins Creek Elementary Murphy | 137 | 97.8% | 48.3% |
| Peachtree Elementary Murphy | 166 | 97.6% | 72.3% |
Matched among North Carolina elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Kings Creek Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Caldwell County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #1,162 of 1,297 | #13 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.3% | #1,280 of 1,296 | #13 of 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.7% | #738 of 1,300 | #8 of 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 153 | #1,426 of 1,485 | #14 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.0% | #896 of 1,414 | #9 of 13 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
153
-11 (-7%) vs 2020
-38% since 1990-91, when it was 248
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 12.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 153 | 11.3 | 13.5:1 | 98% (150) |
| 2023-24 | 148 | 13.7 | 10.8:1 | 98% (145) |
| 2022-23 | 156 | 13.9 | 11.3:1 | 72% (112) |
| 2020-21 | 164 | 13 | 12.6:1 | 55% (90) |
| 2017-18 | 169 | 14.5 | 11.7:1 | 66% (111) |
| 2015-16 | 204 | 14 | 14.6:1 | 66% (135) |
| 2010-11 | 236 | 14 | 16.9:1 | 61% (143) |
| 2000-01 | 280 | 22 | 12.7:1 | 39% (108) |
| 1990-91 | 248 | 18 | 13.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kings Creek Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (169 to 153); teachers down 22% (14.5 to 11.3).
About Kings Creek Elementary
This page covers Kings Creek Elementary, a very small elementary school in Lenoir, North Carolina. It teaches 153 students in pre-K through 8. It has 67% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in North Carolina (about 467).
Caldwell County Schools is the district for Kings Creek Elementary. It has 25 schools and 10,667 students.
The share of students at Kings Creek Elementary who are White is 90%. Other groups include 5% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. Caldwell County residents are about 86% White, a similar share. A diversity index of 19% means there is a 19% chance two randomly chosen students at Kings Creek Elementary are from different groups.
The school has 11.3 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 13.5 students per teacher. Elementary schools in North Carolina have an average ratio of 14.9:1. The school reported 98% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.
Kings Creek Elementary earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 12% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Kings Creek Elementary falls in the middle 80% of North Carolina schools: 37.0% actual against 48.9% predicted.
Census data for Caldwell County show median household income comes to about $56,425, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 19%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. The county has 26 public schools and about 10,920 students.
Of the public schools around it, Kings Creek Elementary is closest to Oak Hill Charter School, about 6.3 miles away. Kings Creek Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within ten miles. Kings Creek Elementary's average proficiency of 37.0% compares with 49.3% for its nearest scored neighbors.
In the federal locale system, Kings Creek Elementary is coded Rural: Distant, for schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell 7%.
The Kings Creek Elementary discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. You can also rate the school on this page.
Caldwell County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
80,536
Census ACS
Median income
$56,425
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
26
10,920 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Caldwell County Schools
- South Caldwell HighHigh · 1,272 students
- Hibriten HighHigh · 818 students
- Hudson ElementaryElementary · 665 students
- Granite Falls ElementaryElementary · 647 students
- West Caldwell HighHigh · 634 students
- Hudson MiddleMiddle · 551 students
Other schools in Lenoir
- Hibriten HighHigh · 818 students
- West Caldwell HighHigh · 634 students
- William Lenoir MiddleMiddle · 512 students
- Gamewell ElementaryElementary · 459 students
- Gamewell MiddleMiddle · 457 students
- Davenport A+ SchoolElementary · 429 students
Nearby schools
- Oak Hill Charter School6.3 mi · 253
- Hibriten High7.0 mi · 818
- William Lenoir Middle7.1 mi · 512
- Lower Creek Elementary7.8 mi · 396
- Ellendale Elementary8.1 mi · 168
- Valmead Elementary8.7 mi · 305
Frequently asked questions
About Kings Creek ElementaryHow large is Kings Creek Elementary?
Kings Creek Elementary enrolls approximately 153 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Kings Creek Elementary serve?
Kings Creek Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Kings Creek Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Kings Creek Elementary is approximately 13.5:1 (11 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Kings Creek Elementary?
Kings Creek Elementary reports a student body of 90% White, 5% Hispanic, 1% Black, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Kings Creek Elementary?
Kings Creek Elementary is overseen by Caldwell County Schools in Caldwell County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.