La Grange Elementary

As an average-sized elementary school in La Grange, North Carolina, La Grange Elementary enrolls 547 students from grades pre-K through 5, part of Lenoir County Public Schools.

Lenoir County Public Schools comprises 17 schools with combined enrollment of 8,331 students; La Grange Elementary is among them.

Looking at the student body, La Grange Elementary records that the most-represented group is Black (43%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder reads as 26% Hispanic, 24% White, 6% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Lenoir County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 14.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 99% of students at La Grange Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), La Grange Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 48.5%; this one delivers 49.5%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Lenoir County) logs that median household income runs about $45,143, roughly 16% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Lenoir County's 18 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,480 students), La Grange Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is E B Frink Middle, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), La Grange Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 46.5%.

La Grange Elementary operates from a low-density location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 545 students in 2018 compared to 547 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 22% to 26% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 17.2:1 today.

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