Micaville Elementary

Micaville Elementary is one of the tight-knit primary schools in Burnsville, North Carolina, operated by Yancey County Schools, with 198 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. By comparison, North Carolina's public schools average about 467 students each, so Micaville Elementary sits 58% below that benchmark.

Yancey County Schools comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 2,148 students; Micaville Elementary is among them.

On the student-mix side, Micaville Elementary records that nearly all students (81%) are White. Other groups include 18% Hispanic. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 92%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Micaville Elementary has 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.5:1. The state averages about 14.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 65% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Yancey County runs at roughly 96%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Yancey County put median household income runs about $58,709, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Micaville Elementary is one of 7 public schools in Yancey County (combined enrollment of about 2,148 students).

East Yancey Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.4 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Over the past 6-year window. Over the past 6-year window, the student count rose 4%: 190 students in 2018 compared to 198 in 2024. Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 12% to 18%.

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