Micaville Elementary

This page covers Micaville Elementary, a low-enrollment elementary school in Burnsville, North Carolina. It educates 198 students in kindergarten through 5. The school's enrollment is 58% smaller than the 467 average for elementary schools in North Carolina.

Micaville Elementary sits within Yancey County Schools, which has 7 schools and 2,148 students.

White students are the large majority at Micaville Elementary, with 81% of enrollment. Other groups make up 18% Hispanic. County-wide, 92% of Yancey County residents are White. By the diversity index, Micaville Elementary comes in at 32%.

Its 13.2 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 14.5:1. Elementary schools in North Carolina average about 14.9:1, a similar figure. The school's lunch program data list 65% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The rate at public schools in Yancey County averages 96%, higher than here.

Recent Census Bureau figures for Yancey County show that median household income is about $58,709, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 25%, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Micaville Elementary is one of 7 public schools in Yancey County, which together enroll about 2,148 students.

The nearest other public school, East Yancey Middle, is about 2.4 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is 3.

Locale data from NCES put Micaville Elementary in rural territory some distance from an urban area (Rural: Distant).

Federal counts put enrollment at 190 in 2017-18 and 198 in 2023-24, a 4% rise. The largest shift in the student mix was in the Hispanic share, which rose from 12% to 18%.

Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.