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Enrollment
699
Elementary
DISTRICT 315 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WILKES COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370495002656
Millers Creek Elementary School
4320 North NC Hwy 16, Millers Creek, NC 28651 · (336) 903-6000 · Wilkes County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL699 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 77% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
15.2:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
696 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 82%
Community
1
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 | 63 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 105 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 96 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 105 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 112 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 104 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 114 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (105) is 8% smaller than its 5th grade class (114).
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 46% · 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
54.5%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
70.0%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 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
63.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.4%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 Millers Creek Elementary School
Millers Creek Elementary School's state test result (63.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Millers Creek Elementary School this school | 699 | 99.6% | 63.5% |
| Meadow School Benson | 646 | 98.3% | 65.1% |
| West Buncombe Elementary Asheville | 580 | 98.1% | 71.2% |
| Southwood Elementary Lexington | 616 | 99.5% | 63.9% |
| Fairview School Sylva | 797 | 98.0% | 56.0% |
| Princeton Elementary Princeton | 770 | 99.6% | 64.0% |
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 Millers Creek Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Wilkes County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.5% | #407 of 1,297 | #3 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.0% | #333 of 1,296 | #3 of 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.5% | #468 of 1,300 | #6 of 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 699 | #180 of 1,485 | #1 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #813 of 1,377 | #2 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.1% | #1,072 of 1,379 | #6 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.6% | #69 of 1,414 | #1 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.6% | #391 of 937 | #2 of 6 |
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
699
-18 (-3%) vs 2020
-25% since 2010-11, when it was 935
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 15.3:1
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 | 699 | 46 | 15.2:1 | 100% (696) |
| 2023-24 | 696 | 47 | 14.8:1 | 100% (693) |
| 2022-23 | 734 | 48 | 15.3:1 | 100% (731) |
| 2020-21 | 717 | 47 | 15.3:1 | 100% (714) |
| 2017-18 | 828 | 49 | 16.9:1 | 100% (825) |
| 2015-16 | 862 | 51 | 16.9:1 | 100% (859) |
| 2010-11 | 935 | 53 | 17.6:1 | 65% (610) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Millers Creek Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (828 to 699); teachers down 6% (49 to 46).
About Millers Creek Elementary School
Located in Millers Creek, North Carolina, Millers Creek Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school. The school runs pre-K through 5 and enrolls 699 students. Elementary schools in North Carolina have about 467 students on average; enrollment here is 50% higher.
Wilkes County Schools includes 22 schools. Together they enroll 8,547 students.
More than half of the students at Millers Creek Elementary School are White (69%). The rest of enrollment is 24% Hispanic and 6% multiracial. Census estimates put the White share of Wilkes County's population at about 87%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Millers Creek Elementary School scores 46%.
The school has 46 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 15.2 students per teacher. It is about the same as the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina. The school reported 100% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. Public schools in Wilkes County average a similar 99%.
Millers Creek Elementary School holds an A- allk12 Grade, placing it above 77% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
The model predicts 48.4% for a school in North Carolina with Millers Creek Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Millers Creek Elementary School posts 63.5%.
The school is in Wilkes County, where the median household earns about $51,721 a year, about 17% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 13%. Millers Creek Elementary School shares Wilkes County with 21 other public schools.
Measured in a straight line, West Wilkes High School is about 1.7 miles from Millers Creek Elementary School. The five-mile area around Millers Creek Elementary School holds 3 other public schools. Millers Creek Elementary School comes in 3rd of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Fringe.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 3% decline, from 717 to 699.
The discussion board for Millers Creek Elementary School is open to topics like athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Wilkes County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
65,935
Census ACS
Median income
$51,721
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
22
8,547 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Wilkes County Schools
- Wilkes Central High SchoolHigh · 719 students
- West Wilkes High SchoolHigh · 582 students
- North Wilkes High SchoolHigh · 578 students
- Central Wilkes Middle SchoolMiddle · 564 students
- Mountain View Elementary SchoolElementary · 488 students
- North Wilkes Middle SchoolMiddle · 484 students
Nearby schools
- West Wilkes High School1.7 mi · 582
- West Wilkes Middle School2.6 mi · 450
- Mulberry Elementary School4.1 mi · 419
- Wilkes Early College High School5.9 mi · 265
- Mount Pleasant Elementary School6.1 mi · 237
- North Wilkesboro Elementary School6.2 mi · 329
Frequently asked questions
About Millers Creek Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Millers Creek Elementary School?
Millers Creek Elementary School enrolls approximately 699 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Millers Creek Elementary School serve?
Millers Creek Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Millers Creek Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Millers Creek Elementary School is approximately 15.2:1 (46 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Millers Creek Elementary School?
At Millers Creek Elementary School, the student body is approximately 69% White, 24% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Millers Creek Elementary School public or private?
Millers Creek Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Wilkes County Schools.
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