Mineral Springs Elementary

Set in Ellerbe, North Carolina, Mineral Springs Elementary is an average-sized elementary campus, overseen by Richmond County Schools. It teaches 441 students across grades pre-K through 5.

Richmond County Schools runs 15 schools in total, collectively educating 6,504 students. Mineral Springs Elementary is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Mineral Springs Elementary shows that the largest single group is White at 35%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school records 30% Hispanic, 22% Black, 8% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 56%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.9:1, putting Mineral Springs Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Mineral Springs Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.5%, the actual is 52.3%, a residual of +3.8 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Richmond County) records that median household income runs about $44,883, about 16% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 20%. Mineral Springs Elementary is one of 15 public schools in Richmond County (combined enrollment of about 6,504 students).

Ellerbe Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Mineral Springs Elementary at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 40.5%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Mineral Springs Elementary's enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 445 (now 441). Class-load math has loosened: from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 18.3:1 in 2025.

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