Moncure School

Located at 600 Moncure School Road, in Moncure, North Carolina, Moncure School is an one-room-style elementary campus that enrolls 176 students (grades K through 8), part of Chatham County Schools. That puts it 62% leaner than the typical public school in North Carolina, which averages around 467 students.

Chatham County Schools runs 21 schools in total, collectively educating 8,987 students. Moncure School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Moncure School shows that the largest single group is White, at 56% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 25% Hispanic, 13% Black, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 71% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Moncure School logs 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.9:1, putting Moncure School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 98% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Chatham County (around 74%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Moncure School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 48.8%; this one delivers 54.7%.

In the broader community, census data for Chatham County shows median household income runs about $94,317, roughly 49% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Moncure School is one of 25 public schools in Chatham County (combined enrollment of about 10,374 students).

Nearest neighbor: Deep River Elementary, around 4.8 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 4 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, Moncure School comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 67.6%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 42%: 305 students in 2018 compared to 176 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 65% to 56% across the same window.

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