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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Mulberry Elementary School this year?
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Enrollment
419
Elementary
DISTRICT 315 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WILKES COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370495001980
Mulberry Elementary School
190 Mulberry School Rd, North Wilkesboro, NC 28659 · (336) 667-4641 · Wilkes County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL419 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 84% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- A-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
15.7:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
416 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 | 43 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 61 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 61 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 75 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 51 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 75 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 53 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is 15% larger than its 5th grade class (53).
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
57.8%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
76.7%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 77 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NC schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
66.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 49% typical for North Carolina schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 18 points, placing it in North Carolina's top 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 Mulberry Elementary School
Mulberry Elementary School's state test result (66.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mulberry Elementary School this school | 419 | 99.3% | 66.4% |
| Pisgah Forest Elementary Brevard | 431 | 99.3% | 58.2% |
| Candler Elementary Candler | 381 | 99.2% | 60.3% |
| South Macon Elementary Franklin | 465 | 99.4% | 59.4% |
| Franklin Elementary Mount Airy | 473 | 98.9% | 54.5% |
| Childers Elementary Lincolnton | 418 | 97.1% | 52.6% |
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 Mulberry Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Wilkes County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.4% | #309 of 1,297 | #2 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.7% | #177 of 1,296 | #2 of 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.8% | #387 of 1,300 | #4 of 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 419 | #842 of 1,485 | #3 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #931 of 1,377 | #5 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.3% | #1,067 of 1,379 | #5 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.3% | #417 of 1,414 | #3 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.0% | #554 of 937 | #5 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
419
+14 (+3%) vs 2020
-29% since 1990-91, when it was 587
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 13.5:1
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 | 419 | 26.7 | 15.7:1 | 99% (416) |
| 2023-24 | 406 | 29.3 | 13.8:1 | 99% (403) |
| 2022-23 | 420 | 30.3 | 13.8:1 | 99% (417) |
| 2020-21 | 405 | 30 | 13.5:1 | 99% (402) |
| 2017-18 | 471 | 29 | 16.2:1 | 99% (468) |
| 2015-16 | 465 | 28 | 16.6:1 | 99% (462) |
| 2010-11 | 533 | 30 | 17.8:1 | 71% (381) |
| 2000-01 | 577 | 37 | 15.6:1 | 49% (282) |
| 1990-91 | 587 | 37 | 15.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mulberry Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (471 to 419); teachers down 8% (29 to 26.7).
About Mulberry Elementary School
Mulberry Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina. The school enrolls 419 students in pre-K through 5.
Wilkes County Schools has 8,547 students in 22 schools, and Mulberry Elementary School is one of those schools.
Federal enrollment data show Mulberry Elementary School is 69% White. Other groups make up 23% Hispanic and 6% multiracial. Wilkes County as a whole is about 87% White, so the school's share is lower. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 46, compared with 70 nationally.
Mulberry Elementary School reported 26.7 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 15.7:1. Elementary schools in North Carolina have an average ratio of 14.9:1. Roughly 99% of students at Mulberry Elementary School can receive free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Wilkes County average a similar 99%.
Among North Carolina public elementary schools, Mulberry Elementary School outscored 84%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Mulberry Elementary School would score about 48.5%. It scores 66.4%, a top-10% result among North Carolina schools on BeatsExpectations.
The county, Wilkes County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $51,721 a year, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of people live in poverty. Wilkes County has 22 public schools with about 8,547 students, including Mulberry Elementary School.
Mulberry Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is North Wilkes Middle School, about 2.3 miles away. The five-mile area around Mulberry Elementary School holds 4 other public schools. Mulberry Elementary School's average proficiency of 66.4% compares with 54.7% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Locale data from NCES put Mulberry Elementary School in rural territory close to an urban area (Rural: Fringe).
From 405 students in 2020-21, enrollment increased to 419 by 2024-25. By 2024-25, the school had 15.7 students per teacher, compared with 13.5 in 2020-21.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures at Mulberry Elementary School. 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
- Millers Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 699 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
Other schools in North Wilkesboro
- North Wilkes Middle SchoolMiddle · 484 students
- North Wilkesboro Elementary SchoolElementary · 329 students
- C C Wright Elementary SchoolElementary · 316 students
Other Mulberry Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 6 states are named Mulberry Elementary. Mulberry Elementary School is the 5th largest of the 7.
- Mulberry Elementary SchoolHouma, LA · 789 students
- Mulberry Elementary SchoolAuburn, GA · 763 students
- Mulberry ElementaryWhittier, CA · 447 students
- Mulberry Elementary SchoolMilford, OH · 446 students
- Mulberry Elementary SchoolMuscatine, IA · 293 students
Nearby schools
- North Wilkes Middle School2.3 mi · 484
- Mountain View Elementary School3.6 mi · 488
- Millers Creek Elementary School4.1 mi · 699
- North Wilkesboro Elementary School4.7 mi · 329
- North Wilkes High School5.5 mi · 578
- West Wilkes High School5.7 mi · 582
Frequently asked questions
About Mulberry Elementary SchoolHow large is Mulberry Elementary School?
Mulberry Elementary School enrolls approximately 419 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Mulberry Elementary School serve?
Mulberry Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Mulberry Elementary School have?
Mulberry Elementary School employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Mulberry Elementary School?
Student demographics at Mulberry Elementary School are roughly 69% White, 23% Hispanic, 2% Black, 6% Two or more.
What district is Mulberry Elementary School in?
Mulberry Elementary School is part of Wilkes County Schools.
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