Enrollment
291
Elementary
DISTRICT 384 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BURKE COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370048000187
Mull Elementary
1140 Old NC 18 South, Morganton, NC 28655 · (828) 437-5785 · Burke County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL291 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 76% 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.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
14.3:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
287 students
DISTRICT 98% · STATE 82%
Community
0
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 | 18 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 44 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 38 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 47 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 53 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 38 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 53 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (44) is 17% smaller than its 5th grade class (53).
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
53.8%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
69.2%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 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
48.7%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 Mull Elementary
Mull Elementary's state test result (63.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mull Elementary this school | 291 | 98.6% | 63.5% |
| Pleasant Gardens Elementary School Marion | 289 | 99.0% | 55.4% |
| Sylvan Elementary Snow Camp | 298 | 99.0% | 40.3% |
| Glen Alpine Elementary Morganton | 295 | 99.0% | 61.4% |
| Morehead Elem at Camp Glenn Morehead City | 253 | 97.6% | 61.4% |
| Pilot Elementary Thomasville | 321 | 98.8% | 58.2% |
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 Mull Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Burke County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.5% | #406 of 1,297 | #3 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.2% | #351 of 1,296 | #4 of 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.8% | #490 of 1,300 | #2 of 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 291 | #1,198 of 1,485 | #13 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #550 of 1,377 | #5 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.0% | #1,027 of 1,379 | #7 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.6% | #799 of 1,414 | #9 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.9% | #789 of 937 | #8 of 10 |
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
291
+31 (+12%) vs 2020
-16% since 1990-91, when it was 347
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 13.7:1
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 | 291 | 20.4 | 14.3:1 | 99% (287) |
| 2023-24 | 280 | 19.8 | 14.2:1 | 99% (277) |
| 2022-23 | 258 | 19.5 | 13.3:1 | 69% (179) |
| 2020-21 | 260 | 19 | 13.7:1 | 48% (125) |
| 2017-18 | 306 | 21.3 | 14.4:1 | 59% (182) |
| 2015-16 | 297 | 20 | 14.8:1 | 66% (196) |
| 2010-11 | 331 | 23 | 14.4:1 | 56% (187) |
| 2000-01 | 378 | 27 | 14.0:1 | 31% (118) |
| 1990-91 | 347 | 19 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mull Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (306 to 291); teachers down 4% (21.3 to 20.4).
About Mull Elementary
This page covers Mull Elementary, a low-enrollment elementary school in Morganton, North Carolina. It reports enrollment of 291 students in pre-K through 5. That puts enrollment 38% below the 467-student average for elementary schools in North Carolina.
Burke County Schools enrolls 11,667 students, and its 26 schools include Mull Elementary.
More than half of the students at Mull Elementary are White (70%). The rest of enrollment is 16% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 4% Asian, and 3% Black. Census estimates put the White share of Burke County's population at about 81%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Mull Elementary scores 48%.
The school has 20.4 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 14.3 students per teacher. That is in line with the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina. Of all students at Mull Elementary, 99% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among North Carolina public elementary schools, Mull Elementary outscored 76%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
Mull Elementary's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 63.5% is 14.7 points above the 48.7% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Census data for Burke County show the median household earns about $58,592 a year, about 21% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 12% of residents are in poverty. There are 30 public schools in the county, enrolling about 12,360, Mull Elementary among them.
Measured in a straight line, Patton High School is about 0.6 miles from Mull Elementary. The five-mile area around Mull Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. Among 5 nearby schools that report test results, Mull Elementary ranks 2nd on proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put Mull Elementary in rural territory close to an urban area (Rural: Fringe).
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 12% rise, from 260 to 291.
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Burke County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
87,795
Census ACS
Median income
$58,592
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
30
12,360 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Burke County Schools
- Freedom HighHigh · 1,299 students
- East Burke HighHigh · 874 students
- Mountain View ElementaryElementary · 762 students
- Patton High SchoolHigh · 756 students
- Draughn High SchoolHigh · 661 students
- East Burke MiddleMiddle · 630 students
Other schools in Morganton
- Freedom HighHigh · 1,299 students
- Mountain View ElementaryElementary · 762 students
- Patton High SchoolHigh · 756 students
- New DimensionsElementary · 569 students
- Drexel ElementaryElementary · 477 students
- Salem ElementaryElementary · 476 students
Nearby schools
- Patton High School0.6 mi · 756
- Liberty Middle0.6 mi · 453
- North Liberty0.7 mi · 72
- Burke Middle College2.1 mi · 130
- Salem Elementary2.4 mi · 476
- NC School for the Deaf2.5 mi · 60
Frequently asked questions
About Mull ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Mull Elementary?
Mull Elementary enrolls approximately 291 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Mull Elementary serve?
Mull Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Mull Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Mull Elementary is approximately 14.3:1 (20 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Mull Elementary?
At Mull Elementary, the student body is approximately 70% White, 16% Hispanic, 3% Black, 4% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Mull Elementary public or private?
Mull Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Burke County Schools.
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