N B Mills Elementary

Set in Statesville, North Carolina, N B Mills Elementary is a compact elementary-level community, operated by Iredell-Statesville Schools. It serves 378 students across grades pre-K through 5.

N B Mills Elementary is one of 38 schools operated by Iredell-Statesville Schools, a district that hosts 21,017 students overall.

Demographically, N B Mills Elementary records that 52% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest comes out to 23% Hispanic, 13% White, 12% multiracial. By comparison, Iredell County as a whole is about 11% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, N B Mills Elementary has 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.9:1, putting N B Mills Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. About 99% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Iredell County runs at roughly 61%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, N B Mills Elementary is in the bottom 10% of North Carolina public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 48.5%; N B Mills Elementary posts 24.9%, -23.7 points below that line.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Iredell County put median household earnings sit near $81,419, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Iredell County's 52 public schools (combined enrollment of about 31,906 students), N B Mills Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Collaborative College for Technology, around 1.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at N B Mills Elementary has contracted 7%, going from 406 students in 2018 to 378 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 17% to 13%.

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