Nashville Elementary

Located at 209 East Virginia Avenue, in Nashville, North Carolina, Nashville Elementary is a mid-sized elementary-level community that serves 593 students (grades K through 5), run under Nash County Public Schools. That puts it 27% bigger than the typical public school in North Carolina, which averages around 467 students.

Nashville Elementary is one of 28 schools operated by Nash County Public Schools, a district that caters to 14,587 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Nashville Elementary shows that the most-represented group is Black (48%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 35% White, 8% Hispanic, 7% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.9:1, putting Nashville Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Around 99% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Nashville Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 62.6%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Nash County) reports that median household earnings sit near $62,426, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Nashville Elementary is one of 27 public schools in Nash County (combined enrollment of about 14,285 students).

Nash Central Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Nashville Elementary ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 59.0%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Five-year trend. Nashville Elementary's enrollment has shrank 22% since 2018, when it stood at 756 (now 593). Over the same period, the White share declined from 45% to 35%. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 18.4:1 in 2018 to 19.7:1 today.

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