North Brook Elementary

North Brook Elementary operates as a cozy elementary school in Vale, North Carolina, part of Lincoln County Schools. Current enrollment sits at 344 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 26% leaner than the state mean of about 467.

Lincoln County Schools comprises 22 schools with combined enrollment of 11,710 students; North Brook Elementary is among them.

On demographics, North Brook Elementary reports that nearly all students (86%) are White. The remainder breaks down as 7% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.6:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Around 99% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Lincoln County (around 66%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

With demographic context factored in, North Brook Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 48.6%; this one delivers 62.7%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Lincoln County indicate median household earnings sit near $80,016, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. North Brook Elementary is one of 25 public schools in Lincoln County (combined enrollment of about 14,428 students).

West Lincoln High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 3.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around North Brook Elementary. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), North Brook Elementary ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 56.1%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at North Brook Elementary has showed little movement, going from 347 students in 2018 to 344 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.