North Drive Elementary

North Drive Elementary is an elementary campus of average-sized scale in Goldsboro, North Carolina, part of Wayne County Public Schools, enrolling 498 students in grades pre-K through 2.

Across the 33 schools in Wayne County Public Schools (17,150 students total), North Drive Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, North Drive Elementary shows that 81% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Beyond that, the school lists 8% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 4% White. By comparison, Wayne County as a whole is about 30% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.2:1. The state averages around 14.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 99% of students at North Drive Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Wayne County put median household earnings sit near $59,733, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Across Wayne County's 36 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,481 students), North Drive Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Goldsboro High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around North Drive Elementary.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Trend over the last 7 years. North Drive Elementary's enrollment has ticked down 16% since 2018, when it stood at 591 (now 498). The Black share of enrollment contracted from 89% to 81% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 16.2:1 today.

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