North Elementary

Set in Roxboro, North Carolina, North Elementary is a micro-enrollment K-5 school, operated by Person County Schools. It enrolls 136 students across grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 71% below the state mean of about 467.

North Elementary is one of 12 schools operated by Person County Schools, a district that teaches 4,497 students overall.

On demographics, North Elementary records that the most-represented group is Black (51%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder looks like 22% White, 18% Hispanic, 10% multiracial. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 26%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, North Elementary has 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 98% of students at North Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Person County put the typical household earns roughly $63,300 per year, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. In all, Person County runs 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,659 students), of which North Elementary is one.

Carolina Community Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

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

Trend over the last 6 years. Over the past 6-year window, the student count decreased 30%: 195 students in 2018 compared to 136 in 2024. Black enrollment moved from 61% to 51% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 11.9:1 in 2018 to 16.9:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, members of the North Elementary community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.