Oakboro Choice STEM

As a modestly sized elementary school in Oakboro, North Carolina, Oakboro Choice STEM teaches 353 students from grades K through 8, one of the schools within Stanly County Schools. Enrollment runs roughly 24% below the state mean of about 467.

Within Stanly County Schools, which oversees 23 schools and 8,743 students, Oakboro Choice STEM is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Oakboro Choice STEM reports that 82% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 10% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 14.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 99% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Oakboro Choice STEM sits in the top 10% of North Carolina schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 48.6%; actual is 79.1%, +30.5 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Stanly County shows median household income runs about $60,704, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Stanly County runs 24 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,471 students), of which Oakboro Choice STEM is one.

West Stanly High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Oakboro Choice STEM ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 66.6%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 11%: 318 students in 2018 compared to 353 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 today.

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