S W Snowden Elementary

Set in Aurora, North Carolina, S W Snowden Elementary is a rural-scale elementary-level community, one of the schools within Beaufort County Schools. It hosts 117 students across grades pre-K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 75% smaller than the state mean of about 467.

Within Beaufort County Schools, which oversees 13 schools and 5,601 students, S W Snowden Elementary is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, S W Snowden Elementary shows that 52% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 22% White, 20% multiracial, 6% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 23% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, S W Snowden Elementary has 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.4:1. The state averages around 14.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 97% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, S W Snowden Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.1%, the actual is 48.2%, a residual of -0.9 points.

Across the wider county, Beaufort County reports that the typical household earns roughly $58,357 per year, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Beaufort County's 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,030 students), S W Snowden Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Pamlico County High, roughly 11.4 miles away. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), S W Snowden Elementary ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 56.0%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at S W Snowden Elementary has shrank 31%, going from 169 students in 2018 to 117 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share decreased from 67% to 52%. Class-load math has widened: from 10.5:1 in 2018 to 12.4:1 in 2025.

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