Sam D Bundy Elementary

Sam D Bundy Elementary is one of the intimate K-5 schools in Farmville, North Carolina, overseen by Pitt County Schools, with 345 students on its rolls from grades 3 through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 26% leaner than the state mean of about 467.

Pitt County Schools runs 40 schools in total, collectively educating 24,470 students. Sam D Bundy Elementary is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Sam D Bundy Elementary lists that the largest single group is Black at 48%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest consists of 30% White, 14% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Pitt County as a whole is about 35% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school lists 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 99% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Sam D Bundy 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 44.8%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Pitt County indicate median household income runs about $58,188, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. In all, Pitt County runs 43 public schools (combined enrollment of about 25,202 students), of which Sam D Bundy Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is H B Sugg Elementary, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Sam D Bundy Elementary comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 45.0%.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Sam D Bundy Elementary's enrollment has declined 16% since 2018, when it stood at 410 (now 345). White enrollment moved from 38% to 30% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 14.7:1 today.

Inside the community feed, members of the Sam D Bundy Elementary community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.