Sharon Elementary

Sharon Elementary operates as an intimate elementary school in Statesville, North Carolina, part of Iredell-Statesville Schools. Current enrollment sits at 251 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, North Carolina's public schools average about 467 students each, so Sharon Elementary sits 46% leaner than that benchmark.

Within Iredell-Statesville Schools, which oversees 38 schools and 21,017 students, Sharon Elementary is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Sharon Elementary records that White students make up the majority at 74%. Other groups include 9% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 5% Asian, 5% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, Sharon Elementary shows 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.6:1. The state averages around 14.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 99% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Iredell County runs at roughly 61%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Sharon Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 48.7%; this one delivers 63.9%.

In the surrounding community, Iredell County reports that median household income runs about $81,419, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Iredell County's 52 public schools (combined enrollment of about 31,906 students), Sharon Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: River Bend Middle, around 3.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around Sharon Elementary. On composite proficiency, Sharon Elementary comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 45.8%.

Sharon Elementary operates from a rural location.

Over the past 7-year window. Sharon Elementary's enrollment has expanded 5% since 2018, when it stood at 238 (now 251). White enrollment moved from 78% to 74% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 18.0:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, the feed for Sharon Elementary typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.