Sheep-Harney Elementary

Sheep-Harney Elementary is a moderately sized elementary school in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, part of Elizabeth City-Pasquotank Public Schools. The school works with 441 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Within Elizabeth City-Pasquotank Public Schools, which oversees 13 schools and 5,014 students, Sheep-Harney Elementary is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Sheep-Harney Elementary lists that 44% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school reports 25% White, 19% Hispanic, 10% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 35%.

In terms of school funding signals, Sheep-Harney Elementary reports 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.1:1. The state averages around 14.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Pasquotank County runs at roughly 91%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Sheep-Harney Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.5%, the actual is 50.9%, a residual of +2.4 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Pasquotank County) records that the typical household earns roughly $66,589 per year, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Pasquotank County's 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,774 students), Sheep-Harney Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is P W Moore Elementary, roughly 1.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Sheep-Harney Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Sheep-Harney Elementary at 3rd of 6; the average score across the group is 51.8%.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Sheep-Harney Elementary has fell 12%, going from 500 students in 2018 to 441 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.