Siler City Elementary

As a reasonably sized primary school in Siler City, North Carolina, Siler City Elementary teaches 591 students from grades pre-K through 5, run under Chatham County Schools. That puts it 27% above the typical public school in North Carolina, which averages around 467 students.

Chatham County Schools comprises 21 schools with combined enrollment of 8,987 students; Siler City Elementary is among them.

On the student-mix side, Siler City Elementary records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 70% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school lists 15% Black, 11% White, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Chatham County as a whole is about 14% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.3:1. 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, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Chatham County (around 74%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Siler City Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 46.3%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Chatham County) reports that median household income runs about $94,317, roughly 49% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Chatham County runs 25 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,374 students), of which Siler City Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Chatham Charter, around 1.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 7 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Siler City Elementary comes 2nd of 5 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 41.9%.

Siler City Elementary operates from a rural location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 17%: 709 students in 2018 compared to 591 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 65% to 70% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 today.

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