South Elementary

Set in Roxboro, North Carolina, South Elementary is a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school, operated by Person County Schools. It instructs 463 students across grades pre-K through 5.

Person County Schools runs 12 schools in total, collectively educating 4,497 students. South Elementary is one of those campuses.

Demographically, South Elementary lists that the largest single group is Black at 43%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest comes out to 29% White, 22% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Person County as a whole is about 26% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.9:1 average. An estimated 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, South Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 56.0%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Person County shows the typical household earns roughly $63,300 per year, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. South Elementary is one of 15 public schools in Person County (combined enrollment of about 5,659 students).

Southern Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts South Elementary at 3rd of 5; the average score across the group is 45.2%.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at South Elementary has rose 48%, going from 313 students in 2018 to 463 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 61% to 43% across the same window. Class-load math has grew: from 13.3:1 in 2018 to 16.9:1 in 2025.

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