Stantonsburg Elementary

Located at 409 S Main St, in Stantonsburg, North Carolina, Stantonsburg Elementary is a rural-scale elementary-level community that enrolls 184 students (grades K through 5), run under Wilson County Schools. By comparison, North Carolina's public schools average about 467 students each, so Stantonsburg Elementary sits 61% smaller than that benchmark.

Within Wilson County Schools, which oversees 25 schools and 10,451 students, Stantonsburg Elementary is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Stantonsburg Elementary shows that the most-represented group is Black (38%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest comes out to 36% Hispanic, 21% White, 5% multiracial. Compared to Wilson County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, Stantonsburg Elementary shows 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 98% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Stantonsburg Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.8%, the actual is 51.8%, a residual of +3.0 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Wilson County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $56,423 per year, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. In all, Wilson County runs 29 public schools (combined enrollment of about 12,482 students), of which Stantonsburg Elementary is one.

Speight Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Stantonsburg Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Stantonsburg Elementary at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 50.1%.

Stantonsburg Elementary operates from a rural location.

Over the past 7-year window. Stantonsburg Elementary's enrollment has edged down 11% since 2018, when it stood at 207 (now 184).

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