Stokes

As a tight-knit elementary-level community in Stokes, North Carolina, Stokes serves 218 students from grades pre-K through 8, overseen by Pitt County Schools. That puts it 53% below the typical public school in North Carolina, which averages around 467 students.

Stokes is one of 40 schools operated by Pitt County Schools, a district that hosts 24,470 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Stokes records that the largest single group is White, at 57% of enrollment. Other groups include 20% Hispanic, 17% Black, 4% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, Stokes logs 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.9:1 average. An estimated 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Stokes tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 52.6%.

In the broader community, census data for Pitt County shows median household earnings sit near $58,188, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Stokes is one of 43 public schools in Pitt County (combined enrollment of about 25,202 students).

The closest other public school is North Pitt High, roughly 5.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, Stokes comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 43.6%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Looking at the recent track record. Stokes's enrollment has shrank 12% since 2018, when it stood at 247 (now 218). Black enrollment moved from 29% to 17% across the same window.

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