Stories Creek Elementary

Set in Roxboro, North Carolina, Stories Creek Elementary is a reasonably sized elementary campus, overseen by Person County Schools. It serves 397 students across grades K through 5.

Across the 12 schools in Person County Schools (4,497 students total), Stories Creek Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Stories Creek Elementary shows that the largest single group is Black at 40%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school shows 37% White, 15% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. By comparison, Person County as a whole is about 26% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Stories Creek Elementary has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.4:1. The state averages about 14.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, Stories Creek Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 48.7%; this one delivers 56.3%.

Around the school, Person County reports that median household income runs about $63,300, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Across Person County's 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,659 students), Stories Creek Elementary is one campus in the mix.

PCS Virtual Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Stories Creek Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Stories Creek Elementary at 3rd of 5; the average score across the group is 46.4%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Stories Creek Elementary has decreased 14%, going from 459 students in 2018 to 397 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 5% to 15% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 15.4:1 today.

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