Stovall-Shaw Elementary

Set in Stovall, North Carolina, Stovall-Shaw Elementary is a small primary school, operated by Granville County Schools. It works with 336 students across grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 28% below the state mean of about 467.

Granville County Schools comprises 16 schools with combined enrollment of 6,402 students; Stovall-Shaw Elementary is among them.

On the student-mix side, Stovall-Shaw Elementary lists that the largest single group is White at 39%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder is composed of 36% Black, 20% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 57%.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 99% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, Stovall-Shaw Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 48.3%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Granville County shows the typical household earns roughly $71,111 per year, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. In all, Granville County runs 20 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,376 students), of which Stovall-Shaw Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Northern Granville Middle, roughly 6.7 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, Stovall-Shaw Elementary comes 1st of 6 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 36.2%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Stovall-Shaw Elementary has contracted 11%, going from 378 students in 2018 to 336 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 53% to 39%.

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