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Enrollment
526
Elementary
DISTRICT 527 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·IREDELL-STATESVILLE SCHOOLS·NCES 370231002634
Third Creek Elementary
361 East Barkley Road, Statesville, NC 28677 · (704) 873-3002 · Iredell County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL526 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 5% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded North Carolina public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
522 students
DISTRICT 72% · STATE 82%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 29 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 80 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 85 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 87 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 95 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 75 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (80) is 7% larger than its 5th grade class (75).
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
28.8%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
38.3%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all North Carolina schools, those numbers are about 51 and 52.
Source: NC EOG / EOC. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
32.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% typical for North Carolina schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among North Carolina's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Third Creek Elementary
Third Creek Elementary's state test result (32.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Third Creek Elementary this school | 526 | 99.2% | 32.4% |
| Gardner Park Elementary Gastonia | 560 | 99.5% | 40.7% |
| Vandora Springs Elementary Garner | 582 | 99.5% | 60.8% |
| GW Carver Elementary Kannapolis | 503 | 99.0% | 43.5% |
| College Park Elementary Wilmington | 470 | 99.4% | 35.7% |
| Rama Road Elementary Charlotte | 560 | 99.5% | 50.4% |
Matched among North Carolina elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Third Creek Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Iredell County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.4% | #1,223 of 1,297 | #18 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.3% | #1,162 of 1,296 | #18 of 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.8% | #1,211 of 1,300 | #18 of 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 526 | #540 of 1,485 | #14 of 25 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #305 of 1,377 | #5 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.1% | #135 of 1,379 | #3 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.2% | #461 of 1,414 | #6 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.5% | #895 of 937 | #13 of 14 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
526
-4 (-1%) vs 2020
-1% since 2010-11, when it was 533
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 13.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 526 | 39.5 | 13.3:1 | 99% (522) |
| 2023-24 | 525 | 40.5 | 13.0:1 | 99% (522) |
| 2022-23 | 549 | 37.7 | 14.6:1 | 89% (488) |
| 2020-21 | 530 | 40 | 13.3:1 | 75% (397) |
| 2017-18 | 534 | 34.8 | 15.4:1 | 77% (412) |
| 2015-16 | 542 | 36 | 15.1:1 | 82% (443) |
| 2010-11 | 533 | 39 | 13.7:1 | 81% (433) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Third Creek Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (534 to 526); teachers up 14% (34.8 to 39.5).
About Third Creek Elementary
Third Creek Elementary runs as a medium-sized elementary school in Statesville, North Carolina. A federal count lists 526 students at the school, in pre-K through 5.
The district, Iredell-Statesville Schools, has 21,017 students enrolled across 38 schools.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Third Creek Elementary. The largest is Hispanic students, at 35%. The remaining shares are 33% Black, 22% White, and 9% multiracial. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Iredell County's population at about 9%. Pick two students at random and there is a 71% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teacher staffing is 39.5 full-time equivalents, or about 13.3 students per teacher. This ratio sits 1.5 below the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 99%. Across public schools in Iredell County, the average is 61%.
Measured against North Carolina public elementary schools, Third Creek Elementary receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Third Creek Elementary's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (32.4%) and its predicted rate (48.5%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of North Carolina schools.
Iredell County has these Census figures: the median household income is $81,419, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Iredell County is home to 52 public schools and about 31,906 public school students.
The closest public school, Third Creek Middle, is less than a tenth of a mile from Third Creek Elementary. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. On state test proficiency, Third Creek Elementary ranks 3rd in a group of 4 nearby schools.
NCES lists the school's locale as Rural: Fringe. That means it sits in rural territory close to an urban area.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 530 to 526.
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Iredell County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
196,544
Census ACS
Median income
$81,419
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
52
31,906 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Iredell-Statesville Schools
- Lake Norman HighHigh · 1,905 students
- South Iredell HighHigh · 1,768 students
- Statesville HighHigh · 991 students
- North Iredell HighHigh · 983 students
- Troutman ElementaryElementary · 902 students
- Coddle Creek ElementaryElementary · 808 students
Other schools in Statesville
- South Iredell HighHigh · 1,768 students
- Statesville HighHigh · 991 students
- American Renaissance SchoolElementary · 823 students
- West Iredell HighHigh · 767 students
- East Iredell ElementaryElementary · 663 students
- Cloverleaf ElementaryElementary · 568 students
Nearby schools
- Third Creek Middle0.1 mi · 402
- Success Institute Charter1.6 mi · 90
- Oakwood Middle IB School2.7 mi · 516
- American Renaissance School2.9 mi · 823
- Career Academy and Technical School3.0 mi · 103
- Collaborative College for Technology3.1 mi · 232
Frequently asked questions
About Third Creek ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Third Creek Elementary?
Third Creek Elementary enrolls approximately 526 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Third Creek Elementary serve?
Third Creek Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Third Creek Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Third Creek Elementary is approximately 13.3:1 (40 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Third Creek Elementary?
At Third Creek Elementary, the student body is approximately 22% White, 35% Hispanic, 33% Black, 1% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Third Creek Elementary public or private?
Third Creek Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Iredell-Statesville Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.