Town Creek Elementary

Town Creek Elementary is a primary school of sizable scale in Winnabow, North Carolina, operated by Brunswick County Schools, teacheing 702 students in grades K through 4. That puts it 50% above the typical public school in North Carolina, which averages around 467 students.

Brunswick County Schools comprises 20 schools with combined enrollment of 13,561 students; Town Creek Elementary is among them.

On demographics, Town Creek Elementary lists that White students make up the majority at 61%. Other groups include 14% Black, 14% Hispanic, 9% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 82%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.0:1. 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, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Town Creek Elementary sits in the top 10% of North Carolina schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 48.5%; actual is 70.3%, +21.8 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Brunswick County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $77,024 per year, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Brunswick County runs 22 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,069 students), of which Town Creek Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Town Creek Middle, around 0.1 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, Town Creek Elementary comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 50.8%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Town Creek Elementary has ticked up 23%, going from 572 students in 2018 to 702 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 70% to 61%.

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