Trenton Elementary

Trenton Elementary is a minimally staffed primary school in Trenton, North Carolina, operated by Jones County Schools. The school enrolls 153 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 67% below the state mean of about 467.

Jones County Schools comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 1,016 students; Trenton Elementary is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Trenton Elementary logs that the largest single group is White at 41%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder consists of 32% Black, 16% Hispanic, 11% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 64% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.9:1 average. An estimated 98% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Trenton Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 48.9%; this one delivers 48.4%.

Around the school, Jones County reports that median household earnings sit near $59,641, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. In all, Jones County runs 5 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,016 students), of which Trenton Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Jones Senior High School, around 0.0 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 2 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Trenton Elementary ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 54.0%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Five-year trend. Trenton Elementary's enrollment has fell 27% since 2018, when it stood at 211 (now 153). Over the same period, the Black share ticked down from 46% to 32%.

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