Troutman Elementary

Set in Troutman, North Carolina, Troutman Elementary is a big elementary campus, run under Iredell-Statesville Schools. It enrolls 902 students across grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 93% bigger than the typical public school in North Carolina, which averages around 467 students.

Iredell-Statesville Schools runs 38 schools in total, collectively educating 21,017 students. Troutman Elementary is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Troutman Elementary shows that 52% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school shows 19% Hispanic, 18% Black, 9% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 74%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 20.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.9:1 average. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Iredell County runs at roughly 61%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Troutman Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 59.7%.

Across the wider county, Iredell County reports that median household earnings sit near $81,419, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Iredell County's 52 public schools (combined enrollment of about 31,906 students), Troutman Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Troutman Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around Troutman Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Troutman Elementary at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 42.6%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 25%: 721 students in 2018 compared to 902 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 65% to 52% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 18.3:1 in 2018 to 20.7:1 today.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.