Vass-Lakeview Elementary

As a mid-sized elementary school in Vass, North Carolina, Vass-Lakeview Elementary hosts 511 students from grades pre-K through 5, overseen by Moore County Schools.

Within Moore County Schools, which oversees 23 schools and 13,085 students, Vass-Lakeview Elementary is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Vass-Lakeview Elementary shows that 62% of the student body identifies as White; the rest breaks down as 18% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 7% Black. By comparison, Moore County as a whole is about 77% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.9:1 average. Around 41% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably below Moore County's rate of about 64%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Vass-Lakeview Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 66.4%, the actual is 67.8%, a residual of +1.4 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Moore County indicate median household income runs about $86,080, roughly 41% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Moore County runs 27 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,708 students), of which Vass-Lakeview Elementary is one.

Crain's Creek Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Vass-Lakeview Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Vass-Lakeview Elementary at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 66.7%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 22%: 651 students in 2018 compared to 511 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 67% to 62% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 16.7:1 today.

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