Vaughan Elementary

Vaughan Elementary operates as a very small elementary-level community in Macon, North Carolina, part of Warren County Schools. Current enrollment sits at 158 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 66% smaller than the state mean of about 467.

Vaughan Elementary is one of 6 schools operated by Warren County Schools, a district that instructs 1,547 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Vaughan Elementary logs that the most-represented group is Black (39%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest consists of 28% White, 17% Native American, 8% multiracial, 7% Hispanic. That is considerably less Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 47%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 14.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 98% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Vaughan Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.9%, the actual is 47.2%, a residual of -1.7 points.

In the area at large, census data for Warren County shows the typical household earns roughly $50,638 per year, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. In all, Warren County runs 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,687 students), of which Vaughan Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Warren Early College High, roughly 8.8 miles away. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Vaughan Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 33.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Vaughan Elementary's enrollment has shrank 30% since 2018, when it stood at 227 (now 158).

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.