West Bertie Elementary

Located at 3734 Governors Road, in Kelford, North Carolina, West Bertie Elementary is a compact primary school that caters to 277 students (grades pre-K through 5), overseen by Bertie County Schools. Compared to the state average of about 467 students per school, that is 41% below typical.

Across the 7 schools in Bertie County Schools (1,819 students total), West Bertie Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, West Bertie Elementary logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (87%); the rest is composed of 5% White, 4% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 60% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.6:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 98% of students at West Bertie Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, West Bertie Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 49.0%; this one delivers 48.5%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Bertie County indicate median household income runs about $48,750, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Bertie County's 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,819 students), West Bertie Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Aulander Elementary, around 7.2 miles off. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts West Bertie Elementary at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 39.2%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Looking at the recent track record. West Bertie Elementary's enrollment has grew 15% since 2018, when it stood at 241 (now 277). Class-load math has narrowed: from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the feed for West Bertie Elementary typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.