West End Elementary

West End Elementary operates as a medium-sized elementary-level community in West End, North Carolina, overseen by Moore County Schools. Current enrollment sits at 413 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

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

Looking at the student body, West End Elementary logs that White students make up the majority at 74%. The remainder comes out to 18% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 3% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Moore County as a whole.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.9:1, putting West End Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Moore County runs at roughly 64%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, West End Elementary sits in the top 10% of North Carolina schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 48.5%; actual is 80.0%, +31.5 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Moore County indicate median household earnings sit near $86,080, about 41% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. West End Elementary is one of 27 public schools in Moore County (combined enrollment of about 14,708 students).

Connect Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 3.7 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, West End Elementary comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 66.1%.

West End Elementary operates from an outlying location.

Five-year trend. West End Elementary's enrollment has edged down 11% since 2018, when it stood at 463 (now 413). Black enrollment moved from 10% to 3% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 13.9:1 in 2018 to 16.4:1 today.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.