West Rockingham Elementary

Set in Rockingham, North Carolina, West Rockingham Elementary is a low-enrollment elementary-level community, run under Richmond County Schools. It teaches 314 students across grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, North Carolina's public schools average about 467 students each, so West Rockingham Elementary sits 33% smaller than that benchmark.

Within Richmond County Schools, which oversees 15 schools and 6,504 students, West Rockingham Elementary is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, West Rockingham Elementary shows that 35% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 34% Black, 19% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 6% Native American. The wider county runs roughly 56% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.9:1 average. About 98% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, West Rockingham Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 48.8%; this one delivers 33.2%.

In the surrounding community, Richmond County reports that the typical household earns roughly $44,883 per year, 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 20%. Across Richmond County's 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,504 students), West Rockingham Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: L J Bell Elementary, around 1.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around West Rockingham Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts West Rockingham Elementary at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 41.1%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at West Rockingham Elementary has declined 7%, going from 339 students in 2018 to 314 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 43% to 35% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 in 2025.

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