Williford Elementary

As a low-enrollment elementary-level community in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, Williford Elementary caters to 253 students from grades pre-K through 2, operated by Nash County Public Schools. Enrollment runs roughly 46% below the state mean of about 467.

Within Nash County Public Schools, which oversees 28 schools and 14,587 students, Williford Elementary is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Williford Elementary reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (82%); the rest comes out to 9% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, 3% White. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 40%.

On the resource side, On paper, Williford Elementary has 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.9:1 average. Around 99% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Nash County) reports that median household earnings sit near $62,426, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Nash County's 27 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,285 students), Williford Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Nash Everywhere Digital Academy (NEDA), around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Williford Elementary.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Trend over the last 6 years. Williford Elementary's enrollment has declined 42% since 2018, when it stood at 437 (now 253). The Black share of enrollment declined from 94% to 82% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.