Winter Park Model Elementary

As a tight-knit elementary campus in Wilmington, North Carolina, Winter Park Model Elementary teaches 311 students from grades K through 5, part of New Hanover County Schools. Enrollment runs roughly 33% smaller than the state mean of about 467.

Across the 42 schools in New Hanover County Schools (24,791 students total), Winter Park Model Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Winter Park Model Elementary reports that the largest single group is White at 44%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder breaks down as 35% Hispanic, 14% Black, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 77% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Winter Park Model Elementary logs 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.9:1, putting Winter Park Model Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against New Hanover County (around 67%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Winter Park Model Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.6%, the actual is 58.2%, a residual of +9.6 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for New Hanover County indicate the typical household earns roughly $75,166 per year, 45% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Winter Park Model Elementary is one of 50 public schools in New Hanover County (combined enrollment of about 27,460 students).

Roland-Grise Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Winter Park Model Elementary at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 60.0%.

Winter Park Model Elementary operates from a metropolitan location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Winter Park Model Elementary has decreased 6%, going from 330 students in 2018 to 311 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share edged down from 26% to 14%.

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