Benvenue Elementary
Public elementary school, kindergarten to grade 5 · Rocky Mount, North Carolina
Benvenue Elementary in Rocky Mount, North Carolina enrolled 562 students in 2024-25 with 30.0 full-time teachers, 18.7 students per teacher against the North Carolina elementary-school median of 14.7. It ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22; it takes part in the National School Lunch Program (2024-25).
NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22 · Title I status CCD 2021-22 · method
Enrollment fell 3% from 2022-23 to 2024-25; full-time teachers fell 10%
580 students in 2022-23, 613 students in 2023-24, 562 students in 2024-25. Full-time teachers went from 33.5 to 30.0.
The numbers as a table
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Per teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 580 | 33.5 | 17.3 |
| 2023-24 | 613 | 37.0 | 16.6 |
| 2024-25 | 562 | 30.0 | 18.7 |
18.7 students per teacher, a higher ratio than 96 of every 100 North Carolina elementary schools
Among the 1,442 North Carolina elementary schools that reported teachers for 2024-25 the median is 14.7; the national median for elementary schools is 14.6. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; the comparison counts schools with a 2024-25 teacher count and a ratio from 3 to 99 (lower values are reporting errors).
One counselor per 534 students in 2021-22
In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Benvenue Elementary enrolled 534 students and had 1.0 counselor (full-time equivalent); it reported 55 out-of-school suspensions that year.
- Advanced Placement coursesNone
- Gifted and talented programYes
- Counselors (FTE)1.0, one per 534 of the 534 students enrolled in 2021-22
- Out-of-school suspensions55
- Chronically absent33.4% (2022-23)
Who attends
72.6% of students were Black, 8.5% Hispanic, 8.2% of two or more races in 2024-25.
- Black72.6%
- Hispanic8.5%
- Two or more races8.2%
- White7.7%
- Asian2.7%
- American Indian0.4%
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22; chronic absenteeism from EDFacts 2022-23; every count and the counselor ratio are for that school year. Who attends: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25, membership by race and ethnicity.
Elementary schools in Rocky Mount
8 public elementary schools in Rocky Mount report 2024-25 enrollment; Benvenue Elementary is number 2 by size.
| School | Students | Per teacher | Free lunch |
|---|---|---|---|
| G R Edwards Middle | 632 | 19.3 | 97.8% |
| Benvenue Elementary | 562 | 18.7 | 99.5% |
| Winstead Avenue Elementary | 555 | 22.6 | 99.1% |
| G W Bulluck Elementary | 535 | 14.6 | 99.4% |
| Englewood Elementary | 383 | 16.7 | 99.2% |
| D S Johnson Elementary | 362 | 17.0 | 95.3% |
| Baskerville Elementary | 312 | 20.0 | 97.8% |
| Fairview Elementary | 281 | 15.4 | 98.9% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25.
What to look at next about Benvenue Elementary
- Englewood ElementaryThe nearest public elementary school, 1.0 miles away: 383 students, 16.7 per teacher (2024-25).1.0 mi
- Winstead Avenue ElementaryThe next nearest public elementary school, 1.8 miles away: 555 students, 22.6 per teacher (2024-25).1.8 mi
- Compare Benvenue Elementary with Englewood ElementaryStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
- How much Nash County Public Schools spends per student$12,350 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$12,350
- The largest public schools in North CarolinaBenvenue Elementary is the number 426 by size of 1,451 North Carolina elementary schools open in 2024-25.#426 of 1,451
- North Carolina schools by students per teacher18.7 students per teacher here against the North Carolina median of 14.7 for elementary schools.18.7:1
- Find the school district for an addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (locations, enrollment, teachers); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23. Distances are straight lines between the schools' NCES coordinates, not travel routes.
Questions about Benvenue Elementary
How many students attend Benvenue Elementary?
562 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 580 in 2022-23. It is an elementary school in Rocky Mount, NC.What is the student-teacher ratio at Benvenue Elementary?
18.7 students per full-time teacher (2024-25); the North Carolina median for elementary schools is 14.7. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.Is Benvenue Elementary a Title I school?
Benvenue Elementary ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, the last year NCES published school Title I status.What district is Benvenue Elementary in?
Nash County Public Schools, NCES district ID 3703270. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 370327001342 are the district's.
Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.
Sources
Every federal file behind this record
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
- Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
- EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
- NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
- U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov
Source: NCES Common Core of Data Directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25
Source: Civil Rights Data Collection School-level files (AP, gifted, counselors, discipline) · 2021-22
District spending on the district page is from the NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23.