Frederick Douglass Elementary
Public elementary school, kindergarten to grade 5 · Elm City, North Carolina
Frederick Douglass Elementary in Elm City, North Carolina enrolled 339 students in 2024-25 with 22.4 full-time teachers, 15.1 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 5% from 2022-23 to 2024-25; full-time teachers fell 7%
357 students in 2022-23, 335 students in 2023-24, 339 students in 2024-25. Full-time teachers went from 24.0 to 22.4.
The numbers as a table
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Per teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 357 | 24.0 | 14.9 |
| 2023-24 | 335 | 21.7 | 15.5 |
| 2024-25 | 339 | 22.4 | 15.1 |
15.1 students per teacher, a higher ratio than 57 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 357 students in 2021-22
In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Frederick Douglass Elementary enrolled 357 students and had 1.0 counselor (full-time equivalent); it reported 28 out-of-school suspensions that year.
- Advanced Placement coursesNone
- Gifted and talented programYes
- Counselors (FTE)1.0, one per 357 of the 357 students enrolled in 2021-22
- Out-of-school suspensions28
- Chronically absent30.3% (2022-23)
Who attends
34.8% of students were Black, 33.6% White, 23.0% Hispanic in 2024-25.
- Black34.8%
- White33.6%
- Hispanic23.0%
- Two or more races7.4%
- American Indian0.9%
- Asian0.3%
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 Elm City
3 public elementary schools in Elm City report 2024-25 enrollment; Frederick Douglass Elementary is number 2 by size.
| School | Students | Per teacher | Free lunch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coopers Elementary | 591 | 17.9 | 99.5% |
| Frederick Douglass Elementary | 339 | 15.1 | 98.5% |
| Gardners Elementary | 280 | 15.5 | 98.2% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25.
What to look at next about Frederick Douglass Elementary
- New Hope ElementaryThe nearest public elementary school, 4.8 miles away: 460 students, 15.6 per teacher (2024-25).4.8 mi
- Wells ElementaryThe next nearest public elementary school, 5.0 miles away: 383 students, 16.8 per teacher (2024-25).5.0 mi
- Compare Frederick Douglass Elementary with New Hope ElementaryStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
- How much Wilson County Schools spends per student$12,450 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$12,450
- The largest public schools in North CarolinaFrederick Douglass Elementary is the number 1,073 by size of 1,451 North Carolina elementary schools open in 2024-25.#1,073 of 1,451
- North Carolina schools by students per teacher15.1 students per teacher here against the North Carolina median of 14.7 for elementary schools.15.1:1
- 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 Frederick Douglass Elementary
How many students attend Frederick Douglass Elementary?
339 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 357 in 2022-23. It is an elementary school in Elm City, NC.What is the student-teacher ratio at Frederick Douglass Elementary?
15.1 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 Frederick Douglass Elementary a Title I school?
Frederick Douglass Elementary ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, the last year NCES published school Title I status.What district is Frederick Douglass Elementary in?
Wilson County Schools, NCES district ID 3705020. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 370502001995 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.