Gardners Elementary
Public elementary school, kindergarten to grade 5 · Elm City, North Carolina
Gardners Elementary in Elm City, North Carolina enrolled 280 students in 2024-25 with 18.0 full-time teachers, 15.5 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 rose 28% from 2022-23 to 2024-25; full-time teachers rose 12%
219 students in 2022-23, 242 students in 2023-24, 280 students in 2024-25. Full-time teachers went from 16.1 to 18.0.
The numbers as a table
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Per teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 219 | 16.1 | 13.6 |
| 2023-24 | 242 | 15.8 | 15.3 |
| 2024-25 | 280 | 18.0 | 15.5 |
15.5 students per teacher, a higher ratio than 65 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 224 students in 2021-22
In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Gardners Elementary enrolled 224 students and had 1.0 counselor (full-time equivalent); it reported 19 out-of-school suspensions that year.
- Advanced Placement coursesNone
- Gifted and talented programYes
- Counselors (FTE)1.0, one per 224 of the 224 students enrolled in 2021-22
- Out-of-school suspensions19
- Chronically absent16.4% (2022-23)
Who attends
36.4% of students were Hispanic, 35.4% White, 22.1% Black in 2024-25.
- Hispanic36.4%
- White35.4%
- Black22.1%
- Two or more races6.1%
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; Gardners Elementary is number 3 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 Gardners Elementary
- B O Barnes ElementaryThe nearest public elementary school, 6.2 miles away: 274 students, 11.9 per teacher (2024-25).6.2 mi
- Vick ElementaryThe next nearest public elementary school, 6.6 miles away: 359 students, 15.4 per teacher (2024-25).6.6 mi
- Compare Gardners Elementary with B O Barnes 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 CarolinaGardners Elementary is the number 1,210 by size of 1,451 North Carolina elementary schools open in 2024-25.#1,210 of 1,451
- North Carolina schools by students per teacher15.5 students per teacher here against the North Carolina median of 14.7 for elementary schools.15.5:1
- 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 Gardners Elementary
How many students attend Gardners Elementary?
280 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 219 in 2022-23. It is an elementary school in Elm City, NC.What is the student-teacher ratio at Gardners Elementary?
15.5 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 Gardners Elementary a Title I school?
Gardners Elementary ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, the last year NCES published school Title I status.What district is Gardners Elementary in?
Wilson County Schools, NCES district ID 3705020. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 370502001999 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.