Mount Pleasant Elementary School
Public elementary school, pre-kindergarten to grade 5 · Ferguson, North Carolina
Mount Pleasant Elementary School in Ferguson, North Carolina enrolled 237 students in 2024-25 with 15.3 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 1% from 2022-23 to 2024-25; full-time teachers rose 4%
234 students in 2022-23, 233 students in 2023-24, 237 students in 2024-25. Full-time teachers went from 14.7 to 15.3.
The numbers as a table
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Per teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 234 | 14.7 | 15.9 |
| 2023-24 | 233 | 14.7 | 15.9 |
| 2024-25 | 237 | 15.3 | 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 186 students in 2021-22
In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Mount Pleasant Elementary School enrolled 186 students and had 1.0 counselor (full-time equivalent); it reported 0 out-of-school suspensions that year.
- Advanced Placement coursesNone
- Gifted and talented programYes
- Counselors (FTE)1.0, one per 186 of the 186 students enrolled in 2021-22
- Out-of-school suspensions0
- Chronically absent22.2% (2022-23)
Who attends
84.8% of students were White, 7.6% of two or more races, 6.3% Hispanic in 2024-25.
- White84.8%
- Two or more races7.6%
- Hispanic6.3%
- Black1.3%
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.
What to look at next about Mount Pleasant Elementary School
- Boomer-Ferguson Elementary SchoolThe nearest public elementary school, 3.7 miles away: 111 students, 15.8 per teacher (2024-25).3.7 mi
- Millers Creek Elementary SchoolThe next nearest public elementary school, 6.1 miles away: 699 students, 15.2 per teacher (2024-25).6.1 mi
- Compare Mount Pleasant Elementary School with Boomer-Ferguson Elementary SchoolStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
- How much Wilkes County Schools spends per student$12,150 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$12,150
- The largest public schools in North CarolinaMount Pleasant Elementary School is the number 1,293 by size of 1,451 North Carolina elementary schools open in 2024-25.#1,293 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 Mount Pleasant Elementary School
How many students attend Mount Pleasant Elementary School?
237 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 234 in 2022-23. It is an elementary school in Ferguson, NC.What is the student-teacher ratio at Mount Pleasant Elementary School?
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 Mount Pleasant Elementary School a Title I school?
Mount Pleasant Elementary School ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, the last year NCES published school Title I status.What district is Mount Pleasant Elementary School in?
Wilkes County Schools, NCES district ID 3704950. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 370495001978 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.