Northwest Elementary
Public elementary school, kindergarten to grade 5 · Pikeville, North Carolina
Northwest Elementary in Pikeville, North Carolina enrolled 559 students in 2024-25 with 32.0 full-time teachers, 17.5 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 fell 21% from 2022-23 to 2024-25; full-time teachers fell 31%
709 students in 2022-23, 727 students in 2023-24, 559 students in 2024-25. Full-time teachers went from 46.4 to 32.0.
The numbers as a table
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Per teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 709 | 46.4 | 15.3 |
| 2023-24 | 727 | 46.4 | 15.7 |
| 2024-25 | 559 | 32.0 | 17.5 |
17.5 students per teacher, a higher ratio than 91 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 355 students in 2021-22
In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Northwest Elementary enrolled 710 students and had 2.0 counselors (full-time equivalent); it reported 23 out-of-school suspensions that year.
- Advanced Placement coursesNone
- Gifted and talented programYes
- Counselors (FTE)2.0, one per 355 of the 710 students enrolled in 2021-22
- Out-of-school suspensions23
- Chronically absent36.2% (2022-23)
Who attends
56.2% of students were White, 17.4% Black, 16.1% Hispanic in 2024-25.
- White56.2%
- Black17.4%
- Hispanic16.1%
- Two or more races9.1%
- Asian1.1%
- American Indian0.2%
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 Pikeville
2 public elementary schools in Pikeville report 2024-25 enrollment; Northwest Elementary is the largest.
| School | Students | Per teacher | Free lunch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northwest Elementary | 559 | 17.5 | 98.0% |
| Northeast Elementary | 497 | 16.0 | 99.4% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25.
What to look at next about Northwest Elementary
- Fremont STARS ElementaryThe nearest public elementary school, 4.6 miles away: 535 students, 15.7 per teacher (2024-25).4.6 mi
- Northeast ElementaryThe next nearest public elementary school, 7.2 miles away: 497 students, 16.0 per teacher (2024-25).7.2 mi
- Compare Northwest Elementary with Fremont STARS ElementaryStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
- How much Wayne County Public Schools spends per student$11,267 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$11,267
- The largest public schools in North CarolinaNorthwest Elementary is the number 435 by size of 1,451 North Carolina elementary schools open in 2024-25.#435 of 1,451
- North Carolina schools by students per teacher17.5 students per teacher here against the North Carolina median of 14.7 for elementary schools.17.5:1
- 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 Northwest Elementary
How many students attend Northwest Elementary?
559 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 709 in 2022-23. It is an elementary school in Pikeville, NC.What is the student-teacher ratio at Northwest Elementary?
17.5 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 Northwest Elementary a Title I school?
Northwest Elementary ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, the last year NCES published school Title I status.What district is Northwest Elementary in?
Wayne County Public Schools, NCES district ID 3704880. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 370488002320 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.