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What do you wish you knew before starting at Banks Elementary?
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Enrollment
436
Elementary
DISTRICT 455 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LENOIR COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 370261001086
Banks Elementary
2148 Falling Creek Rd, Kinston, NC 28504 · (252) 527-9470 · Lenoir County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL436 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
433 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 82%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 18 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 67 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 69 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 66 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 80 | 18% |
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
53.4%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
66.7%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all North Carolina schools, those numbers are about 51 and 52.
Source: NC EOG / EOC. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
62.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% typical for North Carolina schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among North Carolina's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Where Banks Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Lenoir County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.8% | #423 of 1,297 | #2 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.7% | #432 of 1,296 | #2 of 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.4% | #499 of 1,300 | #3 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 436 | #793 of 1,485 | #6 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #352 of 1,377 | #3 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.0% | #255 of 1,379 | #1 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.3% | #387 of 1,414 | #6 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.7% | #216 of 937 | #2 of 6 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
436
-50 (-10%) vs 2020
-31% since 1990-91, when it was 628
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 13.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 436 | 32.2 | 13.6:1 | 99% (433) |
| 2023-24 | 483 | 31.8 | 15.2:1 | 99% (476) |
| 2022-23 | 462 | 33.7 | 13.7:1 | 99% (459) |
| 2020-21 | 486 | 35 | 13.9:1 | 99% (483) |
| 2017-18 | 564 | 35.4 | 15.9:1 | 99% (558) |
| 2015-16 | 596 | 35 | 17.0:1 | 98% (585) |
| 2010-11 | 520 | 32 | 16.3:1 | 55% (288) |
| 2000-01 | 614 | 38 | 16.2:1 | 30% (185) |
| 1990-91 | 628 | 34 | 18.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Banks Elementary.
About Banks Elementary
Banks Elementary serves students in Kinston, North Carolina, as a mid-sized elementary school. It reported 436 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25.
The 17 schools in Lenoir County Public Schools enroll 8,331 students altogether, Banks Elementary among them.
White students make up 38% of enrollment at Banks Elementary, the largest share of any group. The rest of enrollment is 35% Black, 20% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. Census estimates put the White share of Lenoir County's population at about 50%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 69%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 13.6:1. The school has 32.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across elementary schools in North Carolina, the average ratio is 14.9:1. Federal data show 99% of students (433) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Lenoir County average a similar 99%.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Banks Elementary is 14.3 points above the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 62.8% actual, 48.5% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in North Carolina.
Lenoir County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $45,143 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 16% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 17%. Banks Elementary shares Lenoir County with 17 other public schools.
Lenoir County Learning Academy is about 2.0 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Banks Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with 3 others within five miles. Local comparison: Banks Elementary ranks 1st of 7 nearby schools, at 62.8% versus a 37.0% average.
Locale: Rural: Fringe. In NCES terms, the school is in rural territory close to an urban area.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 436, down from 486 in 2020-21.
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Lenoir County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
54,919
Census ACS
Median income
$45,143
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
17%
Below federal line
Schools in county
18
8,480 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lenoir County Public Schools
- North Lenoir HighHigh · 957 students
- Contentnea-Savannah SchoolElementary · 789 students
- South Lenoir HighHigh · 721 students
- Kinston HighHigh · 659 students
- Woodington MiddleMiddle · 584 students
- La Grange ElementaryElementary · 547 students
Other schools in Kinston
- Contentnea-Savannah SchoolElementary · 789 students
- Kinston HighHigh · 659 students
- Woodington MiddleMiddle · 584 students
- Rochelle MiddleMiddle · 517 students
- Northwest ElementaryElementary · 504 students
- Northeast ElementaryElementary · 465 students
Nearby schools
- Lenoir County Learning Academy2.0 mi · 66
- North Lenoir High4.2 mi · 957
- Northwest Elementary4.3 mi · 504
- Kinston High6.0 mi · 659
- Southeast Elementary6.3 mi · 326
- Children's Village Academy6.4 mi · 149
Frequently asked questions
About Banks ElementaryHow many students attend Banks Elementary?
Banks Elementary enrolls approximately 436 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Banks Elementary serve?
Banks Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Banks Elementary?
Approximately 13.6:1 students per teacher at Banks Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Banks Elementary?
At Banks Elementary, the student body is approximately 38% White, 20% Hispanic, 35% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Banks Elementary public or private?
Banks Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Lenoir County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.