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Which teacher or staff member at Benhaven Elementary deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
1,065
Elementary
DISTRICT 589 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HARNETT COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370201000876
Benhaven Elementary
520 Olive Farm Dr, Sanford, NC 27332 · (919) 499-4811 · Harnett County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,065 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 52% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded North Carolina public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
65 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
472 students
DISTRICT 76% · 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 | 36 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 154 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 182 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 156 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 180 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 170 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 187 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (154) is 18% smaller than its 5th grade class (187).
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
59.0%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
71.4%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 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
63.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.3%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 →
Schools most like Benhaven Elementary
Benhaven Elementary's state test result (63.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benhaven Elementary this school | 1,065 | 44.3% | 63.1% |
| American Renaissance School Statesville | 823 | 51.3% | N/A |
| Abbotts Creek Elementary Raleigh | 805 | 37.5% | 75.0% |
| Highland Elementary Sanford | 854 | 54.6% | 58.0% |
| Iredell Charter Academy of Arts &Science Troutman | 795 | 55.3% | N/A |
| Overhills Elementary Spring Lake | 866 | 54.4% | 53.8% |
Matched among North Carolina elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Benhaven Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Harnett County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.1% | #413 of 1,297 | #2 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 71.4% | #298 of 1,296 | #2 of 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #351 of 1,300 | #2 of 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,065 | #10 of 1,485 | #1 of 18 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #1,102 of 1,377 | #15 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.1% | #245 of 1,379 | #6 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.3% | #1,192 of 1,414 | #14 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +92.2% | #14 of 369 | N/A |
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. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,065
+199 (+23%) vs 2020
+129% since 1990-91, when it was 466
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 1,065 | 64.9 | 16.4:1 | 44% (472) |
| 2023-24 | 1,031 | 68.8 | 15.0:1 | 45% (462) |
| 2022-23 | 1,030 | 71.9 | 14.3:1 | 45% (463) |
| 2020-21 | 866 | 58 | 14.9:1 | 31% (267) |
| 2017-18 | 554 | 34.9 | 15.9:1 | 58% (320) |
| 2015-16 | 530 | 34 | 15.6:1 | 65% (344) |
| 2010-11 | 557 | 35 | 15.9:1 | 56% (314) |
| 2000-01 | 838 | 38 | 22.1:1 | 49% (407) |
| 1990-91 | 466 | 25 | 18.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Benhaven Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 92% (554 to 1,065); teachers up 86% (34.9 to 64.9).
About Benhaven Elementary
This page covers Benhaven Elementary, a large elementary school in Sanford, North Carolina. In all, 1,065 students attend the school in pre-K through 5. The school is 128% bigger than the average for elementary schools in North Carolina.
The district, Harnett County Schools, operates 29 schools serving 20,095 students.
The biggest share of students at Benhaven Elementary, 46%, is White. Next come 21% Black, 20% Hispanic, and 10% multiracial. That compares with about 62% White among all Harnett County residents. The diversity index for Benhaven Elementary is 69%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Teacher count: 64.9 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 16.4:1. The gap from the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina is 1.5 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 44%. The average for public schools in Harnett County is 74%.
On the allk12 Grade, Benhaven Elementary lands at B-, ahead of 52% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
Compared with North Carolina schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Benhaven Elementary's results are 2.2 points below predicted: 63.1% against 65.3%.
In the wider Harnett County area, median household income comes to about $71,287, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Harnett County's 31 public schools enroll about 20,611 students and include Benhaven Elementary.
The closest school to Benhaven Elementary is Johnsonville Elementary, located about 2.6 miles away. In all, 3 other public schools sit within five miles of Benhaven Elementary. Its average proficiency rate of 63.1% is above the 50.9% average for nearby schools.
NCES lists the school's locale as Rural: Distant. That means it sits in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 23% rise, from 866 to 1,065. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 14.9:1 to 16.4:1.
The allk12 page for Benhaven Elementary lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
Harnett County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
139,150
Census ACS
Median income
$71,287
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
31
20,611 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Harnett County Schools
- Overhills HighHigh · 1,981 students
- Harnett Central HighHigh · 1,522 students
- Western Harnett HighHigh · 1,324 students
- Triton HighHigh · 1,274 students
- Harnett Central MiddleMiddle · 1,059 students
- Overhills ElementaryElementary · 866 students
Other schools in Sanford
- Lee County HighHigh · 1,459 students
- Southern Lee High SchoolHigh · 1,180 students
- Highland ElementaryElementary · 854 students
- SanLee Middle SchoolMiddle · 792 students
- Highland MiddleMiddle · 762 students
- Ascend Leadership Academy: Lee CountyHigh · 628 students
Nearby schools
- Johnsonville Elementary2.6 mi · 489
- Highland Elementary3.1 mi · 854
- Highland Middle3.3 mi · 762
- Western Harnett Middle5.3 mi · 700
- Western Harnett High5.7 mi · 1,324
- Anderson Creek Academy7.2 mi · 305
Frequently asked questions
About Benhaven ElementaryHow many students attend Benhaven Elementary?
Benhaven Elementary enrolls approximately 1,065 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Benhaven Elementary serve?
Benhaven Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Benhaven Elementary have?
Benhaven Elementary employs 65 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Benhaven Elementary?
Student demographics at Benhaven Elementary are roughly 46% White, 20% Hispanic, 21% Black, 2% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is Benhaven Elementary in?
Benhaven Elementary is part of Harnett County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.