Enrollment
232
Elementary
DISTRICT 526 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PITT COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370001201493
Bethel Elementary
152 E. Washington Street, Bethel, NC 27812 · (252) 825-3801 · Pitt County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL232 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 27% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- CTest 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
11.6:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
229 students
DISTRICT 96% · STATE 82%
Community
0
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 | 16 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 22 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 18 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 29 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 25 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 30 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 22 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 29 | 13% |
| Grade 7 | 22 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 19 | 8% |
This year's kindergarten class (22) is 16% larger than its 8th grade class (19).
Student demographics
65%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
41.1%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
41.8%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 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
45.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.7%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% 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 →
Schools most like Bethel Elementary
Bethel Elementary's state test result (45.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bethel Elementary this school | 232 | 98.7% | 45.0% |
| Madison Elementary McLeansville | 204 | 98.5% | 40.3% |
| Chadbourn Elementary Chadbourn | 233 | 98.7% | 47.1% |
| Manchester Elementary Spring Lake | 254 | 98.8% | 44.1% |
| J W Coon Elementary Fayetteville | 186 | 98.4% | 40.5% |
| James Y Joyner Elementary Greensboro | 274 | 98.9% | 55.7% |
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 Bethel Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Pitt County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #958 of 1,297 | #13 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.8% | #1,104 of 1,296 | #20 of 21 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.1% | #908 of 1,300 | #11 of 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 232 | #1,325 of 1,485 | #23 of 25 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.6:1 | #59 of 1,377 | #3 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.1% | #471 of 1,379 | #8 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.7% | #779 of 1,414 | #19 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.8% | #266 of 937 | #2 of 14 |
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
232
-53 (-19%) vs 2020
-57% since 1990-91, when it was 541
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
was 12.4:1
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 | 232 | 20 | 11.6:1 | 99% (229) |
| 2023-24 | 240 | 20.1 | 11.9:1 | 97% (232) |
| 2022-23 | 274 | 23.2 | 11.8:1 | 99% (271) |
| 2020-21 | 285 | 23 | 12.4:1 | 99% (282) |
| 2017-18 | 293 | 21.9 | 13.4:1 | 74% (218) |
| 2015-16 | 307 | 25 | 12.3:1 | 68% (210) |
| 2010-11 | 343 | 25 | 13.7:1 | 62% (213) |
| 2000-01 | 411 | 34 | 12.1:1 | 65% (267) |
| 1990-91 | 541 | 31 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bethel Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (293 to 232); teachers down 9% (21.9 to 20).
About Bethel Elementary
A small elementary school in Bethel, North Carolina, Bethel Elementary is part of Pitt County Schools. Grades offered run from pre-K through 8, with 232 students enrolled. The average among elementary schools in North Carolina is roughly 467 students; this school is 50% smaller than that.
Pitt County Schools counts 40 schools and 24,470 students, including Bethel Elementary.
At Bethel Elementary, the largest share of students is Black, at 50%. After that, the student body is 26% White, 18% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. Census figures show Pitt County is about 35% Black. Pick two students at random and there is a 65% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Bethel Elementary employs 20 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 11.6:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina. Bethel Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 99%.
The allk12 Grade for Bethel Elementary is C. Compared with North Carolina public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 27% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Schools in North Carolina with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 48.7%. Bethel Elementary scores 45.0%.
In the county around the school, Pitt County, the median household income is $58,188, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 43 public schools in Pitt County, enrolling about 25,202 students in all.
North Pitt High is located about 4.1 miles from Bethel Elementary. There are at least 8 other public schools within ten miles. Nearby schools average 40.9% on proficiency, and Bethel Elementary is above that at 45.0%.
NCES describes the area around Bethel Elementary as Rural: Distant, meaning in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment at Bethel Elementary declined 19% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 285 to 232 students.
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Pitt County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
177,193
Census ACS
Median income
$58,188
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
43
25,202 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Pitt County Schools
- D H Conley HighHigh · 1,757 students
- South CentralHigh · 1,738 students
- Junius H Rose HighHigh · 1,568 students
- Hope MiddleMiddle · 952 students
- ChicodElementary · 902 students
- North Pitt HighHigh · 854 students
Other Bethel Elementary schools
10 other US public schools in 7 states are named Bethel Elementary. Bethel Elementary is the 9th largest of the 11.
- Bethel ElementaryMidland, NC · 611 students
- Bethel ElementaryCanton, NC · 537 students
- Bethel ElementarySugar Grove, NC · 128 students
- Bethel Elementary SchoolTipp City, OH · 944 students
- Bethel ElementarySimpsonville, SC · 915 students
Nearby schools
- North Pitt High4.1 mi · 854
- Northwest Elementary7.6 mi · 361
- South Creek Elementary7.7 mi · 337
- South Creek High7.9 mi · 265
- South Creek Middle7.9 mi · 146
- Stokes8.4 mi · 218
Frequently asked questions
About Bethel ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Bethel Elementary?
Bethel Elementary enrolls approximately 232 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Bethel Elementary serve?
Bethel Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Bethel Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Bethel Elementary is approximately 11.6:1 (20 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Bethel Elementary?
At Bethel Elementary, the student body is approximately 26% White, 18% Hispanic, 50% Black, 6% Two or more.
Is Bethel Elementary public or private?
Bethel Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Pitt County Schools.
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