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Enrollment
490
Elementary
DISTRICT 535 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LEE COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370256001074
Broadway Elementary
307 S Main St, Broadway, NC 27505 · (919) 258-3828 · Lee County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL490 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 13% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
15.6:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
475 students
DISTRICT 98% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 84 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 86 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 86 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 88 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 75 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 71 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (84) is 18% larger than its 5th grade class (71).
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
30.6%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
48.0%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 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
39.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.2%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% 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 Broadway Elementary
Broadway Elementary's state test result (39.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Broadway Elementary this school | 490 | 96.9% | 39.3% |
| Salemburg Elementary Salemburg | 502 | 99.4% | 43.2% |
| Jackson Park Elementary Kannapolis | 476 | 99.4% | 63.6% |
| Deep River Elementary Sanford | 557 | 96.8% | 60.1% |
| Hobbton Elementary Newton Grove | 453 | 95.6% | 65.5% |
| Guy B Teachey Elementary Asheboro | 444 | 99.3% | 53.1% |
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 Broadway Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Lee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.3% | #1,114 of 1,297 | #8 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #954 of 1,296 | #7 of 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.6% | #1,178 of 1,300 | #8 of 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 490 | #646 of 1,485 | #7 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #917 of 1,377 | #7 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.4% | #506 of 1,379 | #7 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.9% | #998 of 1,414 | #8 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.8% | #360 of 937 | #5 of 7 |
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
490
+16 (+3%) vs 2020
-13% since 1990-91, when it was 564
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 12.5:1
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 | 490 | 31.4 | 15.6:1 | 97% (475) |
| 2023-24 | 482 | 37 | 13.0:1 | 99% (479) |
| 2022-23 | 483 | 35 | 13.8:1 | 79% (381) |
| 2020-21 | 474 | 38 | 12.5:1 | 68% (320) |
| 2017-18 | 589 | 43 | 13.7:1 | 73% (428) |
| 2015-16 | 573 | 38 | 15.1:1 | 79% (452) |
| 2010-11 | 592 | 34 | 17.4:1 | 77% (458) |
| 2000-01 | 630 | 33 | 19.1:1 | 62% (391) |
| 1990-91 | 564 | 27 | 20.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Broadway Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (589 to 490); teachers down 27% (43 to 31.4).
About Broadway Elementary
Broadway Elementary operates as a medium-sized elementary school in Broadway, North Carolina. Its 490 students are spread across pre-K through 5.
Lee County Schools counts 9,168 students in its 16 schools, and Broadway Elementary is one of them.
The most common group at Broadway Elementary is Hispanic students, at 48%. It is also 31% White, 16% Black, and 4% multiracial. Lee County's residents are about 22% Hispanic, 27 points below the school's share. Broadway Elementary's diversity index is 64%, against a US figure of 70%.
Broadway Elementary employs 31.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 15.6:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina. Broadway Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 97%. That tracks the 95% average for public schools in Lee County.
Measured against North Carolina public elementary schools, Broadway Elementary receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Broadway Elementary would be expected to post about 49.2%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 39.3%.
Broadway Elementary is located in Lee County, where the median household income is $65,387, roughly 21% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 13%. Broadway Elementary is one of 20 public schools in the county.
The school nearest to Broadway Elementary is East Lee Middle, at a distance of about 3.5 miles. A five-mile radius around the school includes 3 other public schools. By average proficiency, Broadway Elementary is 3rd among 5 schools close by.
The school's locale code, Rural: Distant, means it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment has grown by 16 students since 2020-21, to 490. The number of students per teacher rose from 12.5 to 15.6 over 4 years.
The Broadway Elementary community page is open for posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Lee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
65,816
Census ACS
Median income
$65,387
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
20
10,641 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lee County Schools
- Lee County HighHigh · 1,459 students
- Southern Lee High SchoolHigh · 1,180 students
- SanLee Middle SchoolMiddle · 792 students
- WB Wicker ElementaryElementary · 588 students
- J Glenn Edwards ElementaryElementary · 587 students
- Greenwood ElementaryElementary · 571 students
Other Broadway Elementary schools
7 other US public schools in 8 states are named Broadway Elementary. Broadway Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 8.
- Broadway Elementary SchoolSPRING, TX · 914 students
- Broadway ElementaryVenice, CA · 546 students
- Broadway Elementary SchoolTipp City, OH · 452 students
- BROADWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLELMIRA, NY · 364 students
- Broadway Elementary SchoolGRAND JUNCTION, CO · 300 students
Nearby schools
- East Lee Middle3.5 mi · 526
- Ascend Leadership Remote Academy4.3 mi · 27
- Ascend Leadership Academy: Lee County4.3 mi · 628
- Lee Early College5.3 mi · 272
- Lee County High5.5 mi · 1,459
- Rising Leaders Academy5.5 mi · 282
Frequently asked questions
About Broadway ElementaryHow many students attend Broadway Elementary?
Broadway Elementary enrolls approximately 490 students in grades PK-05.
Is Broadway Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Broadway Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Broadway Elementary have?
Broadway Elementary employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Broadway Elementary?
Student demographics at Broadway Elementary are roughly 31% White, 48% Hispanic, 16% Black, 4% Two or more.
Is Broadway Elementary public or private?
Broadway Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Lee County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.