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Alumni: what's one memory from Brogden Primary that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
689
Elementary
DISTRICT 569 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAYNE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 370488001946
Brogden Primary
2253 Old Mt Olive Hwy, Dudley, NC 28333 · (919) 705-6020 · Wayne County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL689 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 18% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats 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
15.8:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.5:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
686 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 | 144 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 131 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 144 | 21% |
| Grade 3 | 141 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 129 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (144) is 12% larger than its 4th grade class (129).
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
37.3%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
45.1%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 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
41.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.4%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 Brogden Primary
Brogden Primary's state test result (41.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brogden Primary this school | 689 | 99.6% | 41.2% |
| Konnoak Elementary Winston Salem | 600 | 99.5% | 41.6% |
| Selma Elementary Selma | 794 | 99.6% | 45.1% |
| Old Town Elementary Winston Salem | 617 | 99.5% | 31.6% |
| Hidden Valley Elementary Charlotte | 808 | 99.6% | 24.6% |
| Mineral Springs Elementary Winston Salem | 545 | 99.4% | 40.6% |
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 Brogden Primary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Wayne County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.2% | #1,059 of 1,297 | #10 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.1% | #1,035 of 1,296 | #10 of 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.3% | #1,044 of 1,300 | #11 of 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 689 | #196 of 1,485 | #2 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #967 of 1,377 | #7 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.3% | #861 of 1,379 | #11 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.6% | #77 of 1,414 | #1 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.8% | #242 of 937 | #3 of 12 |
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
689
-88 (-11%) vs 2020
-8% since 1990-91, when it was 748
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 689 | 43.6 | 15.8:1 | 100% (686) |
| 2023-24 | 751 | 51.5 | 14.6:1 | 100% (748) |
| 2022-23 | 764 | 49 | 15.6:1 | 100% (761) |
| 2020-21 | 777 | 58 | 13.4:1 | 100% (774) |
| 2017-18 | 881 | 59 | 14.9:1 | 99% (869) |
| 2015-16 | 856 | 48 | 17.8:1 | 100% (853) |
| 2010-11 | 723 | 47 | 15.4:1 | 89% (642) |
| 2000-01 | 729 | 48 | 15.2:1 | 81% (587) |
| 1990-91 | 748 | 36 | 20.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Brogden Primary.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (881 to 689); teachers down 26% (59 to 43.6).
About Brogden Primary
Federal records list Brogden Primary as an elementary school in Dudley, North Carolina. It is open to students in pre-K through 4 and enrolls 689 students. Elementary schools in North Carolina have about 467 students on average; enrollment here is 48% higher.
Brogden Primary sits within Wayne County Public Schools, which has 33 schools and 17,150 students.
More than half of enrollment at Brogden Primary is Hispanic: 60%. The remaining shares are 28% Black, 8% White, and 4% multiracial. Wayne County as a whole is about 14% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 55%.
On staff are 43.6 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 15.8:1. Elementary schools in North Carolina average 14.9:1, 0.9 fewer students per teacher than here. Brogden Primary has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 100%. The figure for public schools in Wayne County is close, at 98%.
Brogden Primary holds a C- allk12 Grade, placing it above 18% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
In North Carolina, Brogden Primary is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 41.2% actual against a predicted 48.4%.
American Community Survey estimates for Wayne County show that median household income comes to about $59,733, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 22% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 12%. The county's public schools total 36, with about 18,481 students.
Brogden Primary is about 1.4 miles from Southern Wayne High, its nearest public school. Brogden Primary has 2 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 44.1% on proficiency, and Brogden Primary is below that at 41.2%.
Locale: Rural: Fringe. In NCES terms, the school is in rural territory close to an urban area.
The school shrank from 777 students in 2020-21 to 689 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 13.4:1 to 15.8:1.
Use the discussion section to ask about special education services, counseling, and support programs at Brogden Primary. You can also rate the school on this page.
Wayne County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
118,652
Census ACS
Median income
$59,733
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
36
18,481 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Wayne County Public Schools
- Charles B Aycock HighHigh · 1,138 students
- Southern Wayne HighHigh · 1,007 students
- Norwayne MiddleMiddle · 848 students
- Spring Creek ElementaryElementary · 804 students
- Eastern Wayne HighHigh · 781 students
- Spring Creek HighHigh · 732 students
Other schools in Dudley
- Southern Wayne HighHigh · 1,007 students
- Brogden MiddleMiddle · 603 students
Nearby schools
- Southern Wayne High1.4 mi · 1,007
- Brogden Middle1.4 mi · 603
- Carver Elementary5.1 mi · 495
- Mount Olive Middle5.3 mi · 329
- Grantham Middle6.6 mi · 301
- Wayne School of Technical Arts6.7 mi · 271
Frequently asked questions
About Brogden PrimaryHow large is Brogden Primary?
Brogden Primary enrolls approximately 689 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does Brogden Primary serve?
Brogden Primary serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Brogden Primary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Brogden Primary is approximately 15.8:1 (44 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Brogden Primary?
At Brogden Primary, the student body is approximately 8% White, 60% Hispanic, 28% Black, 4% Two or more.
Is Brogden Primary public or private?
Brogden Primary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Wayne County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.