Enrollment
134
Elementary
DISTRICT 263 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VANCE COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370465001813
Carver Elementary
987 Carver Sch Rd, Henderson, NC 27537 · (252) 438-6955 · Vance County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL134 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 10% 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
14.5:1
9 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
129 students
DISTRICT 97% · 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 | 15 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 18 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 23 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 18 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 16 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 27 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 17 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (18) is 6% larger than its 5th grade class (17).
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
22.6%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
51.6%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 23 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 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
35.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.4%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% 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 Carver Elementary
Carver Elementary's state test result (35.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carver Elementary this school | 134 | 96.3% | 35.9% |
| New Hope Elementary Henderson | 130 | 95.4% | 40.7% |
| Scotland Neck Elementary Leadership Acad Scotland Neck | 140 | 97.9% | 40.9% |
| Z.E.C.A. School of Arts and Technology Jacksonville | 104 | 95.2% | N/A |
| E O Young Jr Elementary Henderson | 174 | 93.7% | 39.0% |
| Aurelian Springs Institute of Global Lea Littleton | 140 | 97.9% | 51.5% |
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 Carver Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Vance County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.9% | #1,177 of 1,297 | #7 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.6% | #858 of 1,296 | #3 of 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 22.6% | #1,265 of 1,300 | #10 of 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 134 | #1,445 of 1,485 | #9 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.3% | #1,025 of 1,414 | #8 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -33.7% | #56 of 937 | #1 of 9 |
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
134
-23 (-15%) vs 2020
-50% since 1990-91, when it was 270
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
was 17.4:1
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 | 134 | 9.2 | 14.5:1 | 96% (129) |
| 2023-24 | 149 | 9.7 | 15.3:1 | 98% (146) |
| 2022-23 | 130 | 7.8 | 16.6:1 | 98% (127) |
| 2020-21 | 157 | 9 | 17.4:1 | 96% (150) |
| 2017-18 | 202 | 15.1 | 13.4:1 | 99% (199) |
| 2015-16 | 221 | 18 | 12.3:1 | 99% (218) |
| 2010-11 | 210 | 17 | 12.3:1 | 86% (181) |
| 2000-01 | 265 | 15 | 17.7:1 | 94% (248) |
| 1990-91 | 270 | 14 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Carver Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 34% (202 to 134); teachers down 39% (15.1 to 9.2).
About Carver Elementary
Carver Elementary is a small elementary school based in Henderson, North Carolina. It educates 134 students in pre-K through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in North Carolina is about 467 students.
Carver Elementary is one school in a 16-school district, Vance County Schools, which enrolls 5,205 students.
Black students are the majority at Carver Elementary, with 71% of enrollment. The school is also 17% Hispanic, 7% White, and 4% multiracial. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 47%. The school's diversity index is 46%, meaning two students picked at random have a 46% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school has about 14.5 students per teacher and 9.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. For comparison, elementary schools in North Carolina average 14.9:1. About 96% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. That tracks the 98% average for public schools in Vance County.
Carver Elementary is graded D by allk12, scoring above 10% of North Carolina public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Carver Elementary is 13.6 points below the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 35.9% actual, 49.4% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in North Carolina.
Among Vance County residents, the median household income is $50,465, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 17% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 14%. Carver Elementary is one of 19 public schools in the county.
E O Young Jr Elementary is the closest public school, about 1.9 miles away in a straight line. In all, 4 other public schools sit within five miles of Carver Elementary. Carver Elementary places 5th of 7 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area, according to its NCES locale (Rural: Distant).
Enrollment has fallen by 23 students since 2020-21, to 134. The school's ratio fell from 17.4:1 to 14.5:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Vance County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
42,322
Census ACS
Median income
$50,465
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
19
7,495 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Vance County Schools
- Vance County High SchoolHigh · 1,064 students
- Vance County Middle SchoolMiddle · 755 students
- Dabney ElementaryElementary · 385 students
- Aycock ElementaryElementary · 376 students
- Clarke ElementaryElementary · 364 students
- E M Rollins ElementaryElementary · 322 students
Other schools in Henderson
- Henderson CollegiateCombined · 1,334 students
- Vance County High SchoolHigh · 1,064 students
- Vance Charter SchoolCombined · 956 students
- Vance County Middle SchoolMiddle · 755 students
- Dabney ElementaryElementary · 385 students
- Aycock ElementaryElementary · 376 students
Other Carver Elementary schools
25 other US public schools in 13 states are named Carver Elementary. Carver Elementary is the 26th largest of the 26.
- Carver ElementaryWendell, NC · 495 students
- Carver ElementaryMount Olive, NC · 495 students
- Carver ElementaryMAPLEWOOD, MN · 898 students
- Carver Elementary SchoolCarver, MA · 788 students
- Carver Elementary SchoolCARVER, MN · 782 students
Nearby schools
- E O Young Jr Elementary1.9 mi · 174
- Vance County Middle School3.1 mi · 755
- Aycock Elementary3.9 mi · 376
- Pinkston Street Elementary4.7 mi · 262
- AdVance Academy5.1 mi · 112
- STEM Early High5.1 mi · 281
Frequently asked questions
About Carver ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Carver Elementary?
Carver Elementary enrolls approximately 134 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Carver Elementary serve?
Carver Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Carver Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Carver Elementary is approximately 14.5:1 (9 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Carver Elementary?
At Carver Elementary, the student body is approximately 7% White, 17% Hispanic, 71% Black, 4% Two or more.
Is Carver Elementary public or private?
Carver Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Vance County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.