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If you could change one rule at C.F. Pope Elementary, what would it be?
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Enrollment
530
Elementary
DISTRICT 559 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PENDER COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370357001462
C.F. Pope Elementary
400 North Wright Street, Burgaw, NC 28425 · (910) 259-0145 · Pender County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL530 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 8% 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
16.2:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
518 students
DISTRICT 82% · 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 | 54 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 80 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 74 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 83 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 71 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 77 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 91 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (80) is 12% smaller than its 5th grade class (91).
Student demographics
71%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
33.5%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
39.1%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 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
35.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.0%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.4pp
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 C.F. Pope Elementary
C.F. Pope Elementary's state test result (35.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| C.F. Pope Elementary this school | 530 | 97.7% | 35.6% |
| Anderson Creek Primary Bunnlevel | 553 | 98.2% | N/A |
| Armstrong Elementary Eastover | 456 | 98.5% | 72.7% |
| Howard L Hall Elementary Fayetteville | 539 | 99.4% | 61.9% |
| Forest City-Dunbar Elementary School Forest City | 459 | 98.3% | 68.3% |
| Peachland-Polkton Elem Peachland | 473 | 99.4% | 55.2% |
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 C.F. Pope Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Pender County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.6% | #1,183 of 1,297 | #9 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.1% | #1,149 of 1,296 | #9 of 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.5% | #1,115 of 1,300 | #8 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 530 | #528 of 1,485 | #5 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.2:1 | #1,055 of 1,377 | #6 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.0% | #138 of 1,379 | #1 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.7% | #940 of 1,414 | #8 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.2% | #741 of 937 | 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
530
+56 (+12%) vs 2020
-14% since 1990-91, when it was 619
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
was 12.2:1
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 | 530 | 32.7 | 16.2:1 | 98% (518) |
| 2023-24 | 538 | 39 | 13.8:1 | 99% (535) |
| 2022-23 | 532 | 39.5 | 13.5:1 | 84% (447) |
| 2020-21 | 474 | 39 | 12.2:1 | 76% (360) |
| 2017-18 | 565 | 36 | 15.7:1 | 83% (468) |
| 2015-16 | 554 | 34 | 16.3:1 | 88% (487) |
| 2010-11 | 547 | 36 | 15.2:1 | 76% (413) |
| 2000-01 | 568 | 43 | 13.2:1 | 72% (411) |
| 1990-91 | 619 | 38 | 16.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for C.F. Pope Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (565 to 530); teachers down 9% (36 to 32.7).
About C.F. Pope Elementary
As a mid-sized elementary school, C.F. Pope Elementary serves students in Burgaw, North Carolina. Enrollment totals 530 students across pre-K through 5.
C.F. Pope Elementary is one of the 19 schools that make up Pender County Schools (11,073 students in total).
The biggest share of students at C.F. Pope Elementary, 36%, is White. Next come 34% Black, 19% Hispanic, and 9% multiracial. That compares with about 75% White among all Pender County residents. The diversity index for C.F. Pope Elementary is 71%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Classroom staffing at C.F. Pope Elementary totals 32.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 16.2:1. Compared with the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina, this school's ratio is higher. Federal data show 98% of students (518) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 70% for public schools in Pender County.
On the allk12 Grade, C.F. Pope Elementary lands at D, ahead of 8% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
C.F. Pope Elementary is 13.4 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (35.6% versus 49.0%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in North Carolina.
In the wider Pender County area, median household income comes to about $80,396, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Pender County's 19 public schools enroll about 11,073 students and include C.F. Pope Elementary.
Burgaw Middle is about 0.8 miles from C.F. Pope Elementary, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around C.F. Pope Elementary holds 3 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 45.9% proficiency; C.F. Pope Elementary posts 35.6%.
The school's locale code, Rural: Distant, means it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose from 474 to 530, a 12% gain. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 12.2:1 to 16.2:1.
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Pender County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
65,550
Census ACS
Median income
$80,396
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
19
11,073 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Pender County Schools
- Topsail HighHigh · 1,945 students
- Surf City ElementaryElementary · 857 students
- Topsail MiddleMiddle · 837 students
- Surf City MiddleMiddle · 752 students
- Heide Trask HighHigh · 732 students
- Pender HighHigh · 648 students
Other schools in Burgaw
- Pender HighHigh · 648 students
- Malpass Corner ElementaryElementary · 513 students
- Burgaw MiddleMiddle · 236 students
- Pender Early College HighHigh · 215 students
- West Pender MiddleMiddle · 209 students
Nearby schools
- Burgaw Middle0.8 mi · 236
- Pender Early College High0.9 mi · 215
- Pender High4.9 mi · 648
- Malpass Corner Elementary8.1 mi · 513
- Heide Trask High8.4 mi · 732
- Rocky Point Elementary9.3 mi · 403
Frequently asked questions
About C.F. Pope ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at C.F. Pope Elementary?
C.F. Pope Elementary enrolls approximately 530 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does C.F. Pope Elementary serve?
C.F. Pope Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at C.F. Pope Elementary?
Approximately 16.2:1 students per teacher at C.F. Pope Elementary.
How diverse is C.F. Pope Elementary?
C.F. Pope Elementary reports a student body of 36% White, 19% Hispanic, 34% Black, 1% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees C.F. Pope Elementary?
C.F. Pope Elementary is overseen by Pender County Schools in Pender County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.