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Enrollment
789
Elementary
DISTRICT 455 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LENOIR COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 370261001087
Contentnea-Savannah School
3400 Ferrell Road, Kinston, NC 28501 · (252) 527-8591 · Lenoir County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL789 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 29% 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
14.3:1
55 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
786 students
DISTRICT 99% · 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 | 18 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 72 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 74 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 82 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 80 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 93 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 113 | 14% |
| Grade 7 | 100 | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 78 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (72) is 8% smaller than its 8th grade class (78).
Student demographics
66%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
43.6%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
45.7%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 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
46.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.4%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% 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 Contentnea-Savannah School
Contentnea-Savannah School's state test result (46.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contentnea-Savannah School this school | 789 | 99.6% | 46.2% |
| Royal Oaks Elementary Kannapolis | 661 | 99.5% | 65.5% |
| Elizabeth Elementary Shelby | 649 | 99.5% | 49.7% |
| Concord Lake STEAM Academy Kannapolis | 856 | 95.8% | N/A |
| Meadow Lane Elementary Goldsboro | 674 | 98.8% | 60.9% |
| New Century International Elementary Fayetteville | 686 | 97.4% | 55.9% |
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 Contentnea-Savannah School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Lenoir County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.2% | #927 of 1,297 | #7 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.7% | #1,017 of 1,296 | #7 of 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.6% | #832 of 1,300 | #5 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 789 | #88 of 1,485 | #1 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #542 of 1,377 | #5 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.5% | #445 of 1,379 | #3 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.6% | #29 of 1,414 | #1 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.5% | #463 of 937 | #4 of 6 |
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
789
-37 (-4%) vs 2020
+68% since 1990-91, when it was 471
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 789 | 55.3 | 14.3:1 | 100% (786) |
| 2023-24 | 875 | 55.3 | 15.8:1 | 99% (870) |
| 2022-23 | 859 | 57.2 | 15.0:1 | 100% (856) |
| 2020-21 | 826 | 56 | 14.8:1 | 100% (823) |
| 2017-18 | 912 | 56.4 | 16.2:1 | 100% (909) |
| 2015-16 | 910 | 54 | 16.9:1 | 100% (909) |
| 2010-11 | 820 | 53 | 15.5:1 | 71% (581) |
| 2000-01 | 508 | 31 | 16.4:1 | 57% (292) |
| 1990-91 | 471 | 31 | 15.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Contentnea-Savannah School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (912 to 789); teachers down 2% (56.4 to 55.3).
About Contentnea-Savannah School
Contentnea-Savannah School is an elementary school in Kinston, North Carolina, and it is part of Lenoir County Public Schools. It educates 789 students in pre-K through 8. Average enrollment for elementary schools in North Carolina is about 467, so this school runs 69% larger than that.
The district for Contentnea-Savannah School is Lenoir County Public Schools, with 17 schools and 8,331 students.
Black students are the largest group at Contentnea-Savannah School, with 46% of enrollment. Other reported shares: 32% White, 18% Hispanic, and 4% multiracial. The chance that two students picked at random at Contentnea-Savannah School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 66%.
The teaching staff at Contentnea-Savannah School is 55.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 14.3:1. Elementary schools in North Carolina have a similar average ratio of 14.9:1. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 100%. That is close to the 99% average for public schools in Lenoir County.
allk12 grades Contentnea-Savannah School a C. The grade compares the school only with North Carolina public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Contentnea-Savannah School falls in the middle 80% of North Carolina schools: 46.2% actual against 48.4% predicted.
Within Lenoir County, median household income is about $45,143, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 16%, and roughly 17% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Lenoir County number 18 and enroll about 8,480.
Nearby, Kinston High is about 3.4 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number 4. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 44.5%; Contentnea-Savannah School's is 46.2%, ranking 3rd of 8.
The school's locale code, Rural: Fringe, means it is in rural territory close to an urban area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Contentnea-Savannah School went from 826 students to 789.
Topics for discussion here include school safety, transportation, and start times. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Lenoir County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
54,919
Census ACS
Median income
$45,143
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
17%
Below federal line
Schools in county
18
8,480 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lenoir County Public Schools
- North Lenoir HighHigh · 957 students
- South Lenoir HighHigh · 721 students
- Kinston HighHigh · 659 students
- Woodington MiddleMiddle · 584 students
- La Grange ElementaryElementary · 547 students
- Rochelle MiddleMiddle · 517 students
Other schools in Kinston
- Kinston HighHigh · 659 students
- Woodington MiddleMiddle · 584 students
- Rochelle MiddleMiddle · 517 students
- Northwest ElementaryElementary · 504 students
- Northeast ElementaryElementary · 465 students
- Banks ElementaryElementary · 436 students
Nearby schools
- Kinston High3.4 mi · 659
- Northeast Elementary3.5 mi · 465
- Children's Village Academy4.5 mi · 149
- Rochelle Middle4.5 mi · 517
- Southeast Elementary5.1 mi · 326
- Northwest Elementary5.4 mi · 504
Frequently asked questions
About Contentnea-Savannah SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Contentnea-Savannah School?
Contentnea-Savannah School enrolls approximately 789 students in grades PK-08.
Is Contentnea-Savannah School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Contentnea-Savannah School is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many students per teacher at Contentnea-Savannah School?
Approximately 14.3:1 students per teacher at Contentnea-Savannah School.
What is the student diversity at Contentnea-Savannah School?
Student demographics at Contentnea-Savannah School are roughly 32% White, 18% Hispanic, 46% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Contentnea-Savannah School public or private?
Contentnea-Savannah School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Lenoir County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.