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What's the vibe like in the hallways at Corinth-Holders Elementary right now?
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Enrollment
585
Elementary
DISTRICT 690 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JOHNSTON COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 370237001015
Corinth-Holders Elementary
3976 NC 231, Zebulon, NC 27597 · (919) 365-7560 · Johnston County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL585 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 67% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
16.3:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
582 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 99 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 87 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 91 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 103 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 95 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 110 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (99) is 10% smaller than its 5th grade class (110).
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
52.0%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
60.9%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 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
59.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% 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 Corinth-Holders Elementary
Corinth-Holders Elementary's state test result (59.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corinth-Holders Elementary this school | 585 | 99.5% | 59.7% |
| Boone Trail Elementary Lillington | 545 | 98.7% | 41.0% |
| Greenwood Elementary Sanford | 571 | 99.5% | 63.2% |
| Avery's Creek Elementary Arden | 557 | 99.5% | 46.6% |
| Coats Elementary Coats | 633 | 96.7% | 36.0% |
| Sand Hill-Venable Elem Asheville | 590 | 98.0% | 45.7% |
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 Corinth-Holders Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Johnston County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.7% | #509 of 1,297 | #14 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.9% | #589 of 1,296 | #14 of 24 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #545 of 1,300 | #16 of 24 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 585 | #387 of 1,485 | #17 of 25 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #1,077 of 1,377 | #17 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.2% | #408 of 1,379 | #9 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.5% | #169 of 1,414 | #11 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.0% | #848 of 937 | #13 of 14 |
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
585
-5 (-1%) vs 2020
+24% since 1990-91, when it was 472
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 585 | 35.9 | 16.3:1 | 99% (582) |
| 2023-24 | 580 | 42.8 | 13.6:1 | 99% (577) |
| 2022-23 | 550 | 41 | 13.4:1 | 60% (331) |
| 2020-21 | 590 | 46 | 12.8:1 | 47% (280) |
| 2017-18 | 603 | 40 | 15.1:1 | 60% (362) |
| 2015-16 | 563 | 39 | 14.4:1 | 66% (373) |
| 2010-11 | 473 | 33 | 14.3:1 | 71% (336) |
| 2000-01 | 715 | 49 | 14.6:1 | 52% (370) |
| 1990-91 | 472 | 31 | 15.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Corinth-Holders Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (603 to 585); teachers down 10% (40 to 35.9).
About Corinth-Holders Elementary
Corinth-Holders Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school with an address in Zebulon, North Carolina. The school had 585 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. Average enrollment for elementary schools in North Carolina is about 467, so this school runs 25% larger than that.
The 48 schools of Johnston County Public Schools, including Corinth-Holders Elementary, enroll 37,320 students.
Federal enrollment data show White students as the largest group at Corinth-Holders Elementary, at 43%. Beyond that, enrollment is 36% Hispanic, 14% Black, and 6% multiracial. The White share of the county population is higher, at 64%. Corinth-Holders Elementary's diversity index is 66%, against a US figure of 70%.
The count of teachers at Corinth-Holders Elementary is 35.9 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 16.3:1. That is higher than the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina. The school counts 582 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 99%.
The allk12 Grade for Corinth-Holders Elementary is B+. Compared with North Carolina public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 67% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
A school with Corinth-Holders Elementary's lunch-eligibility share in North Carolina is predicted to score 48.5%. Corinth-Holders Elementary scores 59.7%, 11.2 points above that line.
County data help place the school in context: in Johnston County, the median household income is $83,384, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 29% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. Johnston County is home to 52 public schools and about 41,004 public school students.
Corinth Holders High is the closest public school, about 2.3 miles away in a straight line. In all, 2 other public schools sit within five miles of Corinth-Holders Elementary. On state test proficiency, Corinth-Holders Elementary ranks 4th in a group of 8 nearby schools.
Under the NCES locale system, Corinth-Holders Elementary is Rural: Fringe.
Enrollment at Corinth-Holders Elementary was 590 in 2020-21 and 585 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (16.3:1) than in 2020-21 (12.8:1).
Community posts for Corinth-Holders Elementary can cover school safety, transportation, and start times. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Johnston County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
234,263
Census ACS
Median income
$83,384
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
52
41,004 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Johnston County Public Schools
- Corinth Holders HighHigh · 2,187 students
- Clayton HighHigh · 1,929 students
- Cleveland HighHigh · 1,889 students
- West Johnston HighHigh · 1,563 students
- Smithfield-Selma HighHigh · 1,548 students
- South Johnston HighHigh · 1,355 students
Other schools in Zebulon
- East Wake AcademyCombined · 1,265 students
- Zebulon MiddleMiddle · 772 students
- Zebulon ElementaryElementary · 693 students
- Wakelon ElementaryElementary · 679 students
Nearby schools
- Corinth Holders High2.3 mi · 2,187
- Archer Lodge Middle4.3 mi · 1,204
- Thanksgiving Elementary5.3 mi · 870
- River Dell Elementary5.4 mi · 981
- Wendell Elementary5.4 mi · 458
- Middlesex Elementary6.1 mi · 333
Frequently asked questions
About Corinth-Holders ElementaryHow many students attend Corinth-Holders Elementary?
Corinth-Holders Elementary enrolls approximately 585 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Corinth-Holders Elementary serve?
Corinth-Holders Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Corinth-Holders Elementary?
Approximately 16.3:1 students per teacher at Corinth-Holders Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Corinth-Holders Elementary?
At Corinth-Holders Elementary, the student body is approximately 43% White, 36% Hispanic, 14% Black, 0% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Corinth-Holders Elementary public or private?
Corinth-Holders Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Johnston County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.