Enrollment
385
Elementary
DISTRICT 263 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VANCE COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370465001815
Dabney Elementary
150 Lanning Road, Henderson, NC 27537 · (252) 438-6918 · Vance County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL385 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 4% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
16.8:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
376 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 | 36 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 60 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 57 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 68 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 45 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 49 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (60) is 22% larger than its 5th grade class (49).
Student demographics
42%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
32.7%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
22.8%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NC schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
31.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.0%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 49% typical for North Carolina schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Dabney Elementary
Dabney Elementary's state test result (31.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dabney Elementary this school | 385 | 97.7% | 31.1% |
| Wahl Coates Elementary Greenville | 406 | 99.3% | 44.3% |
| Ferguson-Easley Elementary Fayetteville | 392 | 95.9% | 32.5% |
| Riverview Elementary Murfreesboro | 372 | 99.2% | 37.4% |
| First Ward Creative Arts Academy Charlotte | 421 | 99.3% | 51.7% |
| Carver Heights Elementary Goldsboro | 407 | 99.3% | 27.5% |
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 Dabney Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Vance County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.1% | #1,237 of 1,297 | #9 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.8% | #1,286 of 1,296 | #10 of 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.7% | #1,129 of 1,300 | #5 of 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 385 | #946 of 1,485 | #1 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.8:1 | #1,196 of 1,377 | #5 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.7% | #1,150 of 1,379 | #5 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.7% | #944 of 1,414 | #7 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -30.1% | #97 of 937 | #2 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
385
+18 (+5%) vs 2020
+47% since 1990-91, when it was 262
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
was 13.1:1
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 | 385 | 22.9 | 16.8:1 | 98% (376) |
| 2023-24 | 411 | 22 | 18.7:1 | 96% (395) |
| 2022-23 | 372 | 24.5 | 15.2:1 | 99% (369) |
| 2020-21 | 367 | 28 | 13.1:1 | 99% (364) |
| 2017-18 | 551 | 31.8 | 17.3:1 | 99% (548) |
| 2015-16 | 564 | 34 | 16.6:1 | 99% (558) |
| 2010-11 | 512 | 35 | 14.6:1 | 82% (422) |
| 2000-01 | 602 | 28 | 21.5:1 | 61% (366) |
| 1990-91 | 262 | 21 | 12.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dabney Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 30% (551 to 385); teachers down 28% (31.8 to 22.9).
About Dabney Elementary
This page covers Dabney Elementary, a small elementary school in Henderson, North Carolina. Federal data show 385 students enrolled in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25.
Vance County Schools is the local district for Dabney Elementary. It runs 16 schools with 5,205 students.
Of every 100 students at Dabney Elementary, about 75 are Black. Beyond that, enrollment is 9% White, 9% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 47%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Dabney Elementary scores 42%.
Dabney Elementary has 22.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 16.8:1. Elementary schools in North Carolina average 14.9:1, 2.0 fewer students per teacher than here. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 98% at Dabney Elementary. The average for public schools in Vance County is similar, at 98%.
On the allk12 Grade, Dabney Elementary lands at F, ahead of 4% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
Schools in North Carolina with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to post an average proficiency rate across its state test results near 49.0%. Dabney Elementary posts 31.1%, 18.0 points below that, which places it in the bottom 10% statewide on BeatsExpectations.
For Vance County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $50,465, about 17% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 14%. The county has 19 public schools and about 7,495 students.
About 0.6 miles separate Dabney Elementary from the closest public school, Vance Co Early College. The five-mile area around Dabney Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. Dabney Elementary ranks 5th of 5 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 31.1% against a local average of 60.2%.
Federal records code the school's setting as Rural: Fringe.
From 367 students in 2020-21, enrollment rose to 385 by 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio increased from 13.1:1 to 16.8:1.
This page is set up for the Dabney Elementary community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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
- Aycock ElementaryElementary · 376 students
- Clarke ElementaryElementary · 364 students
- E M Rollins ElementaryElementary · 322 students
- Zeb Vance ElementaryElementary · 298 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
- Aycock ElementaryElementary · 376 students
- Clarke ElementaryElementary · 364 students
Nearby schools
- Vance Co Early College0.6 mi · 236
- Vance Charter School2.9 mi · 956
- E M Rollins Elementary3.6 mi · 322
- Oxford Preparatory4.2 mi · 869
- AdVance Academy4.6 mi · 112
- Vance Virtual Village Academy4.6 mi · 126
Frequently asked questions
About Dabney ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Dabney Elementary?
Dabney Elementary enrolls approximately 385 students in grades PK-05.
Is Dabney Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Dabney Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Dabney Elementary have?
Dabney Elementary employs 23 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Dabney Elementary?
At Dabney Elementary, the student body is approximately 9% White, 9% Hispanic, 75% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Dabney Elementary?
Dabney Elementary is overseen by Vance County Schools in Vance County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.