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What tradition at Deep River Elementary should never be changed?
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Enrollment
557
Elementary
DISTRICT 535 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LEE COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370256001075
Deep River Elementary
4000 Deep River Rd, Sanford, NC 27330 · (919) 776-2722 · Lee County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL557 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
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
539 students
DISTRICT 98% · 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 | 89 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 91 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 93 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 102 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 92 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 90 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (89) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (90).
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
45.9%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
67.4%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 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
60.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.3%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% 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 Deep River Elementary
Deep River Elementary's state test result (60.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deep River Elementary this school | 557 | 96.8% | 60.1% |
| J Glenn Edwards Elementary Sanford | 587 | 99.5% | 52.2% |
| Broadway Elementary Broadway | 490 | 96.9% | 39.3% |
| Salemburg Elementary Salemburg | 502 | 99.4% | 43.2% |
| New Hope Elementary Chapel Hill | 528 | 99.1% | 55.6% |
| Jackson Park Elementary Kannapolis | 476 | 99.4% | 63.6% |
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 Deep River Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Lee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.1% | #496 of 1,297 | #3 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.4% | #416 of 1,296 | #3 of 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.9% | #761 of 1,300 | #4 of 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 557 | #445 of 1,485 | #5 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #1,088 of 1,377 | #8 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.0% | #421 of 1,379 | #5 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.8% | #1,005 of 1,414 | #9 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.7% | #570 of 937 | #7 of 7 |
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
557
+1 (+0%) vs 2020
+24% since 1990-91, when it was 450
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 557 | 34.2 | 16.3:1 | 97% (539) |
| 2023-24 | 535 | 38.1 | 14.1:1 | 99% (532) |
| 2022-23 | 473 | 37.1 | 12.8:1 | 75% (354) |
| 2020-21 | 556 | 39 | 14.3:1 | 60% (336) |
| 2017-18 | 624 | 40.8 | 15.3:1 | 76% (477) |
| 2015-16 | 621 | 39 | 15.9:1 | 82% (510) |
| 2010-11 | 654 | 40 | 16.4:1 | 77% (503) |
| 2000-01 | 622 | 32 | 19.4:1 | 60% (372) |
| 1990-91 | 450 | 19 | 23.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Deep River Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (624 to 557); teachers down 16% (40.8 to 34.2).
About Deep River Elementary
This page covers Deep River Elementary, a mid-sized elementary school in Sanford, North Carolina. The school runs kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 557 students.
Deep River Elementary is part of Lee County Schools, where 16 schools serve 9,168 students.
No group is above 50% at Deep River Elementary; the largest is Hispanic, at 48%. The school is also 29% White, 15% Black, and 7% multiracial. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 22%. The diversity index for Deep River Elementary is 66%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are 34.2 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 16.3:1. Compared with the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina, this school's ratio is higher. On the income side, 97% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The figure for public schools in Lee County is close, at 95%.
Among North Carolina public elementary schools, Deep River Elementary outscored 67%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Deep River Elementary is 10.8 points above the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 60.1% actual, 49.3% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in North Carolina.
The school's county is Lee County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $65,387, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Lee County's 20 public schools enroll about 10,641 students and include Deep River Elementary.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Moncure School, is about 4.8 miles. Other public schools within ten miles: at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 52.0%; Deep River Elementary's is 60.1%, ranking 2nd of 6.
Federal records code the school's setting as Rural: Distant.
The school's size has been steady, with 556 students in 2020-21 and 557 in 2024-25. The school's ratio increased from 14.3:1 to 16.3:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Lee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
65,816
Census ACS
Median income
$65,387
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
20
10,641 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lee County Schools
- Lee County HighHigh · 1,459 students
- Southern Lee High SchoolHigh · 1,180 students
- SanLee Middle SchoolMiddle · 792 students
- WB Wicker ElementaryElementary · 588 students
- J Glenn Edwards ElementaryElementary · 587 students
- Greenwood ElementaryElementary · 571 students
Other schools in Sanford
- Lee County HighHigh · 1,459 students
- Southern Lee High SchoolHigh · 1,180 students
- Benhaven ElementaryElementary · 1,065 students
- Highland ElementaryElementary · 854 students
- SanLee Middle SchoolMiddle · 792 students
- Highland MiddleMiddle · 762 students
Other Deep River Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Deep River Elementary. Deep River Elementary is the largest of the 2.
- Deep River Elementary SchoolDeep River, CT · 189 students
Nearby schools
- Moncure School4.8 mi · 176
- BT Bullock Elementary6.2 mi · 511
- Central Carolina Academy7.2 mi · 536
- Bragg Street Academy7.7 mi · 40
- Lee Early College8.3 mi · 272
- WB Wicker Elementary8.4 mi · 588
Frequently asked questions
About Deep River ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Deep River Elementary?
Deep River Elementary enrolls approximately 557 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Deep River Elementary serve?
Deep River Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Deep River Elementary?
Approximately 16.3:1 students per teacher at Deep River Elementary.
How diverse is Deep River Elementary?
Deep River Elementary reports a student body of 29% White, 48% Hispanic, 15% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Deep River Elementary public or private?
Deep River Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Lee County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.