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If you could change one rule at Dunn Elementary, what would it be?
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Enrollment
813
Elementary
DISTRICT 589 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HARNETT COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370201000883
Dunn Elementary
800 W Harnett St, Dunn, NC 28334 · (910) 892-0126 · Harnett County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL813 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 17% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
13.9:1
58 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
809 students
DISTRICT 76% · 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 | 29 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 133 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 124 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 120 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 131 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 126 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 150 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (133) is 11% smaller than its 5th grade class (150).
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
33.7%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
46.8%
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 47 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
41.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% 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 Dunn Elementary
Dunn Elementary's state test result (41.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dunn Elementary this school | 813 | 99.5% | 41.0% |
| Pleasant Ridge Elementary Gastonia | 887 | 99.7% | 43.9% |
| Thomasville Primary Thomasville | 753 | 99.5% | 38.1% |
| Winecoff Elementary Concord | 740 | 99.6% | 42.3% |
| Zebulon Elementary Zebulon | 693 | 99.6% | 40.9% |
| Wakelon Elementary Zebulon | 679 | 99.6% | 59.1% |
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 Dunn Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Harnett County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #1,064 of 1,297 | #11 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.8% | #991 of 1,296 | #9 of 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.7% | #1,112 of 1,300 | #12 of 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 813 | #73 of 1,485 | #4 of 18 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #447 of 1,377 | #3 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.9% | #321 of 1,379 | #10 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.5% | #138 of 1,414 | #2 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +43.4% | #40 of 369 | 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
813
+248 (+44%) vs 2020
0% since 1990-91, when it was 817
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
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 | 813 | 58.5 | 13.9:1 | 100% (809) |
| 2023-24 | 799 | 58.8 | 13.6:1 | 100% (796) |
| 2022-23 | 799 | 62 | 12.9:1 | 99% (791) |
| 2020-21 | 565 | 44 | 12.8:1 | 99% (562) |
| 2017-18 | 567 | 43.3 | 13.1:1 | 99% (564) |
| 2015-16 | 644 | 46 | 14.0:1 | 85% (550) |
| 2010-11 | 573 | 41 | 14.0:1 | 76% (436) |
| 2000-01 | 737 | 52 | 14.2:1 | 61% (450) |
| 1990-91 | 817 | 41 | 19.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dunn Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 43% (567 to 813); teachers up 35% (43.3 to 58.5).
About Dunn Elementary
Dunn Elementary is a large elementary school with an address in Dunn, North Carolina. It covers pre-K through 5, with a total enrollment of 813 students. Statewide, elementary schools in North Carolina average about 467 students each.
Harnett County Schools has 20,095 students spread across 29 schools.
Federal enrollment data show Black students as the largest group at Dunn Elementary, at 43%. Beyond that, enrollment is 31% Hispanic, 18% White, and 7% multiracial. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 20%. Dunn Elementary's diversity index is 68%, against a US figure of 70%.
Dunn Elementary's 58.5 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 13.9:1. On average, elementary schools in North Carolina have 14.9:1, compared with 13.9:1 here. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 100%. The rate at public schools in Harnett County averages 74%, lower than here.
The allk12 Grade for Dunn Elementary is C-. Compared with North Carolina public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 17% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
After adjusting for student poverty, Dunn Elementary lands between the top and bottom 10% of North Carolina schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 41.0%; the prediction is 48.5%.
County data help place the school in context: in Harnett County, the median household income is $71,287, about 25% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. In all, Harnett County has 31 public schools and roughly 20,611 students.
Of nearby public schools, Harnett County Early College is the closest, at less than a tenth of a mile. Dunn Elementary has 5 other public schools within five miles. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, Dunn Elementary ranks 4th on proficiency.
Dunn Elementary is coded as Town: Distant in federal locale data.
Dunn Elementary enrolled 565 in 2020-21 and 813 in 2024-25. Changes in grade configuration can produce shifts of this size. Students per teacher rose from 12.8 in 2020-21 to 13.9 in 2024-25.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at Dunn Elementary. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Harnett County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
139,150
Census ACS
Median income
$71,287
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
31
20,611 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Harnett County Schools
- Overhills HighHigh · 1,981 students
- Harnett Central HighHigh · 1,522 students
- Western Harnett HighHigh · 1,324 students
- Triton HighHigh · 1,274 students
- Benhaven ElementaryElementary · 1,065 students
- Harnett Central MiddleMiddle · 1,059 students
Other schools in Dunn
- Coats-Erwin MiddleMiddle · 589 students
- Midway MiddleMiddle · 584 students
- Midway ElementaryElementary · 539 students
- Dunn MiddleMiddle · 388 students
- Plain View ElementaryElementary · 362 students
- Harnett County Early CollegeHigh · 185 students
Other Dunn Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 4 states are named Dunn Elementary. Dunn Elementary is the largest of the 5.
- Dunn Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 800 students
- Dunn Elementary SchoolARLINGTON, TX · 507 students
- Dunn ElementaryLouisville, KY · 425 students
- Dunn Elementary SchoolFORT COLLINS, CO · 392 students
Nearby schools
- Harnett County Early College0.0 mi · 185
- Dunn Middle1.3 mi · 388
- Erwin Elementary3.0 mi · 637
- Triton High3.1 mi · 1,274
- Coats-Erwin Middle4.6 mi · 589
- Benson Elementary6.8 mi · 719
Frequently asked questions
About Dunn ElementaryHow many students attend Dunn Elementary?
Dunn Elementary enrolls approximately 813 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Dunn Elementary serve?
Dunn Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Dunn Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Dunn Elementary is approximately 13.9:1 (58 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Dunn Elementary?
At Dunn Elementary, the student body is approximately 18% White, 31% Hispanic, 43% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Dunn Elementary public or private?
Dunn Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Harnett County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.