East Robeson Primary

East Robeson Primary, a moderately sized K-5 school in Lumberton, North Carolina, overseen by Public Schools of Robeson County, hosts 556 students, covering grades pre-K through 3.

Public Schools of Robeson County runs 36 schools in total, collectively educating 20,856 students. East Robeson Primary is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, East Robeson Primary logs that 26% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 24% Native American, 20% Black, 19% Hispanic, 11% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 14.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 99% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, East Robeson Primary ranks in the top 10% of North Carolina public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 48.5%; East Robeson Primary posts 79.1%, +30.6 points above that line.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Robeson County) shows that median household earnings sit near $41,978, 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 21% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Robeson County runs 40 public schools (combined enrollment of about 21,625 students), of which East Robeson Primary is one.

The closest other public school is Littlefield Middle, roughly 1.5 miles away. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), East Robeson Primary ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 47.5%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at East Robeson Primary has ticked down 7%, going from 596 students in 2018 to 556 in 2025.

On allk12, members of the East Robeson Primary community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.