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Enrollment
833
Elementary
DISTRICT 526 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PITT COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370001202138
Eastern Elementary
1700 Cedar Ln, Greenville, NC 27858 · (252) 758-4813 · Pitt County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL833 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 47% 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.
- BBeats 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
16.5:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
830 students
DISTRICT 96% · 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 | 142 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 164 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 125 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 155 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 126 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 121 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (142) is 17% larger than its 5th grade class (121).
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
47.6%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
59.8%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 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
53.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.4%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% 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 Eastern Elementary
Eastern Elementary's state test result (53.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eastern Elementary this school | 833 | 99.6% | 53.4% |
| W H Robinson Elementary Winterville | 692 | 99.6% | 59.0% |
| Summit Creek Academy Browns Summit | 749 | 99.6% | N/A |
| Contentnea-Savannah School Kinston | 789 | 99.6% | 46.2% |
| Jefferson Elementary Greensboro | 698 | 99.6% | 57.2% |
| Ayden Elementary Ayden | 656 | 98.5% | 63.7% |
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 Eastern Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Pitt County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.4% | #718 of 1,297 | #9 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.8% | #614 of 1,296 | #8 of 21 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.6% | #710 of 1,300 | #10 of 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 833 | #59 of 1,485 | #2 of 25 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.5:1 | #1,123 of 1,377 | #22 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.1% | #571 of 1,379 | #12 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.6% | #18 of 1,414 | #2 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.0% | #247 of 369 | #6 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
833
+105 (+14%) vs 2020
+113% since 1990-91, when it was 391
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
was 15.5:1
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 | 833 | 50.5 | 16.5:1 | 100% (830) |
| 2023-24 | 792 | 48.7 | 16.3:1 | 100% (789) |
| 2022-23 | 768 | 44.9 | 17.1:1 | 65% (499) |
| 2020-21 | 728 | 47 | 15.5:1 | 45% (325) |
| 2017-18 | 786 | 47.4 | 16.6:1 | 58% (452) |
| 2015-16 | 714 | 46 | 15.5:1 | 66% (474) |
| 2010-11 | 494 | 37 | 13.3:1 | 65% (320) |
| 2000-01 | 496 | 34 | 14.6:1 | 56% (279) |
| 1990-91 | 391 | 18 | 21.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Eastern Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (786 to 833); teachers up 6% (47.4 to 50.5).
About Eastern Elementary
Eastern Elementary is a large elementary school in Greenville, North Carolina, administered by Pitt County Schools. In all, 833 students attend the school in kindergarten through 5. It has 78% more students than the average for elementary schools in North Carolina (about 467).
Pitt County Schools counts 24,470 students in its 40 schools, and Eastern Elementary is one of them.
The share of Black students at Eastern Elementary is 53%, a majority. The remaining students are 27% White, 9% Hispanic, and 9% multiracial. Census figures show Pitt County is about 35% Black. A diversity index of 63% means there is a 63% chance two randomly chosen students at Eastern Elementary are from different groups.
The school had 50.5 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 16.5:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in North Carolina is 14.9:1. The school reported 100% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.
Eastern Elementary earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 47% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
Eastern Elementary is 5.0 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (53.4% versus 48.4%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in North Carolina.
For Pitt County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $58,188, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and roughly 12% of residents are in poverty. The county has 43 public schools and about 25,202 students.
Wahl Coates Elementary, about 0.8 miles away, is the closest public school. Within five miles of Eastern Elementary, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 49.8%; Eastern Elementary's is 53.4%, ranking 3rd of 8.
Its NCES locale code is City: Small: the school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Federal enrollment counts rose from 728 (2020-21) to 833 (2024-25). Federal data show the ratio rising from 15.5:1 to 16.5:1.
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Pitt County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
177,193
Census ACS
Median income
$58,188
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
43
25,202 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Pitt County Schools
- D H Conley HighHigh · 1,757 students
- South CentralHigh · 1,738 students
- Junius H Rose HighHigh · 1,568 students
- Hope MiddleMiddle · 952 students
- ChicodElementary · 902 students
- North Pitt HighHigh · 854 students
Other schools in Greenville
- D H Conley HighHigh · 1,757 students
- Junius H Rose HighHigh · 1,568 students
- Hope MiddleMiddle · 952 students
- ChicodElementary · 902 students
- Lakeforest ElementaryElementary · 821 students
- Wintergreen IntermediateElementary · 821 students
Other Eastern Elementary schools
9 other US public schools in 6 states are named Eastern Elementary. Eastern Elementary is the largest of the 10.
- Eastern ElementaryWashington, NC · 484 students
- Eastern Elementary SchoolGreentown, IN · 727 students
- Eastern Elementary SchoolGeorgetown, KY · 535 students
- Eastern Elementary SchoolLexington, OH · 504 students
- Eastern Elementary SchoolTRAVERSE CITY, MI · 475 students
Nearby schools
- Wahl Coates Elementary0.8 mi · 406
- E B Aycock Middle0.9 mi · 617
- C M Eppes Middle1.0 mi · 631
- Vidant Health1.0 mi · 24
- Elmhurst Elementary1.1 mi · 454
- Innovation Early College High1.2 mi · 227
Frequently asked questions
About Eastern ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Eastern Elementary?
Eastern Elementary enrolls approximately 833 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Eastern Elementary serve?
Eastern Elementary serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Eastern Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Eastern Elementary is approximately 16.5:1 (50 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Eastern Elementary?
At Eastern Elementary, the student body is approximately 27% White, 9% Hispanic, 53% Black, 2% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Eastern Elementary public or private?
Eastern Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Pitt County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.