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Honest take: what's the hardest part about being a student at Eastern Wayne Elementary?
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Enrollment
597
Elementary
DISTRICT 569 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAYNE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 370488001949
Eastern Wayne Elementary
1271 New Hope Road, Goldsboro, NC 27534 · (919) 751-7130 · Wayne County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL597 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 16% 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
21.0:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.5:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
574 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 54 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 108 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 79 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 94 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 91 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 101 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (108) is 7% larger than its 5th grade class (101).
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
38.9%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
46.2%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 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
40.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% 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 Eastern Wayne Elementary
Eastern Wayne Elementary's state test result (40.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eastern Wayne Elementary this school | 597 | 96.1% | 40.9% |
| E E Miller Elementary Fayetteville | 656 | 99.5% | 50.9% |
| Upchurch Elementary Raeford | 646 | 99.1% | 53.8% |
| La Grange Elementary La Grange | 547 | 99.5% | 49.5% |
| Koontz Elementary Salisbury | 554 | 92.8% | 13.3% |
| Sherwood Elementary Gastonia | 553 | 99.5% | 31.6% |
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 Eastern Wayne Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Wayne County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.9% | #1,070 of 1,297 | #11 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.2% | #1,006 of 1,296 | #9 of 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.9% | #984 of 1,300 | #10 of 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 597 | #354 of 1,485 | #5 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.0:1 | #1,358 of 1,377 | #15 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.6% | #442 of 1,379 | #4 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.1% | #1,032 of 1,414 | #13 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.6% | #424 of 937 | #6 of 12 |
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
597
+39 (+7%) vs 2020
-51% since 1990-91, when it was 1,220
Student : Teacher
21.0:1
was 13.6:1
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 | 597 | 28.4 | 21.0:1 | 96% (574) |
| 2023-24 | 525 | 34 | 15.4:1 | 99% (522) |
| 2022-23 | 525 | 38 | 13.8:1 | 99% (522) |
| 2020-21 | 558 | 41 | 13.6:1 | 99% (555) |
| 2017-18 | 699 | 45.3 | 15.4:1 | 98% (685) |
| 2015-16 | 718 | 45 | 16.0:1 | 100% (715) |
| 2010-11 | 799 | 47 | 17.0:1 | 66% (529) |
| 2000-01 | 801 | 72 | 11.1:1 | 61% (490) |
| 1990-91 | 1,220 | 60 | 20.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Eastern Wayne Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (699 to 597); teachers down 37% (45.3 to 28.4).
About Eastern Wayne Elementary
The public elementary school Eastern Wayne Elementary is located in Goldsboro, North Carolina. It has an enrollment of 597 students in pre-K through 5. That compares with an average of about 467 students for elementary schools in North Carolina.
Eastern Wayne Elementary is one of 33 schools in Wayne County Public Schools, which enrolls 17,150 students in total.
Of every 100 students at Eastern Wayne Elementary, about 48 are Black, the largest group. It is also 27% Hispanic, 19% White, and 5% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Wayne County is roughly 30% Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 66, compared with 70 nationally.
Staffing at Eastern Wayne Elementary comes to 28.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 21.0:1. Elementary schools in North Carolina have an average ratio of 14.9:1. On the income side, 96% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is in line with the 98% average for public schools in Wayne County.
Eastern Wayne Elementary holds a C- allk12 Grade, placing it above 16% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 40.9%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 49.5%.
The school is in Wayne County, where the median household earns about $59,733 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 22% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 12%. Eastern Wayne Elementary shares Wayne County with 35 other public schools.
Edgewood Cmty Developmental, about 0.4 miles away, is the closest public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. By average proficiency, Eastern Wayne Elementary is 5th among 6 schools close by.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Fringe.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 7%, from 558 to 597. Students per teacher increased from 13.6 in 2020-21 to 21.0 in 2024-25.
Eastern Wayne Elementary has a community page on allk12 for topics such as special education services, counseling, and support programs. You can also rate the school on this page.
Wayne County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
118,652
Census ACS
Median income
$59,733
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
36
18,481 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Wayne County Public Schools
- Charles B Aycock HighHigh · 1,138 students
- Southern Wayne HighHigh · 1,007 students
- Norwayne MiddleMiddle · 848 students
- Spring Creek ElementaryElementary · 804 students
- Eastern Wayne HighHigh · 781 students
- Spring Creek HighHigh · 732 students
Other schools in Goldsboro
- Spring Creek ElementaryElementary · 804 students
- Eastern Wayne HighHigh · 781 students
- Wayne Preparatory AcademyCombined · 765 students
- Meadow Lane ElementaryElementary · 674 students
- Rosewood ElementaryElementary · 650 students
- Tommy's Road ElementaryElementary · 545 students
Nearby schools
- Edgewood Cmty Developmental0.4 mi · 38
- Wayne Middle / High Academy0.4 mi · 92
- Eastern Wayne High0.4 mi · 781
- Eastern Wayne Middle2.0 mi · 427
- Wayne STEM Academy3.4 mi · 305
- Meadow Lane Elementary3.6 mi · 674
Frequently asked questions
About Eastern Wayne ElementaryHow many students attend Eastern Wayne Elementary?
Eastern Wayne Elementary enrolls approximately 597 students in grades PK-05.
Is Eastern Wayne Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Eastern Wayne Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Eastern Wayne Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Eastern Wayne Elementary is approximately 21.0:1 (28 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Eastern Wayne Elementary?
Student demographics at Eastern Wayne Elementary are roughly 19% White, 27% Hispanic, 48% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Eastern Wayne Elementary public or private?
Eastern Wayne Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Wayne County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.