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What's something Ed V Baldwin Elementary does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
634
Elementary
DISTRICT 449 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CUMBERLAND COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370001100416
Ed V Baldwin Elementary
4441 Legion Road, Hope Mills, NC 28348 · (910) 424-0145 · Cumberland County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL634 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 12% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
16.9:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
631 students
DISTRICT 89% · 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 | 32 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 96 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 104 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 106 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 86 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 109 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 101 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (96) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (101).
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
39.7%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
32.1%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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
38.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% 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 Ed V Baldwin Elementary
Ed V Baldwin Elementary's state test result (38.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ed V Baldwin Elementary this school | 634 | 99.5% | 38.3% |
| Elizabeth Elementary Shelby | 649 | 99.5% | 49.7% |
| Guilford Elementary Greensboro | 623 | 99.5% | 35.4% |
| Cumberland Mills Elementary Fayetteville | 573 | 96.7% | 41.6% |
| Lake Rim Elementary Fayetteville | 656 | 99.4% | 47.4% |
| John W Jones Elementary Wilson | 601 | 99.5% | 52.5% |
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 Ed V Baldwin Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Cumberland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.3% | #1,137 of 1,297 | #39 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.1% | #1,236 of 1,296 | #43 of 45 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.7% | #955 of 1,300 | #37 of 45 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 634 | #292 of 1,485 | #10 of 50 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.9:1 | #1,201 of 1,377 | #43 of 46 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.8% | #383 of 1,379 | #21 of 46 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.5% | #114 of 1,414 | #5 of 49 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.5% | #317 of 937 | #5 of 36 |
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
634
+16 (+3%) vs 2020
+4% since 1990-91, when it was 611
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
was 15.1:1
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 | 634 | 37.6 | 16.9:1 | 100% (631) |
| 2023-24 | 606 | 42.5 | 14.3:1 | 100% (603) |
| 2022-23 | 592 | 37.5 | 15.8:1 | 99% (589) |
| 2020-21 | 618 | 41 | 15.1:1 | 100% (615) |
| 2017-18 | 778 | 46 | 16.9:1 | 98% (766) |
| 2015-16 | 646 | 41 | 15.8:1 | 64% (412) |
| 2010-11 | 706 | 43 | 16.4:1 | 47% (329) |
| 2000-01 | 528 | 30 | 17.6:1 | 99% (525) |
| 1990-91 | 611 | 35 | 17.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ed V Baldwin Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (778 to 634); teachers down 18% (46 to 37.6).
About Ed V Baldwin Elementary
Ed V Baldwin Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Hope Mills, North Carolina, under Cumberland County Schools. The school serves pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 634 students. It has 36% more students than the average for elementary schools in North Carolina (about 467).
Ed V Baldwin Elementary falls under Cumberland County Schools, which has 86 schools enrolling 49,002 students.
Federal enrollment data show Ed V Baldwin Elementary is 52% Black. The next largest groups are 17% Hispanic, 16% White, and 11% multiracial. The school's Black share is 14 points above the 38% share among Cumberland County residents. A diversity index of 67% means there is a 67% chance two randomly chosen students at Ed V Baldwin Elementary are from different groups.
Ed V Baldwin Elementary has a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.9:1, with 37.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in North Carolina is 14.9:1, so this school has more students per teacher. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 100% at Ed V Baldwin Elementary. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Cumberland County is 86%.
On the allk12 Grade, Ed V Baldwin Elementary lands at D, ahead of 12% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
In North Carolina, Ed V Baldwin Elementary is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 38.3% actual against a predicted 48.5%.
The school is in Cumberland County, where the median household earns about $61,291 a year, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. Across Cumberland County, 89 public schools serve about 50,815 students.
South View Middle is the nearest public school to Ed V Baldwin Elementary, about 0.3 miles away. Within five miles of Ed V Baldwin Elementary, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Ed V Baldwin Elementary is 8th of 9 on proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, Ed V Baldwin Elementary is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 634, compared with 618 in 2020-21. Students per teacher increased from 15.1 in 2020-21 to 16.9 in 2024-25.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Cumberland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
338,545
Census ACS
Median income
$61,291
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
89
50,815 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cumberland County Schools
- Jack Britt HighHigh · 1,940 students
- Pine Forest HighHigh · 1,551 students
- Cape Fear HighHigh · 1,515 students
- South View HighHigh · 1,461 students
- Gray's Creek HighHigh · 1,458 students
- Seventy-First HighHigh · 1,332 students
Other schools in Hope Mills
- South View HighHigh · 1,461 students
- Gray's Creek HighHigh · 1,458 students
- Gray's Creek MiddleMiddle · 1,068 students
- Gallberry Farm ElementaryElementary · 883 students
- Rockfish ElementaryElementary · 682 students
- South View MiddleMiddle · 614 students
Nearby schools
- South View Middle0.3 mi · 614
- South View High0.4 mi · 1,461
- Hope Mills Middle1.0 mi · 474
- Rockfish Elementary1.4 mi · 682
- Elizabeth M Cashwell Elementary2.2 mi · 576
- Cumberland Mills Elementary2.5 mi · 573
Frequently asked questions
About Ed V Baldwin ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Ed V Baldwin Elementary?
Ed V Baldwin Elementary enrolls approximately 634 students in grades PK-05.
Is Ed V Baldwin Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Ed V Baldwin Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Ed V Baldwin Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Ed V Baldwin Elementary is approximately 16.9:1 (38 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Ed V Baldwin Elementary?
At Ed V Baldwin Elementary, the student body is approximately 16% White, 17% Hispanic, 52% Black, 2% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Is Ed V Baldwin Elementary public or private?
Ed V Baldwin Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Cumberland County Schools.
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