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Enrollment
498
Elementary
DISTRICT 430 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FRANKLIN COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370153000653
Edward Best Elementary
4011 NC 56 Hwy East, Louisburg, NC 27549 · (919) 853-2347 · Franklin County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL498 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 92% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+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
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
495 students
DISTRICT 99% · 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 | 18 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 88 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 84 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 79 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 79 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 81 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 69 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (88) is 28% larger than its 5th grade class (69).
Student demographics
69%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
59.4%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
76.9%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 77 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NC schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
70.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+22.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 48% typical for North Carolina schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 22 points, placing it in North Carolina's top 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 Edward Best Elementary
Edward Best Elementary's state test result (70.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edward Best Elementary this school | 498 | 99.4% | 70.5% |
| Oakley Elementary Asheville | 502 | 98.0% | 38.3% |
| Supply Elementary Supply | 580 | 99.5% | 44.2% |
| Easley Elementary Durham | 490 | 99.4% | 74.0% |
| Mount Energy Elementary Creedmoor | 515 | 99.4% | 46.9% |
| Malpass Corner Elementary Burgaw | 513 | 98.1% | 39.7% |
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 Edward Best Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Franklin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.5% | #220 of 1,297 | #1 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.9% | #167 of 1,296 | #1 of 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.4% | #340 of 1,300 | #2 of 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 498 | #613 of 1,485 | #2 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #450 of 1,377 | #6 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.7% | #270 of 1,379 | #5 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.4% | #286 of 1,414 | #1 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.9% | #819 of 937 | 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
498
+27 (+6%) vs 2020
-11% since 1990-91, when it was 562
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 13.5:1
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 | 498 | 35.8 | 13.9:1 | 99% (495) |
| 2023-24 | 501 | 35 | 14.3:1 | 71% (358) |
| 2022-23 | 476 | 34 | 14.0:1 | 71% (338) |
| 2020-21 | 471 | 35 | 13.5:1 | 74% (347) |
| 2017-18 | 518 | 32.6 | 15.9:1 | 99% (515) |
| 2015-16 | 523 | 34 | 15.4:1 | 99% (520) |
| 2010-11 | 476 | 31 | 15.3:1 | 64% (305) |
| 2000-01 | 447 | 27 | 16.6:1 | 55% (244) |
| 1990-91 | 562 | 32 | 17.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Edward Best Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (518 to 498); teachers up 10% (32.6 to 35.8).
About Edward Best Elementary
Edward Best Elementary, a medium-sized elementary school, is located in Louisburg, North Carolina. Students in pre-K through 5 attend, and enrollment is 498 students.
Franklin County Schools is made up of 16 schools with 7,978 students in all.
The most common group at Edward Best Elementary is White students, at 43%. Other groups make up 27% Hispanic, 23% Black, and 7% multiracial. Franklin County as a whole is about 62% White, so the school's share is lower. Pick two students at random and there is a 69% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Edward Best Elementary counts 35.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 13.9 students for each one. On average, elementary schools in North Carolina have 14.9:1, compared with 13.9:1 here. About 99% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Franklin County average 82%.
allk12 grades Edward Best Elementary an A. The grade compares the school only with North Carolina public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
In North Carolina, Edward Best Elementary is one of the top 10% of schools on BeatsExpectations, with an average proficiency rate on state tests of 70.5% compared with a predicted 48.5%.
Census estimates describe Franklin County this way: the median household income is $74,240, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 27%, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Besides Edward Best Elementary, Franklin County has 18 other public schools.
Terrell Lane Middle is the public school closest to Edward Best Elementary, about 6.1 miles away. The count of other public schools within ten miles is 7. Ranked by average proficiency, Edward Best Elementary places 2nd out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
Edward Best Elementary is coded as Rural: Distant in federal locale data.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 27 more students in 2024-25.
Community posts for Edward Best Elementary can cover enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Franklin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
74,386
Census ACS
Median income
$74,240
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
19
11,614 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Franklin County Schools
- Franklinton HighHigh · 1,127 students
- Bunn HighHigh · 817 students
- Louisburg Magnet HighHigh · 630 students
- Bunn MiddleMiddle · 618 students
- Bunn ElementaryElementary · 600 students
- Cedar Creek MiddleMiddle · 529 students
Other schools in Louisburg
- Louisburg Magnet HighHigh · 630 students
- Crosscreek Charter SchoolElementary · 404 students
- Terrell Lane MiddleMiddle · 403 students
- Louisburg ElementaryElementary · 387 students
- Royal ElementaryElementary · 349 students
- Laurel Mill ElementaryElementary · 281 students
Nearby schools
- Terrell Lane Middle6.1 mi · 403
- Crosscreek Charter School6.6 mi · 404
- Laurel Mill Elementary6.7 mi · 281
- Louisburg Magnet High7.5 mi · 630
- Louisburg Elementary7.5 mi · 387
- Franklin County Early College9.2 mi · 179
Frequently asked questions
About Edward Best ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Edward Best Elementary?
Edward Best Elementary enrolls approximately 498 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Edward Best Elementary serve?
Edward Best Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Edward Best Elementary have?
Edward Best Elementary employs 36 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Edward Best Elementary?
Student demographics at Edward Best Elementary are roughly 43% White, 27% Hispanic, 23% Black, 0% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Edward Best Elementary public or private?
Edward Best Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Franklin County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.