Enrollment
255
Elementary
DISTRICT 425 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW HANOVER COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370333001371
Edwin A Alderman Elementary
2025 Independence Blvd, Wilmington, NC 28403 · (910) 350-2031 · New Hanover County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL255 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 8% 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
11.4:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
252 students
DISTRICT 72% · STATE 82%
Community
0
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 | 41 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 33 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 40 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 52 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 44 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 45 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (41) is 9% smaller than its 5th grade class (45).
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · 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
26.1%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
37.0%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 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
35.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.7%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% 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 Edwin A Alderman Elementary
Edwin A Alderman Elementary's state test result (35.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edwin A Alderman Elementary this school | 255 | 98.8% | 35.0% |
| J W Seabrook Elementary Fayetteville | 271 | 98.9% | 58.8% |
| North End Elementary Roxboro | 283 | 98.9% | 55.9% |
| South Elementary Mebane | 235 | 98.7% | 45.1% |
| North Elementary Kings Mountain | 272 | 98.9% | 65.8% |
| Weeksville Elementary Elizabeth City | 304 | 99.0% | 70.8% |
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 Edwin A Alderman Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In New Hanover County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #1,192 of 1,297 | #23 of 25 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #1,182 of 1,296 | #24 of 25 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.1% | #1,241 of 1,300 | #22 of 25 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 255 | #1,281 of 1,485 | #25 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.4:1 | #53 of 1,377 | #4 of 27 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.7% | #329 of 1,379 | #5 of 27 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.8% | #734 of 1,414 | #12 of 27 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.1% | #552 of 937 | #17 of 22 |
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
255
-20 (-7%) vs 2020
-46% since 1990-91, when it was 476
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
was 13.1:1
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 | 255 | 22.3 | 11.4:1 | 99% (252) |
| 2023-24 | 274 | 23.7 | 11.6:1 | 99% (271) |
| 2022-23 | 291 | 24.8 | 11.7:1 | 99% (288) |
| 2020-21 | 275 | 21 | 13.1:1 | 99% (272) |
| 2017-18 | 287 | 24.7 | 11.6:1 | 99% (284) |
| 2015-16 | 276 | 19 | 14.5:1 | 94% (260) |
| 2010-11 | 277 | 20 | 13.8:1 | 60% (167) |
| 2000-01 | 542 | 35 | 15.5:1 | 27% (146) |
| 1990-91 | 476 | 22 | 21.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Edwin A Alderman Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (287 to 255); teachers down 10% (24.7 to 22.3).
About Edwin A Alderman Elementary
Edwin A Alderman Elementary is a public low-enrollment elementary school in Wilmington, North Carolina. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 255 students in kindergarten through 5. The average for elementary schools in North Carolina is about 467 students, so this school is 45% smaller than average.
The district for Edwin A Alderman Elementary is New Hanover County Schools, with 42 schools and 24,791 students.
Edwin A Alderman Elementary has no majority group; White students are the largest, at 42%. Other reported shares: 35% Black, 13% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 3% Asian. That compares with about 77% White among all New Hanover County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 68% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Edwin A Alderman Elementary counts 22.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 11.4 students for each one. This ratio sits 3.4 below the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina. About 99% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. By comparison, the figure for public schools in New Hanover County is 67%.
Measured against North Carolina public elementary schools, Edwin A Alderman Elementary receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The model predicts 48.7% for a school in North Carolina with Edwin A Alderman Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch share. Edwin A Alderman Elementary posts 35.0%.
In the county around the school, New Hanover County, the median household income is $75,166, about 45% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. New Hanover County is home to 50 public schools and about 27,460 public school students.
The closest public school, Wilmington School of the Arts, is about 0.8 miles from Edwin A Alderman Elementary. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. On state test proficiency, Edwin A Alderman Elementary ranks 5th in a group of 6 nearby schools.
Locale: City: Mid-size. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment declined 7% from its 2020-21 level of 275. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 13.1:1 to 11.4:1.
Conversations here can range across school safety, transportation, and start times. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
New Hanover County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
235,229
Census ACS
Median income
$75,166
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
45%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
50
27,460 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in New Hanover County Schools
- Emsley A Laney HighHigh · 2,243 students
- John T Hoggard HighHigh · 2,082 students
- Eugene Ashley HighHigh · 1,893 students
- New Hanover HighHigh · 1,437 students
- Charles P Murray MiddleMiddle · 907 students
- Roland-Grise MiddleMiddle · 878 students
Other schools in Wilmington
- Emsley A Laney HighHigh · 2,243 students
- John T Hoggard HighHigh · 2,082 students
- Eugene Ashley HighHigh · 1,893 students
- New Hanover HighHigh · 1,437 students
- American Leadership Academy-CoastalCombined · 1,002 students
- Charles P Murray MiddleMiddle · 907 students
Other Edwin A Alderman Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Edwin A Alderman Elementary. Edwin A Alderman Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Edwin A Alderman ElementaryGreensboro, NC · 392 students
Nearby schools
- Wilmington School of the Arts0.8 mi · 297
- John T Hoggard High0.9 mi · 2,082
- Roland-Grise Middle1.0 mi · 878
- Lake Forest Academy1.4 mi · 45
- Winter Park Model Elementary1.5 mi · 311
- Cape Fear Center for Inquiry1.6 mi · 395
Frequently asked questions
About Edwin A Alderman ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Edwin A Alderman Elementary?
Edwin A Alderman Elementary enrolls approximately 255 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Edwin A Alderman Elementary serve?
Edwin A Alderman Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Edwin A Alderman Elementary have?
Edwin A Alderman Elementary employs 22 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Edwin A Alderman Elementary?
Student demographics at Edwin A Alderman Elementary are roughly 42% White, 13% Hispanic, 35% Black, 3% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Edwin A Alderman Elementary public or private?
Edwin A Alderman Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by New Hanover County Schools.
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