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Enrollment
649
Elementary
DISTRICT 425 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLEVELAND COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370090000343
Elizabeth Elementary
220 S Post Road, Shelby, NC 28152 · (704) 476-8371 · Cleveland County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL649 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.8:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
646 students
DISTRICT 97% · 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 | 118 | 18% |
| Kindergarten | 106 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 98 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 79 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 89 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 82 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 77 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (106) is 38% larger than its 5th grade class (77).
Student demographics
67%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
41.5%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
53.8%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 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
49.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% 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 Elizabeth Elementary
Elizabeth Elementary's state test result (49.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth Elementary this school | 649 | 99.5% | 49.7% |
| Ed V Baldwin Elementary Hope Mills | 634 | 99.5% | 38.3% |
| Winstead Avenue Elementary Rocky Mount | 555 | 99.1% | 46.3% |
| New Century International Elementary Fayetteville | 686 | 97.4% | 55.9% |
| E E Miller Elementary Fayetteville | 656 | 99.5% | 50.9% |
| Contentnea-Savannah School Kinston | 789 | 99.6% | 46.2% |
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 Elizabeth Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Cleveland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.7% | #825 of 1,297 | #13 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.8% | #793 of 1,296 | #13 of 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.5% | #891 of 1,300 | #12 of 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 649 | #261 of 1,485 | #1 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.8:1 | #1,286 of 1,377 | #14 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.8% | #376 of 1,379 | #2 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.5% | #103 of 1,414 | #1 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +35.5% | #57 of 369 | #1 of 7 |
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
649
+231 (+55%) vs 2020
+15% since 1990-91, when it was 562
Student : Teacher
17.8:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 649 | 36.5 | 17.8:1 | 100% (646) |
| 2023-24 | 581 | 38.3 | 15.2:1 | 99% (578) |
| 2022-23 | 569 | 44.2 | 12.9:1 | 99% (566) |
| 2020-21 | 418 | 29 | 14.4:1 | 99% (415) |
| 2017-18 | 479 | 31.7 | 15.1:1 | 99% (475) |
| 2015-16 | 464 | 31 | 15.0:1 | 75% (350) |
| 2010-11 | 549 | 36 | 15.3:1 | 57% (312) |
| 2000-01 | 672 | 38 | 17.7:1 | 29% (194) |
| 1990-91 | 562 | 34 | 16.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Elizabeth Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 35% (479 to 649); teachers up 15% (31.7 to 36.5).
About Elizabeth Elementary
Elizabeth Elementary is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Shelby, North Carolina. It reports enrollment of 649 students in pre-K through 5. That puts enrollment 39% larger than the 467-student average for elementary schools in North Carolina.
Elizabeth Elementary is a school in Cleveland County Schools. The district has 28 schools and 14,504 students.
No group is above 50% at Elizabeth Elementary; the largest is Black, at 49%. It is also 24% White, 18% Hispanic, and 9% multiracial. Cleveland County's residents are about 18% Black, 31 points below the school's share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Elizabeth Elementary scores 67%.
Elizabeth Elementary lists 36.5 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 17.8 students per teacher. The gap from the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina is 2.9 students per teacher. About 100% of students at Elizabeth Elementary are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The figure for public schools in Cleveland County is close, at 99%.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Elizabeth Elementary would be expected to post about 48.5%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 49.7%.
The school is in Cleveland County, where the median household earns about $58,534 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%. Elizabeth Elementary shares Cleveland County with 28 other public schools.
A public school less than a tenth of a mile away, Cleveland ECHS, is the closest to Elizabeth Elementary. Elizabeth Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among 6 nearby schools that report test results, Elizabeth Elementary ranks 3rd on proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is Town: Distant: the school is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
In 2020-21 the school reported 418 students, and in 2024-25 it reported 649. Grade changes, mergers, or boundary shifts can explain gaps this large. The ratio of students to teachers went from 14.4:1 to 17.8:1 over the same years.
Anyone can start a thread about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures at Elizabeth Elementary. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Cleveland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
100,991
Census ACS
Median income
$58,534
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
29
15,682 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cleveland County Schools
- Kings Mountain HighHigh · 1,305 students
- Crest HighHigh · 1,098 students
- Burns HighHigh · 928 students
- Crest MiddleMiddle · 810 students
- Shelby HighHigh · 792 students
- Burns MiddleMiddle · 744 students
Other schools in Shelby
- Pinnacle Classical AcademyCombined · 1,178 students
- Crest HighHigh · 1,098 students
- Crest MiddleMiddle · 810 students
- Shelby HighHigh · 792 students
- Springmore ElementaryElementary · 618 students
- Shelby MiddleMiddle · 588 students
Nearby schools
- Cleveland ECHS0.1 mi · 225
- Jefferson Elementary1.8 mi · 439
- Pinnacle Classical Academy1.9 mi · 1,178
- Shelby High2.5 mi · 792
- Cleveland Innovation3.0 mi · 187
- Turning Point Academy3.0 mi · 142
Frequently asked questions
About Elizabeth ElementaryHow large is Elizabeth Elementary?
Elizabeth Elementary enrolls approximately 649 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Elizabeth Elementary serve?
Elizabeth Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Elizabeth Elementary have?
Elizabeth Elementary employs 37 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Elizabeth Elementary?
Student demographics at Elizabeth Elementary are roughly 24% White, 18% Hispanic, 49% Black, 1% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Elizabeth Elementary?
Elizabeth Elementary is overseen by Cleveland County Schools in Cleveland County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.