Fairgrove Elementary School

Set in Fairmont, North Carolina, Fairgrove Elementary School is a tight-knit elementary-level community, part of Public Schools of Robeson County. It educates 291 students across grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, North Carolina's public schools average about 467 students each, so Fairgrove Elementary School sits 38% leaner than that benchmark.

Fairgrove Elementary School is one of 36 schools operated by Public Schools of Robeson County, a district that hosts 20,856 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Fairgrove Elementary School records that the most-represented group is Native American (46%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest reads as 22% Black, 12% multiracial, 11% White, 10% Hispanic.

In terms of school funding signals, Fairgrove Elementary School shows 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 99% of students at Fairgrove Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Fairgrove Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 48.7%; this one delivers 35.7%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Robeson County indicate median household earnings sit near $41,978, about 15% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 21%. Across Robeson County's 40 public schools (combined enrollment of about 21,625 students), Fairgrove Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Rosenwald Elementary, roughly 3.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Fairgrove Elementary School at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 28.2%.

Fairgrove Elementary School operates from a rural location.

Over the past 7-year window. Fairgrove Elementary School's enrollment has grew 26% since 2018, when it stood at 231 (now 291). White enrollment moved from 4% to 11% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 14.5:1 in 2025.

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