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What's the biggest difference between Four Oaks Elementary and what you expected?
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Enrollment
1,051
Elementary
DISTRICT 690 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JOHNSTON COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 370237001016
Four Oaks Elementary
180 Hatcher St, Four Oaks, NC 27524 · (919) 963-2165 · Johnston County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,051 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 61% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
16.3:1
65 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
1,048 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 | 36 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 133 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 169 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 177 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 182 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 170 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 184 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (133) is 28% smaller than its 5th grade class (184).
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
54.9%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
60.1%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 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
58.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.4%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% 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 Four Oaks Elementary
Four Oaks Elementary's state test result (58.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Four Oaks Elementary this school | 1,051 | 99.7% | 58.2% |
| McGee's Crossroads Elem Angier | 950 | 99.7% | 60.7% |
| Polenta Elementary Garner | 1,010 | 98.0% | 60.0% |
| Thanksgiving Elementary Selma | 870 | 99.5% | 68.8% |
| Princeton Elementary Princeton | 770 | 99.6% | 64.0% |
| Frank Morgan Elementary Clemmons | 761 | 99.6% | 69.7% |
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 Four Oaks Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Johnston County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.2% | #557 of 1,297 | #16 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.1% | #607 of 1,296 | #16 of 24 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.9% | #459 of 1,300 | #14 of 24 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,051 | #12 of 1,485 | #1 of 25 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #1,074 of 1,377 | #15 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.4% | #607 of 1,379 | #19 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.7% | #3 of 1,414 | #1 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.6% | #834 of 937 | #12 of 14 |
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
1,051
+72 (+7%) vs 2020
0% since 1990-91, when it was 1,053
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 13.2:1
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 | 1,051 | 64.6 | 16.3:1 | 100% (1,048) |
| 2023-24 | 1,046 | 74.9 | 14.0:1 | 100% (1,043) |
| 2022-23 | 1,041 | 70 | 14.9:1 | 69% (714) |
| 2020-21 | 979 | 74 | 13.2:1 | 54% (528) |
| 2017-18 | 1,090 | 74.5 | 14.6:1 | 62% (680) |
| 2015-16 | 1,125 | 78 | 14.4:1 | 63% (714) |
| 2010-11 | 1,047 | 72 | 14.5:1 | 61% (635) |
| 2000-01 | 961 | 57 | 16.9:1 | 47% (449) |
| 1990-91 | 1,053 | 59 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Four Oaks Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (1,090 to 1,051); teachers down 13% (74.5 to 64.6).
About Four Oaks Elementary
Four Oaks, North Carolina, is home to Four Oaks Elementary, a high-enrollment elementary school. The school covers pre-K through 5 and reported 1,051 students in 2024-25. Across elementary schools in North Carolina, the average enrollment is about 467.
Four Oaks Elementary is one school in Johnston County Public Schools, a system of 48 schools with 37,320 students.
White students are 51% of those enrolled at Four Oaks Elementary. The next largest groups are 32% Hispanic, 11% Black, and 5% multiracial. In Johnston County overall, about 64% of residents are White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 62, compared with 70 nationally.
With 64.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 16.3:1. The average for elementary schools in North Carolina is 14.9:1, so this school has more students per teacher. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Four Oaks Elementary, 100% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among North Carolina public elementary schools, Four Oaks Elementary outscored 61%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 48.4% for Four Oaks Elementary. The school posts 58.2%, 9.8 points above the prediction.
The school is in Johnston County, where the median household earns about $83,384 a year, about 29% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. Four Oaks Elementary shares Johnston County with 51 other public schools.
Four Oaks Elementary is about 1.7 miles from Four Oaks Middle, its nearest public school. Four Oaks Elementary has 3 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 54.1% on proficiency, and Four Oaks Elementary is above that at 58.2%.
Its location is classified as Town: Fringe by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment figures show a rise of 72 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. By 2024-25, the school had 16.3 students per teacher, compared with 13.2 in 2020-21.
The allk12 page for Four Oaks Elementary lets the school community talk about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. You can also rate the school on this page.
Johnston County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
234,263
Census ACS
Median income
$83,384
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
52
41,004 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Johnston County Public Schools
- Corinth Holders HighHigh · 2,187 students
- Clayton HighHigh · 1,929 students
- Cleveland HighHigh · 1,889 students
- West Johnston HighHigh · 1,563 students
- Smithfield-Selma HighHigh · 1,548 students
- South Johnston HighHigh · 1,355 students
Other schools in Four Oaks
- South Johnston HighHigh · 1,355 students
- Four Oaks MiddleMiddle · 477 students
Nearby schools
- Four Oaks Middle1.7 mi · 477
- West Smithfield Elementary3.8 mi · 494
- South Johnston High4.8 mi · 1,355
- South Smithfield Elementary5.4 mi · 450
- Choice Plus Academy5.9 mi · 97
- The Innovation Academy at South Campus6.3 mi · 263
Frequently asked questions
About Four Oaks ElementaryHow large is Four Oaks Elementary?
Four Oaks Elementary enrolls approximately 1,051 students in grades PK-05.
Is Four Oaks Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Four Oaks Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Four Oaks Elementary have?
Four Oaks Elementary employs 65 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.3:1.
How diverse is Four Oaks Elementary?
Four Oaks Elementary reports a student body of 51% White, 32% Hispanic, 11% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Four Oaks Elementary?
Four Oaks Elementary is overseen by Johnston County Public Schools in Johnston County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.