Enrollment
339
Elementary
DISTRICT 372 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WILSON COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370502001995
Frederick Douglass Elementary
1301 Corbett Ave, Wilson, NC 27893 · (252) 236-4574 · Wilson County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL339 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 77% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
15.1:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
334 students
DISTRICT 92% · 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 | 67 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 64 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 56 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 55 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 58 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 39 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (67) is 72% larger than its 5th grade class (39).
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
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NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
60.3%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
69.2%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 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
63.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.8%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% 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 Frederick Douglass Elementary
Frederick Douglass Elementary's state test result (63.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frederick Douglass Elementary this school | 339 | 98.5% | 63.8% |
| Billingsville Elementary Charlotte | 356 | 99.2% | N/A |
| Cotswold Elementary Charlotte | 340 | 99.1% | 56.8% |
| Stovall-Shaw Elementary Stovall | 336 | 99.1% | 48.3% |
| West Rockingham Elementary Rockingham | 314 | 98.4% | 33.2% |
| Roseboro Elementary Roseboro | 369 | 95.4% | 46.9% |
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 Frederick Douglass Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Wilson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.8% | #393 of 1,297 | #5 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.2% | #357 of 1,296 | #5 of 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.3% | #320 of 1,300 | #5 of 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 339 | #1,085 of 1,485 | #9 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #790 of 1,377 | #2 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.7% | #161 of 1,379 | #1 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.5% | #827 of 1,414 | #9 of 13 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.0% | #264 of 937 | #2 of 8 |
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
339
-22 (-6%) vs 2020
-30% since 1990-91, when it was 483
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
was 16.4:1
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 | 339 | 22.4 | 15.1:1 | 99% (334) |
| 2023-24 | 335 | 21.7 | 15.5:1 | 99% (332) |
| 2022-23 | 357 | 24 | 14.9:1 | 99% (354) |
| 2020-21 | 361 | 22 | 16.4:1 | 99% (358) |
| 2017-18 | 429 | 29.7 | 14.5:1 | 99% (426) |
| 2015-16 | 347 | 23 | 15.1:1 | 99% (344) |
| 2010-11 | 337 | 23 | 14.7:1 | 70% (237) |
| 2000-01 | 535 | 32 | 16.7:1 | 62% (330) |
| 1990-91 | 483 | 27 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Frederick Douglass Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (429 to 339); teachers down 25% (29.7 to 22.4).
About Frederick Douglass Elementary
Frederick Douglass Elementary is a public elementary school run by Wilson County Schools in Wilson, North Carolina. Its grade span covers kindergarten through 5, with 339 students on the rolls. On average, elementary schools in North Carolina enroll around 467, and this school is 27% below that mark.
District-wide, Wilson County Schools has 25 schools and 10,451 students.
Of every 100 students at Frederick Douglass Elementary, about 35 are Black, the largest group. The remaining students are 34% White, 23% Hispanic, and 7% multiracial. Census estimates put Wilson County at about 39% Black, close to the school's figure. A diversity index of 71% means there is a 71% chance two randomly chosen students at Frederick Douglass Elementary are from different groups.
There are 22.4 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 15.1:1. The ratio is within a point of the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina. Of all students at Frederick Douglass Elementary, 99% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is in line with the 96% average for public schools in Wilson County.
Frederick Douglass Elementary earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 77% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Frederick Douglass Elementary, the prediction is 48.8% and the result is 63.8%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Wilson County show that the median household earns about $56,423 a year, about 22% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 14% of residents are in poverty. Wilson County has 29 public schools with about 12,482 students, including Frederick Douglass Elementary.
Frederick Douglass Elementary's closest public school neighbor is Wells Elementary, about 0.4 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: Frederick Douglass Elementary ranks 1st of 4 nearby schools, at 63.8% versus a 45.4% average.
Frederick Douglass Elementary is in a town close to an urbanized area, a location NCES labels Town: Fringe.
The school's student count fell 6% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 16.4:1 to 15.1:1.
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Wilson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
79,290
Census ACS
Median income
$56,423
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
29
12,482 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Wilson County Schools
- James Hunt HighHigh · 1,115 students
- Fike HighHigh · 1,028 students
- Forest Hills MiddleMiddle · 654 students
- Beddingfield HighHigh · 653 students
- John W Jones ElementaryElementary · 601 students
- Rock Ridge ElementaryElementary · 476 students
Other schools in Wilson
- Sallie B Howard SchoolCombined · 1,228 students
- James Hunt HighHigh · 1,115 students
- Fike HighHigh · 1,028 students
- Wilson Preparatory AcademyCombined · 725 students
- Forest Hills MiddleMiddle · 654 students
- Beddingfield HighHigh · 653 students
Other Frederick Douglass Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 4 states are named Frederick Douglass Elementary. Frederick Douglass Elementary is the 5th largest of the 5.
- Frederick Douglass ElementaryLeesburg, VA · 581 students
- Frederick Douglass Elementary SchoolSeaford, DE · 456 students
- Frederick Douglass Elementary SchoolDALLAS, TX · 453 students
- Frederick Douglass ElementaryWinchester, VA · 376 students
Nearby schools
- Wells Elementary0.4 mi · 383
- Margaret Hearne Elementary0.8 mi · 423
- Fike High0.9 mi · 1,028
- Wilson Academy of Virtual Education1.2 mi · 44
- Wilson Early College Academy1.3 mi · 268
- Sallie B Howard School1.3 mi · 1,228
Frequently asked questions
About Frederick Douglass ElementaryHow large is Frederick Douglass Elementary?
Frederick Douglass Elementary enrolls approximately 339 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Frederick Douglass Elementary serve?
Frederick Douglass Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Frederick Douglass Elementary?
Approximately 15.1:1 students per teacher at Frederick Douglass Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Frederick Douglass Elementary?
At Frederick Douglass Elementary, the student body is approximately 34% White, 23% Hispanic, 35% Black, 0% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Frederick Douglass Elementary in?
Frederick Douglass Elementary is part of Wilson County Schools.
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