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Enrollment
632
Elementary
DISTRICT 459 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NASH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 370327000736
G R Edwards Elementary
720 Edwards Street, Rocky Mount, NC 27803 · (252) 937-9025 · Nash County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL632 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 4% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
19.3:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.9:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
618 students
DISTRICT 98% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 114 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 107 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 110 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 99 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 105 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 97 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (114) is 18% larger than its 5th grade class (97).
Student demographics
34%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
27.2%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
30.5%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NC schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
30.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.0%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 49% typical for North Carolina schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 G R Edwards Elementary
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| G R Edwards Elementary this school | 632 | 97.8% | 30.5% |
| Movement Charter School Charlotte | 625 | 99.5% | N/A |
| Guilford Preparatory Academy Greensboro | 672 | 99.6% | N/A |
| KIPP Halifax College Preparatory Halifax | 528 | 99.2% | N/A |
| Bearfield Primary Ahoskie | 543 | 98.3% | 44.2% |
| Benvenue Elementary Rocky Mount | 562 | 99.5% | 47.7% |
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 G R Edwards Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Nash County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.5% | #1,242 of 1,297 | #11 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.5% | #1,249 of 1,296 | #11 of 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.2% | #1,228 of 1,300 | #11 of 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 632 | #300 of 1,485 | #2 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.3:1 | #1,337 of 1,377 | #9 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.2% | #1,238 of 1,379 | #11 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.8% | #936 of 1,414 | #12 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +48.0% | #33 of 369 | N/A |
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
632
+171 (+37%) vs 2020
-33% since 2000-01, when it was 950
Student : Teacher
19.3:1
was 16.5:1
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 | 632 | 32.8 | 19.3:1 | 98% (618) |
| 2023-24 | 432 | 22.6 | 19.1:1 | 96% (415) |
| 2022-23 | 410 | 22.6 | 18.1:1 | 88% (361) |
| 2020-21 | 461 | 28 | 16.5:1 | 99% (458) |
| 2017-18 | 427 | 27 | 15.8:1 | 98% (419) |
| 2015-16 | 443 | 30 | 14.8:1 | 69% (305) |
| 2010-11 | 731 | 50 | 14.6:1 | 70% (515) |
| 2000-01 | 950 | 73 | 13.0:1 | 52% (498) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for G R Edwards Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 48% (427 to 632); teachers up 21% (27 to 32.8).
About G R Edwards Elementary
In Rocky Mount, North Carolina, G R Edwards Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school. It has an enrollment of 632 students in kindergarten through 5. That compares with an average of about 467 students for elementary schools in North Carolina.
In Nash County Public Schools, 28 schools enroll a combined 14,587 students.
The share of students at G R Edwards Elementary who are Black is 80%. Smaller groups are 8% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, and 4% White. County-wide, 40% of Nash County residents are Black. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 34%.
The school has 32.8 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 19.3 students per teacher. The average for elementary schools in North Carolina is 14.9:1, so this school has more students per teacher. The school reported 98% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That is in line with the 98% average for public schools in Nash County.
Among North Carolina public elementary schools, G R Edwards Elementary outscored 4%, which works out to an F on the allk12 Grade.
A school in North Carolina with G R Edwards Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch share would be expected to score about 49.0%. G R Edwards Elementary scores 30.5%.
The school is in Nash County, where the median household earns about $62,426 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 8%. G R Edwards Elementary shares Nash County with 26 other public schools.
Of the public schools around it, G R Edwards Elementary is closest to Nash Everywhere Digital Academy (NEDA), about 0.5 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On average proficiency, G R Edwards Elementary is 5th of 6 nearby schools with test data.
G R Edwards Elementary is coded as City: Small in federal locale data.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment increased 37%. The number of students per teacher increased from 16.5 to 19.3 over 4 years.
G R Edwards Elementary has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Nash County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
96,216
Census ACS
Median income
$62,426
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
27
14,285 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Nash County Public Schools
- Southern Nash HighHigh · 1,048 students
- Northern Nash HighHigh · 1,035 students
- Rocky Mount HighHigh · 1,023 students
- Red Oak MiddleMiddle · 840 students
- Southern Nash MiddleMiddle · 795 students
- Nash Central HighHigh · 703 students
Other schools in Rocky Mount
- Northern Nash HighHigh · 1,035 students
- Rocky Mount HighHigh · 1,023 students
- Rocky Mount PreparatoryCombined · 854 students
- Nash Central HighHigh · 703 students
- Rocky Mount MiddleMiddle · 692 students
- Benvenue ElementaryElementary · 562 students
Nearby schools
- Nash Everywhere Digital Academy (NEDA)0.5 mi · 259
- Williford Elementary0.6 mi · 253
- Rocky Mount High0.7 mi · 1,023
- Tar River Academy0.9 mi · 74
- Rocky Mount Middle0.9 mi · 692
- EDGE Academy of Health Sciences1.7 mi · 75
Frequently asked questions
About G R Edwards ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at G R Edwards Elementary?
G R Edwards Elementary enrolls approximately 632 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does G R Edwards Elementary serve?
G R Edwards Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does G R Edwards Elementary have?
G R Edwards Elementary employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.3:1.
How diverse is G R Edwards Elementary?
G R Edwards Elementary reports a student body of 4% White, 6% Hispanic, 80% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is G R Edwards Elementary public or private?
G R Edwards Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Nash County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.