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Enrollment
571
Elementary
DISTRICT 535 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LEE COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370256002305
Greenwood Elementary
1127 Greenwood Rd, Sanford, NC 27330 · (919) 776-0506 · Lee County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL571 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 76% 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
14.8:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
568 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 | 99 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 81 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 90 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 103 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 104 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 94 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (99) is 5% larger than its 5th grade class (94).
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
57.5%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
71.2%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 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
63.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% 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 Greenwood Elementary
Greenwood Elementary's state test result (63.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greenwood Elementary this school | 571 | 99.5% | 63.2% |
| Avery's Creek Elementary Arden | 557 | 99.5% | 46.6% |
| Boone Trail Elementary Lillington | 545 | 98.7% | 41.0% |
| Corinth-Holders Elementary Zebulon | 585 | 99.5% | 59.7% |
| Coats Elementary Coats | 633 | 96.7% | 36.0% |
| Sand Hill-Venable Elem Asheville | 590 | 98.0% | 45.7% |
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 Greenwood Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Lee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.2% | #409 of 1,297 | #2 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 71.2% | #303 of 1,296 | #2 of 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.5% | #393 of 1,300 | #2 of 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 571 | #412 of 1,485 | #3 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #704 of 1,377 | #5 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.0% | #475 of 1,379 | #6 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.5% | #178 of 1,414 | #2 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.9% | #450 of 937 | #6 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
571
+8 (+1%) vs 2020
-9% since 2000-01, when it was 625
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 14.1:1
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 | 571 | 38.5 | 14.8:1 | 99% (568) |
| 2023-24 | 556 | 43.5 | 12.8:1 | 99% (553) |
| 2022-23 | 530 | 41 | 12.9:1 | 77% (407) |
| 2020-21 | 563 | 40 | 14.1:1 | 53% (300) |
| 2017-18 | 663 | 44.2 | 15.0:1 | 75% (500) |
| 2015-16 | 679 | 41 | 16.6:1 | 80% (542) |
| 2010-11 | 663 | 40 | 16.6:1 | 73% (483) |
| 2000-01 | 625 | 46 | 13.6:1 | 60% (375) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Greenwood Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (663 to 571); teachers down 13% (44.2 to 38.5).
About Greenwood Elementary
Greenwood Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school based in Sanford, North Carolina. It has an enrollment of 571 students in kindergarten through 5. On average, elementary schools in North Carolina enroll around 467, and this school is 22% larger than that mark.
Greenwood Elementary is one school in a 16-school district, Lee County Schools, which enrolls 9,168 students.
No group is above 50% at Greenwood Elementary; the largest is White, at 43%. Beyond that, enrollment is 39% Hispanic, 11% Black, and 7% multiracial. The White share of the county population is higher, at 64%. The diversity index for Greenwood Elementary is 65%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Greenwood Elementary lists 38.5 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 14.8 students per teacher. The 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina is close to this figure. About 99% of students at Greenwood Elementary are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Greenwood 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 76% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
In North Carolina, Greenwood Elementary is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 63.2% actual against a predicted 48.5%.
The county, Lee County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $65,387, about 21% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 13%. The county's public schools total 20, with about 10,641 students.
The closest school to Greenwood Elementary is Southern Lee High School, located about 3.3 miles away. There are 4 more public schools inside five miles. Local comparison: Greenwood Elementary ranks 2nd of 5 nearby schools, at 63.2% versus a 53.8% average.
The school's federal locale classification is Rural: Fringe.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 571, starting from 563.
On allk12, people connected to Greenwood Elementary can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Lee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
65,816
Census ACS
Median income
$65,387
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
20
10,641 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lee County Schools
- Lee County HighHigh · 1,459 students
- Southern Lee High SchoolHigh · 1,180 students
- SanLee Middle SchoolMiddle · 792 students
- WB Wicker ElementaryElementary · 588 students
- J Glenn Edwards ElementaryElementary · 587 students
- Tramway ElementaryElementary · 559 students
Other schools in Sanford
- Lee County HighHigh · 1,459 students
- Southern Lee High SchoolHigh · 1,180 students
- Benhaven ElementaryElementary · 1,065 students
- Highland ElementaryElementary · 854 students
- SanLee Middle SchoolMiddle · 792 students
- Highland MiddleMiddle · 762 students
Other Greenwood Elementary schools
26 other US public schools in 21 states are named Greenwood Elementary. Greenwood Elementary is the 5th largest of the 27.
- Greenwood Elementary SchoolMIDLAND, TX · 829 students
- GREENWOOD ELEMENTARYPLYMOUTH, MN · 762 students
- Greenwood ElementaryMontebello, CA · 746 students
- Greenwood ElementaryGlen Allen, VA · 649 students
- Greenwood Elementary SchoolKennett Square, PA · 556 students
Nearby schools
- Southern Lee High School3.3 mi · 1,180
- SanLee Middle School3.4 mi · 792
- Tramway Elementary3.9 mi · 559
- J Glenn Edwards Elementary4.3 mi · 587
- Ascend Leadership Academy: Lee County5.0 mi · 628
- Ascend Leadership Remote Academy5.0 mi · 27
Frequently asked questions
About Greenwood ElementaryHow large is Greenwood Elementary?
Greenwood Elementary enrolls approximately 571 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Greenwood Elementary serve?
Greenwood Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Greenwood Elementary have?
Greenwood Elementary employs 39 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Greenwood Elementary?
At Greenwood Elementary, the student body is approximately 43% White, 39% Hispanic, 11% Black, 0% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Greenwood Elementary?
Greenwood Elementary is overseen by Lee County Schools in Lee County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.