Enrollment
395
Elementary
DISTRICT 526 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PITT COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370001201500
Grifton
513 E McCrae St, Grifton, NC 28530 · (252) 524-5141 · Pitt County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL395 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 25% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
13.0:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
385 students
DISTRICT 96% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 16 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 46 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 38 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 37 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 39 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 33 | 8% |
| Grade 5 | 43 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 44 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 50 | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 49 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (46) is 6% smaller than its 8th grade class (49).
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
39.0%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
44.4%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 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
44.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.1%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% 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 Grifton
Grifton's state test result (44.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grifton this school | 395 | 97.5% | 44.3% |
| John C Tayloe Elementary Washington | 382 | 99.2% | 49.1% |
| John Small Elementary Washington | 379 | 99.2% | 41.8% |
| Sheep-Harney Elementary Elizabeth City | 441 | 99.3% | 50.9% |
| South Elementary Roxboro | 463 | 99.4% | 56.0% |
| Brunson Elementary Winston Salem | 355 | 99.2% | 57.4% |
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 Grifton ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Pitt County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.3% | #974 of 1,297 | #17 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.4% | #1,050 of 1,296 | #19 of 21 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #977 of 1,300 | #13 of 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 395 | #910 of 1,485 | #17 of 25 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #220 of 1,377 | #5 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.1% | #308 of 1,379 | #3 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.5% | #966 of 1,414 | #23 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.4% | #271 of 937 | #3 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
395
-21 (-5%) vs 2020
-32% since 1990-91, when it was 577
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 11.6:1
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 | 395 | 30.4 | 13.0:1 | 97% (385) |
| 2023-24 | 389 | 30 | 13.0:1 | 99% (386) |
| 2022-23 | 391 | 30.4 | 12.9:1 | 99% (388) |
| 2020-21 | 416 | 36 | 11.6:1 | 99% (412) |
| 2017-18 | 496 | 36.3 | 13.7:1 | 97% (483) |
| 2015-16 | 502 | 38 | 13.2:1 | 79% (396) |
| 2010-11 | 541 | 38 | 14.2:1 | 67% (361) |
| 2000-01 | 457 | 32 | 14.3:1 | 67% (307) |
| 1990-91 | 577 | 26 | 22.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Grifton.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (496 to 395); teachers down 16% (36.3 to 30.4).
About Grifton
Federal records list Grifton as an elementary school in Grifton, North Carolina. The school offers pre-K through 8 and enrolls 395 students.
Grifton is run by Pitt County Schools, whose 40 schools enroll 24,470 students.
No group is above 50% at Grifton; the largest is Black, at 44%. It is also 27% White, 22% Hispanic, and 7% multiracial. Pitt County's residents are about 35% Black, 9 points below the school's share. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 68%.
With 30.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 13.0:1. Elementary schools in North Carolina average 14.9:1, 1.9 more students per teacher than here. Roughly 97% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Grifton holds a C allk12 Grade, placing it above 25% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
Schools in North Carolina with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 49.1%. Grifton scores 44.3%.
In Pitt County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $58,188, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 12% of residents are in poverty. There are 43 public schools in the county, enrolling about 25,202, Grifton among them.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Ayden-Grifton High, is about 4.0 miles. Other public schools within ten miles: 6. On average proficiency, Grifton is 4th of 8 nearby schools with test data.
Federal records code the school's setting as Rural: Distant.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased from 416 to 395, a 5% decline. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (13.0:1) than in 2020-21 (11.6:1).
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Pitt County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
177,193
Census ACS
Median income
$58,188
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
43
25,202 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Pitt County Schools
- D H Conley HighHigh · 1,757 students
- South CentralHigh · 1,738 students
- Junius H Rose HighHigh · 1,568 students
- Hope MiddleMiddle · 952 students
- ChicodElementary · 902 students
- North Pitt HighHigh · 854 students
Nearby schools
- Ayden-Grifton High4.0 mi · 757
- Contentnea-Savannah School6.2 mi · 789
- Ayden Middle6.9 mi · 365
- Ayden Elementary7.1 mi · 656
- Kinston High9.6 mi · 659
- Northeast Elementary9.6 mi · 465
Frequently asked questions
About GriftonHow large is Grifton?
Grifton enrolls approximately 395 students in grades PK-08.
Is Grifton an elementary, middle, or high school?
Grifton is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many teachers does Grifton have?
Grifton employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Grifton?
Student demographics at Grifton are roughly 27% White, 22% Hispanic, 44% Black, 0% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Grifton in?
Grifton is part of Pitt County Schools.
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