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Enrollment
491
Elementary
DISTRICT 503 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALAMANCE-BURLINGTON SCHOOLS·NCES 370003000200
Harvey R Newlin Elementary
316 Carden Street, Burlington, NC 27215 · (336) 570-6125 · Alamance County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL491 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 1% 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
15.2:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
488 students
DISTRICT 82% · 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 | 29 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 62 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 89 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 82 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 74 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 81 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 74 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (62) is 16% smaller than its 5th grade class (74).
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
20.1%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
29.7%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 20 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 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
25.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-22.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 48% 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 Harvey R Newlin Elementary
Harvey R Newlin Elementary's state test result (25.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harvey R Newlin Elementary this school | 491 | 99.4% | 25.7% |
| West Smithfield Elementary Smithfield | 494 | 97.4% | 40.5% |
| Wilson's Mills Elementary Wilson's Mills | 496 | 99.2% | 51.3% |
| Greenway Park Elementary Charlotte | 511 | 99.4% | 43.6% |
| Hodge Road Elementary Knightdale | 522 | 99.4% | 46.5% |
| Butler Avenue Elementary Clinton | 469 | 99.4% | N/A |
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 Harvey R Newlin Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Alamance County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.7% | #1,276 of 1,297 | #18 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.7% | #1,258 of 1,296 | #18 of 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 20.1% | #1,282 of 1,300 | #19 of 20 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 491 | #637 of 1,485 | #14 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #810 of 1,377 | #10 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.2% | #566 of 1,379 | #14 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.4% | #299 of 1,414 | #7 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.1% | #183 of 937 | #1 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
491
-58 (-11%) vs 2020
-27% since 2000-01, when it was 673
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 491 | 32.3 | 15.2:1 | 99% (488) |
| 2023-24 | 513 | 33.7 | 15.2:1 | 99% (510) |
| 2022-23 | 516 | 36 | 14.3:1 | 99% (512) |
| 2020-21 | 549 | 38 | 14.4:1 | 99% (546) |
| 2017-18 | 647 | 42 | 15.4:1 | 100% (644) |
| 2015-16 | 623 | 45 | 13.8:1 | 100% (620) |
| 2010-11 | 632 | 45 | 14.0:1 | 90% (571) |
| 2000-01 | 673 | 38 | 17.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Harvey R Newlin Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (647 to 491); teachers down 23% (42 to 32.3).
About Harvey R Newlin Elementary
Harvey R Newlin Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in Burlington, North Carolina, one of the schools in Alamance-Burlington Schools. Classes run from pre-K through 5, and the school has 491 students.
The Alamance-Burlington Schools system has 37 schools and 22,661 students.
A majority of students at Harvey R Newlin Elementary, 51%, are Hispanic. The next largest groups are 30% Black, 10% White, and 8% multiracial. The school's Hispanic share is 36 points above the 15% share among Alamance County residents. Harvey R Newlin Elementary has a diversity index of 63%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Harvey R Newlin Elementary counts 32.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 15.2 students for each one. Elementary schools in North Carolina have a similar average ratio of 14.9:1. About 99% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Alamance County, the average eligibility rate is 80%.
Measured against North Carolina public elementary schools, Harvey R Newlin Elementary receives an F. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Harvey R Newlin Elementary is in the bottom 10% of North Carolina schools: 25.7% actual against 48.5% predicted.
In Alamance County (population about 176,893), median household income is about $65,651, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 29%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. A total of 42 public schools operate in Alamance County, serving about 25,737 students.
The next-closest public school is Graham Middle, about 1.5 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Harvey R Newlin Elementary's average proficiency of 25.7% compares with 28.7% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000, according to its NCES locale (City: Small).
Harvey R Newlin Elementary had 549 students in 2020-21 and 491 in 2024-25, an 11% decrease.
Questions about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Alamance County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
176,893
Census ACS
Median income
$65,651
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
42
25,737 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Alamance-Burlington Schools
- Walter M Williams HighHigh · 1,206 students
- Southern Alamance HighHigh · 1,148 students
- Western Alamance HighHigh · 1,138 students
- Southeast Alamance HighHigh · 1,079 students
- Eastern Alamance HighHigh · 952 students
- Hawfields MiddleMiddle · 864 students
Other schools in Burlington
- Walter M Williams HighHigh · 1,206 students
- Clover GardenCombined · 963 students
- Hugh M Cummings HighHigh · 807 students
- Turrentine MiddleMiddle · 739 students
- Highland ElementaryElementary · 661 students
- Hillcrest ElementaryElementary · 556 students
Nearby schools
- Graham Middle1.5 mi · 553
- Broadview Middle1.6 mi · 512
- Ray Street Academy1.6 mi · 36
- Alamance Virtual School1.6 mi · 203
- Hugh M Cummings High1.7 mi · 807
- Eastlawn Elementary2.1 mi · 528
Frequently asked questions
About Harvey R Newlin ElementaryHow large is Harvey R Newlin Elementary?
Harvey R Newlin Elementary enrolls approximately 491 students in grades PK-05.
Is Harvey R Newlin Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Harvey R Newlin Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Harvey R Newlin Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Harvey R Newlin Elementary is approximately 15.2:1 (32 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Harvey R Newlin Elementary?
At Harvey R Newlin Elementary, the student body is approximately 10% White, 51% Hispanic, 30% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Harvey R Newlin Elementary public or private?
Harvey R Newlin Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Alamance-Burlington Schools.
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