Hobbton Elementary

Hobbton Elementary, a reasonably sized elementary-level community in Newton Grove, North Carolina, run under Sampson County Schools, teaches 453 students, covering grades K through 5.

Within Sampson County Schools, which oversees 18 schools and 7,986 students, Hobbton Elementary is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Hobbton Elementary records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (51%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 34% White, 11% Black, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 22% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, Hobbton Elementary has 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.9:1 average. An estimated 96% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Hobbton Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.6%, the actual is 65.5%, a residual of +15.8 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Sampson County put the typical household earns roughly $52,432 per year, about 16% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. In all, Sampson County runs 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,001 students), of which Hobbton Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Hobbton High, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Hobbton Elementary ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 55.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Over the past 7-year window. Hobbton Elementary's enrollment has shrank 12% since 2018, when it stood at 512 (now 453). Hispanic enrollment moved from 55% to 51% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 16.2:1 today.

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