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Enrollment
419
Elementary
DISTRICT 535 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LEE COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370256002210
J R Ingram Jr Elementary
3309 Wicker St, Sanford, NC 27330 · (919) 774-3772 · Lee County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL419 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 42% 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.
- B-Beats 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
13.9:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
416 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 | 74 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 62 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 59 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 64 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 85 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 75 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (74) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (75).
Student demographics
70%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
50.7%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
54.3%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 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
51.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% 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 J R Ingram Jr Elementary
J R Ingram Jr Elementary's state test result (51.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| J R Ingram Jr Elementary this school | 419 | 99.3% | 51.1% |
| Mineral Springs Elementary Ellerbe | 441 | 99.3% | 52.3% |
| Johnsonville Elementary Cameron | 489 | 99.2% | 54.6% |
| Bessemer City Central Elem Bessemer City | 392 | 98.2% | 29.1% |
| Lucama Elementary Lucama | 431 | 99.3% | 80.8% |
| Easley Elementary Durham | 490 | 99.4% | 74.0% |
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 J R Ingram Jr Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Lee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.1% | #784 of 1,297 | #6 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.3% | #783 of 1,296 | #5 of 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.7% | #596 of 1,300 | #3 of 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 419 | #839 of 1,485 | #8 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #453 of 1,377 | #2 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.1% | #197 of 1,379 | #2 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.3% | #415 of 1,414 | #4 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -43.0% | #16 of 937 | #1 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
419
-12 (-3%) vs 2020
-43% since 1990-91, when it was 736
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 13.5:1
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 | 419 | 30.1 | 13.9:1 | 99% (416) |
| 2023-24 | 400 | 31 | 12.9:1 | 99% (397) |
| 2022-23 | 408 | 31 | 13.2:1 | 63% (259) |
| 2020-21 | 431 | 32 | 13.5:1 | 44% (189) |
| 2017-18 | 735 | 43.3 | 17.0:1 | 66% (487) |
| 2015-16 | 717 | 42 | 17.1:1 | 67% (479) |
| 2010-11 | 670 | 39 | 17.2:1 | 65% (436) |
| 2000-01 | 609 | 39 | 15.6:1 | 45% (273) |
| 1990-91 | 736 | 35 | 21.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for J R Ingram Jr Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 43% (735 to 419); teachers down 30% (43.3 to 30.1).
About J R Ingram Jr Elementary
Among the schools in Sanford, North Carolina, is J R Ingram Jr Elementary, a medium-sized elementary school. School enrollment was 419 students in 2024-25, in kindergarten through 5.
The district, Lee County Schools, has 9,168 students enrolled across 16 schools.
White students are the largest group at J R Ingram Jr Elementary, with 39% of enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 30% Hispanic, 23% Black, and 8% multiracial. Among all residents of Lee County, the White share is about 64%. The chance that two students picked at random at J R Ingram Jr Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 70%.
The school reports 30.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 13.9 students per teacher. For comparison, elementary schools in North Carolina average 14.9:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 99% of students.
J R Ingram Jr Elementary is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 42% of North Carolina public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, J R Ingram Jr Elementary is 2.6 points above the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 51.1% actual, 48.5% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in North Carolina.
In the county around the school, Lee County, median household income is about $65,387, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. J R Ingram Jr Elementary is among the 20 public schools in Lee County.
Nearby, West Lee Middle is about 0.4 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 49.8%; J R Ingram Jr Elementary's is 51.1%, ranking 3rd of 6.
Its location is classified as Town: Distant by the National Center for Education Statistics.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, J R Ingram Jr Elementary went from 431 students to 419.
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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
- Greenwood ElementaryElementary · 571 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
Nearby schools
- West Lee Middle0.4 mi · 522
- WB Wicker Elementary1.4 mi · 588
- Central Carolina Academy1.8 mi · 536
- Floyd L Knight Children Center2.3 mi · 95
- Tramway Elementary2.5 mi · 559
- SanLee Middle School2.5 mi · 792
Frequently asked questions
About J R Ingram Jr ElementaryHow many students attend J R Ingram Jr Elementary?
J R Ingram Jr Elementary enrolls approximately 419 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does J R Ingram Jr Elementary serve?
J R Ingram Jr Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does J R Ingram Jr Elementary have?
J R Ingram Jr Elementary employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.9:1.
What is the student diversity at J R Ingram Jr Elementary?
Student demographics at J R Ingram Jr Elementary are roughly 39% White, 30% Hispanic, 23% Black, 0% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees J R Ingram Jr Elementary?
J R Ingram Jr Elementary is overseen by Lee County Schools in Lee County.
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