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If you had an hour of school board time for Lakeforest Elementary, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
821
Elementary
DISTRICT 526 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PITT COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370001203189
Lakeforest Elementary
3300 Briarcliff Drive, Greenville, NC 27834 · (252) 756-3941 · Pitt County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL821 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 37% 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.
- C+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
15.4:1
53 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
805 students
DISTRICT 96% · 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 | 16 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 150 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 122 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 145 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 150 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 125 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 113 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (150) is 33% larger than its 5th grade class (113).
Student demographics
34%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
39.1%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
49.9%
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 50 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
49.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.9%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% 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 Lakeforest Elementary
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeforest Elementary this school | 821 | 98.1% | 49.2% |
| KIPP Charlotte Charlotte | 813 | 98.9% | N/A |
| Mallard Creek STEM Academy Charlotte | 961 | 97.1% | N/A |
| Guilford Preparatory Academy Greensboro | 672 | 99.6% | N/A |
| G R Edwards Elementary Rocky Mount | 632 | 97.8% | 30.5% |
| Movement Charter School Charlotte | 625 | 99.5% | 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 Lakeforest Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Pitt County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.2% | #837 of 1,297 | #11 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.9% | #910 of 1,296 | #16 of 21 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.1% | #969 of 1,300 | #12 of 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 821 | #67 of 1,485 | #4 of 25 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.4:1 | #872 of 1,377 | #19 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.7% | #1,242 of 1,379 | #23 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.1% | #894 of 1,414 | #22 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.9% | #269 of 369 | #7 of 9 |
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
821
+85 (+12%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
was 13.6:1
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 | 821 | 53.3 | 15.4:1 | 98% (805) |
| 2023-24 | 819 | 54.9 | 14.9:1 | 98% (805) |
| 2022-23 | 804 | 54 | 14.9:1 | 99% (792) |
| 2020-21 | 736 | 54 | 13.6:1 | 100% (733) |
| 2017-18 | 783 | 51.7 | 15.1:1 | 100% (780) |
| 2015-16 | 804 | 50 | 16.1:1 | 100% (801) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lakeforest Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (783 to 821); teachers up 3% (51.7 to 53.3).
About Lakeforest Elementary
Lakeforest Elementary is the name of a high-enrollment elementary school in Greenville, North Carolina. It teaches 821 students in pre-K through 5. It has 76% more students than the average for elementary schools in North Carolina (about 467).
Lakeforest Elementary is one of 40 schools in Pitt County Schools, which enrolls 24,470 students in total.
The share of students at Lakeforest Elementary who are Black is 81%. Other groups make up 7% Hispanic, 5% White, and 5% multiracial. County-wide, 35% of Pitt County residents are Black. A diversity index of 34% means there is a 34% chance two randomly chosen students at Lakeforest Elementary are from different groups.
For every teacher at Lakeforest Elementary, there are about 15.4 students; the school has 53.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in North Carolina is about 14.9:1. There are 805 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 98% of enrollment.
On the allk12 Grade, Lakeforest Elementary lands at C+, ahead of 37% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Lakeforest Elementary would score about 48.9%. It scores 49.2%, within a point of that figure.
The county, Pitt County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $58,188 a year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Lakeforest Elementary, Pitt County has 43 public schools.
The closest school to Lakeforest Elementary is Pitt County Virtual, located about 1.8 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Lakeforest Elementary's average proficiency of 49.2% compares with 54.7% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Lakeforest Elementary is coded as City: Small in federal locale data.
In 2020-21, Lakeforest Elementary enrolled 736 students. By 2024-25, that number had grown to 821. Federal data show the ratio rising from 13.6:1 to 15.4:1.
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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
Other schools in Greenville
- D H Conley HighHigh · 1,757 students
- Junius H Rose HighHigh · 1,568 students
- Hope MiddleMiddle · 952 students
- ChicodElementary · 902 students
- Eastern ElementaryElementary · 833 students
- Wintergreen IntermediateElementary · 821 students
Nearby schools
- Pitt County Virtual1.8 mi · 38
- Ridgewood Elementary2.0 mi · 700
- Junius H Rose High2.1 mi · 1,568
- ECU Community School2.1 mi · 108
- South Greenville Elementary2.1 mi · 251
- Sadie Saulter2.3 mi · 300
Frequently asked questions
About Lakeforest ElementaryHow many students attend Lakeforest Elementary?
Lakeforest Elementary enrolls approximately 821 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Lakeforest Elementary serve?
Lakeforest Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Lakeforest Elementary?
Approximately 15.4:1 students per teacher at Lakeforest Elementary.
How diverse is Lakeforest Elementary?
Lakeforest Elementary reports a student body of 5% White, 7% Hispanic, 81% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Lakeforest Elementary in?
Lakeforest Elementary is part of Pitt County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.