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Alumni: what's one memory from Laurel Hill Elementary that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
662
Elementary
DISTRICT 521 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SCOTLAND COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370420001689
Laurel Hill Elementary
11340 Old Wire Road, Laurel Hill, NC 28351 · (910) 462-2111 · Scotland County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL662 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 22% 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
13.2:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
653 students
DISTRICT 99% · 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 | 36 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 87 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 110 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 105 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 97 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 115 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 112 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (87) is 22% smaller than its 5th grade class (112).
Student demographics
71%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
34.0%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
47.0%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 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
43.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.7%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% 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 Laurel Hill Elementary
Laurel Hill Elementary's state test result (43.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laurel Hill Elementary this school | 662 | 98.6% | 43.4% |
| South Johnson Elementary Laurinburg | 654 | 99.5% | 48.0% |
| Nashville Elementary Nashville | 593 | 99.5% | 62.6% |
| Ayden Elementary Ayden | 656 | 98.5% | 63.7% |
| Red Oak Elementary Red Oak | 696 | 99.6% | 58.6% |
| Wagram Elementary Wagram | 508 | 99.4% | 37.3% |
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 Laurel Hill Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.4% | #1,008 of 1,297 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #982 of 1,296 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #1,107 of 1,300 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 662 | #232 of 1,485 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #267 of 1,377 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.8% | #158 of 1,379 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.6% | #796 of 1,414 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +23.3% | #84 of 369 |
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
662
-72 (-10%) vs 2020
+44% since 1990-91, when it was 461
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
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 | 662 | 50.2 | 13.2:1 | 99% (653) |
| 2023-24 | 659 | 50 | 13.2:1 | 100% (656) |
| 2022-23 | 662 | 50.9 | 13.0:1 | 100% (659) |
| 2020-21 | 734 | 54 | 13.6:1 | 100% (731) |
| 2017-18 | 537 | 39.5 | 13.6:1 | 99% (534) |
| 2015-16 | 528 | 36 | 14.7:1 | 99% (525) |
| 2010-11 | 462 | 35 | 13.2:1 | 71% (330) |
| 2000-01 | 619 | 41 | 15.1:1 | 62% (381) |
| 1990-91 | 461 | 21 | 21.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Laurel Hill Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 23% (537 to 662); teachers up 27% (39.5 to 50.2).
About Laurel Hill Elementary
At 11340 Old Wire Road in Laurel Hill, North Carolina, Laurel Hill Elementary operates as a mid-sized elementary school. Students in pre-K through 5 make up the school's enrollment of 662 students. By comparison, elementary schools in North Carolina enroll about 467 students on average.
Scotland County Schools serves 5,416 students across 10 schools.
The biggest share of students at Laurel Hill Elementary, 43%, is Black. Next come 25% White, 19% Native American, 9% multiracial, and 3% Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 71%.
The school's 50.2 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.2:1. Elementary schools in North Carolina have an average ratio of 14.9:1. At Laurel Hill Elementary, 99% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That is in line with the 99% average for public schools in Scotland County.
Laurel Hill Elementary earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 22% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
Laurel Hill Elementary's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (43.4%) and its predicted rate (48.7%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of North Carolina schools.
In the surrounding county, Scotland County, the median household earns about $45,730 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 17%, and about 22% of people live in poverty. Counting Laurel Hill Elementary, Scotland County has 10 public schools.
Of the public schools around it, Laurel Hill Elementary is closest to Carver Middle, about 0.1 miles away. Laurel Hill Elementary has 3 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Laurel Hill Elementary at 3rd of 7.
By NCES locale, the school is Rural: Distant, or in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
The school shrank from 734 students in 2020-21 to 662 in 2024-25.
The allk12 page for Laurel Hill Elementary lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
Scotland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
33,590
Census ACS
Median income
$45,730
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
22%
Below federal line
Schools in county
10
5,416 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Scotland County Schools
- Scotland High SchoolHigh · 1,294 students
- South Johnson ElementaryElementary · 654 students
- Spring Hill MiddleMiddle · 593 students
- Carver MiddleMiddle · 563 students
- Wagram ElementaryElementary · 508 students
- Sycamore Lane PrimaryElementary · 435 students
Other Laurel Hill Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Laurel Hill Elementary. Laurel Hill Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Laurel Hill ElementaryLorton, VA · 743 students
- Laurel Hill Elementary SchoolHanover Park, IL · 384 students
Nearby schools
- Carver Middle0.1 mi · 563
- Scotland High School3.9 mi · 1,294
- Scotland Early College High4.4 mi · 238
- Sycamore Lane Elementary6.0 mi · 347
- Sycamore Lane Primary6.0 mi · 435
- Shaw Academy6.4 mi · 122
Frequently asked questions
About Laurel Hill ElementaryHow large is Laurel Hill Elementary?
Laurel Hill Elementary enrolls approximately 662 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Laurel Hill Elementary serve?
Laurel Hill Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Laurel Hill Elementary?
Approximately 13.2:1 students per teacher at Laurel Hill Elementary.
How diverse is Laurel Hill Elementary?
Laurel Hill Elementary reports a student body of 25% White, 3% Hispanic, 43% Black, 0% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Laurel Hill Elementary?
Laurel Hill Elementary is overseen by Scotland County Schools in Scotland County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.