Enrollment
281
Elementary
DISTRICT 430 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FRANKLIN COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370153000574
Laurel Mill Elementary
730 Laurel Mill Road, Louisburg, NC 27549 · (919) 853-3577 · Franklin County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL281 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 62% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- BTest 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
12.6:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
278 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 82%
Community
0
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 | 18 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 53 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 39 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 47 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 45 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 40 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 39 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (53) is 36% larger than its 5th grade class (39).
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
54.3%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
64.5%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 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
58.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.6%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% 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 Mill Elementary
Laurel Mill Elementary's state test result (58.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laurel Mill Elementary this school | 281 | 98.9% | 58.7% |
| Alma O Easom Elementary Fayetteville | 301 | 99.0% | N/A |
| West Rockingham Elementary Rockingham | 314 | 98.4% | 33.2% |
| Frederick Douglass Elementary Wilson | 339 | 98.5% | 63.8% |
| J W McLauchlin Elementary Raeford | 304 | 99.0% | 47.2% |
| Stovall-Shaw Elementary Stovall | 336 | 99.1% | 48.3% |
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 Mill Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Franklin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.7% | #545 of 1,297 | #4 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.5% | #488 of 1,296 | #5 of 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.3% | #473 of 1,300 | #3 of 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 281 | #1,223 of 1,485 | #9 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #160 of 1,377 | #1 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.3% | #182 of 1,379 | #3 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.9% | #682 of 1,414 | #7 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.4% | #363 of 369 | N/A |
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
281
-21 (-7%) vs 2020
-38% since 2000-01, when it was 452
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 13.7:1
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 | 281 | 22.3 | 12.6:1 | 99% (278) |
| 2023-24 | 285 | 21.5 | 13.3:1 | 83% (236) |
| 2022-23 | 314 | 21.5 | 14.6:1 | 80% (250) |
| 2020-21 | 302 | 22 | 13.7:1 | 74% (223) |
| 2017-18 | 280 | 21.2 | 13.2:1 | 99% (277) |
| 2015-16 | 293 | 21 | 13.9:1 | 99% (290) |
| 2010-11 | 306 | 23 | 13.3:1 | 77% (235) |
| 2000-01 | 452 | 29 | 15.6:1 | 71% (323) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Laurel Mill Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (280 to 281); teachers up 5% (21.2 to 22.3).
About Laurel Mill Elementary
Laurel Mill Elementary is an elementary school in Louisburg, North Carolina, reachable at (919) 853-3577. The school counts 281 students across pre-K through 5. The school's enrollment is 40% smaller than the 467 average for elementary schools in North Carolina.
Franklin County Schools counts 16 schools and 7,978 students, including Laurel Mill Elementary.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Laurel Mill Elementary. The largest is Black students, at 36%. Smaller groups are 33% White, 23% Hispanic, and 8% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Franklin County is roughly 23% Black. The school's diversity index is 70%, meaning two students picked at random have a 70% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal data list 22.3 full-time-equivalent teachers at Laurel Mill Elementary in 2024-25, for a ratio of 12.6:1. That is lower than the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina. The lunch program counts 99% of students at Laurel Mill Elementary as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Public schools in Franklin County average 82%.
Measured against North Carolina public elementary schools, Laurel Mill Elementary receives a B. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Laurel Mill Elementary is 10.1 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (58.7% versus 48.6%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in North Carolina.
Franklin County has about 74,386 residents, and the median household income is $74,240, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 27% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. In all, Franklin County has 19 public schools and roughly 11,614 students.
The next-closest public school is Edward Best Elementary, about 6.7 miles away. The count of other public schools within ten miles is 4. Of 7 schools in the immediate area with test results, Laurel Mill Elementary ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Rural: Distant, meaning it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Laurel Mill Elementary's enrollment declined from 302 in 2020-21 to 281 in 2024-25. Students per teacher fell from 13.7 in 2020-21 to 12.6 in 2024-25.
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Franklin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
74,386
Census ACS
Median income
$74,240
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
19
11,614 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Franklin County Schools
- Franklinton HighHigh · 1,127 students
- Bunn HighHigh · 817 students
- Louisburg Magnet HighHigh · 630 students
- Bunn MiddleMiddle · 618 students
- Bunn ElementaryElementary · 600 students
- Cedar Creek MiddleMiddle · 529 students
Other schools in Louisburg
- Louisburg Magnet HighHigh · 630 students
- Edward Best ElementaryElementary · 498 students
- Crosscreek Charter SchoolElementary · 404 students
- Terrell Lane MiddleMiddle · 403 students
- Louisburg ElementaryElementary · 387 students
- Royal ElementaryElementary · 349 students
Nearby schools
- Edward Best Elementary6.7 mi · 498
- Terrell Lane Middle8.4 mi · 403
- Louisburg Magnet High9.1 mi · 630
- Crosscreek Charter School9.2 mi · 404
- Louisburg Elementary10.6 mi · 387
- Haliwa-Saponi Tribal School11.5 mi · 140
Frequently asked questions
About Laurel Mill ElementaryHow many students attend Laurel Mill Elementary?
Laurel Mill Elementary enrolls approximately 281 students in grades PK-05.
Is Laurel Mill Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Laurel Mill Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Laurel Mill Elementary?
Approximately 12.6:1 students per teacher at Laurel Mill Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Laurel Mill Elementary?
Student demographics at Laurel Mill Elementary are roughly 33% White, 23% Hispanic, 36% Black, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Laurel Mill Elementary?
Laurel Mill Elementary is overseen by Franklin County Schools in Franklin County.
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