Enrollment
315
Elementary
DISTRICT 411 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LINCOLN COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370268001116
Love Memorial Elementary
1463 Love Memorial Sch Rd, Lincolnton, NC 28092 · (704) 735-5649 · Lincoln County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL315 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 24% 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
12.4:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
312 students
DISTRICT 76% · 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 | 24 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 51 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 46 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 51 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 41 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 48 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 54 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (51) is 6% smaller than its 5th grade class (54).
Student demographics
38%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 46% · 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
35.5%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
46.8%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 36 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
43.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.6%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% 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 Love Memorial Elementary
Love Memorial Elementary's state test result (43.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Love Memorial Elementary this school | 315 | 99.0% | 43.6% |
| Wittenburg Elementary Taylorsville | 294 | 99.0% | 48.5% |
| Andrews Elementary Andrews | 330 | 99.1% | 40.1% |
| Sawmills Elementary Granite Falls | 351 | 99.1% | 49.7% |
| Weaverville Elementary Weaverville | 342 | 97.4% | 71.1% |
| Black Mountain Primary Black Mountain | 351 | 96.9% | 50.0% |
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 Love Memorial Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Lincoln County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.6% | #998 of 1,297 | #12 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.8% | #992 of 1,296 | #12 of 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.5% | #1,078 of 1,300 | #12 of 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 315 | #1,152 of 1,485 | #11 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.4:1 | #133 of 1,377 | #1 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.0% | #1,203 of 1,379 | #7 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.0% | #627 of 1,414 | #5 of 13 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.6% | #318 of 369 | #7 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
315
+19 (+6%) vs 2020
-18% since 1990-91, when it was 383
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
was 11.0:1
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 | 315 | 25.4 | 12.4:1 | 99% (312) |
| 2023-24 | 291 | 25.7 | 11.3:1 | 99% (288) |
| 2022-23 | 292 | 24.5 | 11.9:1 | 73% (212) |
| 2020-21 | 296 | 27 | 11.0:1 | 58% (172) |
| 2017-18 | 307 | 24.2 | 12.7:1 | 71% (218) |
| 2015-16 | 320 | 25 | 12.8:1 | 64% (204) |
| 2010-11 | 347 | 27 | 12.8:1 | 72% (250) |
| 2000-01 | 445 | 26 | 17.1:1 | 40% (180) |
| 1990-91 | 383 | 22 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Love Memorial Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (307 to 315); teachers up 5% (24.2 to 25.4).
About Love Memorial Elementary
Love Memorial Elementary is the name of a small elementary school in Lincolnton, North Carolina. Students in pre-K through 5 attend the school, which enrolls 315 students. For comparison, elementary schools in North Carolina average about 467 students.
Federal data list 22 schools in Lincoln County Schools, with 11,710 students enrolled.
A majority of students at Love Memorial Elementary, 77%, are White. The rest of enrollment is 12% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 3% Black. By the diversity index, Love Memorial Elementary comes in at 38%.
Love Memorial Elementary operates with 25.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 12.4:1. For comparison, elementary schools in North Carolina average 14.9:1. About 99% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. That is 33 points above the 66% average for public schools in Lincoln County.
allk12 grades Love Memorial Elementary a C-. The grade compares the school only with North Carolina public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 43.6%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 48.6%.
Love Memorial Elementary is located in Lincoln County, where median household income is about $80,016, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 25 public schools in Lincoln County, with a combined enrollment of about 14,428.
Of nearby public schools, S Ray Lowder Elementary is the closest, at about 1.9 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 7 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 54.0%, higher than Love Memorial Elementary's 43.6%.
Love Memorial Elementary is in a town close to an urbanized area, a location NCES labels Town: Fringe.
Love Memorial Elementary had 296 students in 2020-21 and 315 in 2024-25, a 6% rise. The ratio was 11.0:1 in 2020-21 and 12.4:1 in 2024-25.
Threads on this page can be about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Lincoln County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
92,716
Census ACS
Median income
$80,016
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
25
14,428 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lincoln County Schools
- North Lincoln HighHigh · 1,126 students
- East Lincoln HighHigh · 1,047 students
- Lincolnton HighHigh · 797 students
- North Lincoln MiddleMiddle · 774 students
- East Lincoln MiddleMiddle · 738 students
- West Lincoln HighHigh · 731 students
Other schools in Lincolnton
- North Lincoln HighHigh · 1,126 students
- Lincolnton HighHigh · 797 students
- West Lincoln HighHigh · 731 students
- Lincolnton MiddleMiddle · 563 students
- West Lincoln MiddleMiddle · 563 students
- Battleground ElementaryElementary · 420 students
Nearby schools
- S Ray Lowder Elementary1.9 mi · 306
- Battleground Elementary2.1 mi · 420
- Lincolnton High2.2 mi · 797
- GE Massey Elementary2.9 mi · 370
- Childers Elementary3.2 mi · 418
- Asbury Academy4.3 mi · 34
Frequently asked questions
About Love Memorial ElementaryHow large is Love Memorial Elementary?
Love Memorial Elementary enrolls approximately 315 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Love Memorial Elementary serve?
Love Memorial Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Love Memorial Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Love Memorial Elementary is approximately 12.4:1 (25 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Love Memorial Elementary?
Student demographics at Love Memorial Elementary are roughly 77% White, 12% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Love Memorial Elementary?
Love Memorial Elementary is overseen by Lincoln County Schools in Lincoln County.
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