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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Meadow Lane Elementary this year?
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Enrollment
674
Elementary
DISTRICT 569 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAYNE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 370488001956
Meadow Lane Elementary
3500 E Ash Street, Goldsboro, NC 27534 · (919) 751-7150 · Wayne County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL674 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 70% 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.
- A-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
15.1:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.5:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
666 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 46 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 149 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 141 | 21% |
| Grade 2 | 124 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 114 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 100 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (149) is 49% larger than its 4th grade class (100).
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
50.9%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
70.5%
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 71 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
60.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.7%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% 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 Meadow Lane Elementary
Meadow Lane Elementary's state test result (60.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meadow Lane Elementary this school | 674 | 98.8% | 60.9% |
| Rockfish Elementary Hope Mills | 682 | 98.8% | 64.6% |
| Royal Oaks Elementary Kannapolis | 661 | 99.5% | 65.5% |
| Pearsontown Elementary Durham | 765 | 99.6% | 72.6% |
| Gibsonville Elementary Gibsonville | 595 | 99.5% | 48.6% |
| New Century International Elementary Fayetteville | 686 | 97.4% | 55.9% |
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 Meadow Lane Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Wayne County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.9% | #471 of 1,297 | #3 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.5% | #322 of 1,296 | #1 of 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.9% | #589 of 1,300 | #5 of 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 674 | #215 of 1,485 | #3 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #781 of 1,377 | #3 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.4% | #176 of 1,379 | #2 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.8% | #740 of 1,414 | #10 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +13.3% | #156 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
674
+38 (+6%) vs 2020
-42% since 1990-91, when it was 1,161
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
was 12.5:1
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 | 674 | 44.7 | 15.1:1 | 99% (666) |
| 2023-24 | 713 | 51 | 14.0:1 | 100% (710) |
| 2022-23 | 692 | 52 | 13.3:1 | 100% (689) |
| 2020-21 | 636 | 51 | 12.5:1 | 100% (633) |
| 2017-18 | 595 | 44 | 13.5:1 | 96% (574) |
| 2015-16 | 659 | 42 | 15.7:1 | 66% (434) |
| 2010-11 | 687 | 43 | 16.0:1 | 60% (411) |
| 2000-01 | 902 | 55 | 16.4:1 | 47% (422) |
| 1990-91 | 1,161 | 56 | 20.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Meadow Lane Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 13% (595 to 674); teachers up 2% (44 to 44.7).
About Meadow Lane Elementary
Meadow Lane Elementary is one of the public schools in Goldsboro, North Carolina. It is a mid-sized elementary school. It reports enrollment of 674 students in pre-K through 4. The school is 44% larger than the average for elementary schools in North Carolina.
Enrollment across the 33 schools in Wayne County Public Schools totals 17,150 students.
The student body at Meadow Lane Elementary has no majority group. Black students lead at 38%. Next come 33% White, 18% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 2% Asian. Wayne County as a whole is about 30% Black, so the school's share is higher. The diversity index for Meadow Lane Elementary is 70%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are 44.7 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 15.1:1. The ratio is within a point of the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina. Of all students at Meadow Lane Elementary, 99% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Wayne County average a similar 98%.
On the allk12 Grade, Meadow Lane Elementary lands at B+, ahead of 70% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Meadow Lane Elementary is +12.2 points: 60.9% actual, 48.7% predicted.
The school's county is Wayne County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $59,733 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 22% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 12%. Meadow Lane Elementary shares Wayne County with 35 other public schools.
Greenwood Middle is about 0.3 miles from Meadow Lane Elementary, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around Meadow Lane Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. Among 7 nearby schools that report test results, Meadow Lane Elementary ranks 4th on proficiency.
Meadow Lane Elementary is coded as City: Small in federal locale data.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose from 636 to 674, a 6% gain. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 12.5:1 to 15.1:1.
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Wayne County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
118,652
Census ACS
Median income
$59,733
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
36
18,481 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Wayne County Public Schools
- Charles B Aycock HighHigh · 1,138 students
- Southern Wayne HighHigh · 1,007 students
- Norwayne MiddleMiddle · 848 students
- Spring Creek ElementaryElementary · 804 students
- Eastern Wayne HighHigh · 781 students
- Spring Creek HighHigh · 732 students
Other schools in Goldsboro
- Spring Creek ElementaryElementary · 804 students
- Eastern Wayne HighHigh · 781 students
- Wayne Preparatory AcademyCombined · 765 students
- Rosewood ElementaryElementary · 650 students
- Eastern Wayne ElementaryElementary · 597 students
- Tommy's Road ElementaryElementary · 545 students
Other Meadow Lane Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 5 states are named Meadow Lane Elementary. Meadow Lane Elementary is the largest of the 6.
- MEADOW LANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLLINCOLN, NE · 523 students
- Meadow Lane ElementaryLemoore, CA · 464 students
- MEADOW LANE ELEM.LEE'S SUMMIT, MO · 435 students
- Meadow Lane ElementaryAnderson, CA · 398 students
- Meadow Lane ElemOlathe, KS · 349 students
Nearby schools
- Greenwood Middle0.3 mi · 402
- Wayne STEM Academy0.9 mi · 305
- Wayne School of Technical Arts1.7 mi · 271
- North Drive Elementary2.1 mi · 498
- Eastern Wayne Middle2.2 mi · 427
- Goldsboro High2.8 mi · 412
Frequently asked questions
About Meadow Lane ElementaryHow large is Meadow Lane Elementary?
Meadow Lane Elementary enrolls approximately 674 students in grades PK-04.
What grades does Meadow Lane Elementary serve?
Meadow Lane Elementary serves grades PK-04.
How many students per teacher at Meadow Lane Elementary?
Approximately 15.1:1 students per teacher at Meadow Lane Elementary.
How diverse is Meadow Lane Elementary?
Meadow Lane Elementary reports a student body of 33% White, 18% Hispanic, 38% Black, 2% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Meadow Lane Elementary in?
Meadow Lane Elementary is part of Wayne County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.