Enrollment
371
Elementary
DISTRICT 455 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LENOIR COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 370261001090
Moss Hill Elementary
6040 Hwy 55 West, Kinston, NC 28504 · (252) 569-5071 · Lenoir County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL371 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 95% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- ATest 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
13.3:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
368 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 55 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 61 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 62 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 63 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 65 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 65 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (55) is 15% smaller than its 5th grade class (65).
Student demographics
60%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
66.3%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
77.0%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 77 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NC schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
74.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+25.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 49% typical for North Carolina schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 26 points, placing it in North Carolina's top 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 Moss Hill Elementary
Moss Hill Elementary's state test result (74.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moss Hill Elementary this school | 371 | 99.2% | 74.1% |
| Washington Elementary Shelby | 376 | 97.9% | 51.7% |
| Tar River Elementary Franklinton | 370 | 99.2% | 51.2% |
| Wilton Elementary Franklinton | 350 | 99.1% | 57.5% |
| Kiser Elementary Stanley | 328 | 99.1% | 47.1% |
| Jessie Mae Monroe Elementary Ash | 390 | 99.2% | 56.6% |
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 Moss Hill Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Lenoir County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 74.1% | #151 of 1,297 | #1 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 77.0% | #166 of 1,296 | #1 of 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.3% | #192 of 1,300 | #1 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 371 | #992 of 1,485 | #7 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #277 of 1,377 | #2 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.5% | #718 of 1,379 | #4 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.2% | #511 of 1,414 | #7 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.0% | #282 of 937 | #3 of 6 |
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
371
-24 (-6%) vs 2020
-4% since 1990-91, when it was 386
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 14.1:1
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 | 371 | 28 | 13.3:1 | 99% (368) |
| 2023-24 | 389 | 28 | 13.9:1 | 99% (386) |
| 2022-23 | 389 | 29 | 13.4:1 | 99% (386) |
| 2020-21 | 395 | 28 | 14.1:1 | 99% (392) |
| 2017-18 | 464 | 31 | 15.0:1 | 98% (453) |
| 2015-16 | 481 | 29 | 16.6:1 | 99% (478) |
| 2010-11 | 484 | 30 | 16.1:1 | 69% (334) |
| 2000-01 | 469 | 29 | 16.2:1 | 40% (187) |
| 1990-91 | 386 | 19 | 20.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Moss Hill Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (464 to 371); teachers down 10% (31 to 28).
About Moss Hill Elementary
Moss Hill Elementary is an elementary school in Kinston, North Carolina, according to federal school records. Total enrollment is 371 students, and the grades served are kindergarten through 5. It has 21% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in North Carolina (about 467).
Lenoir County Public Schools, which runs Moss Hill Elementary, has 17 schools and 8,331 students.
More than half of enrollment at Moss Hill Elementary is White: 58%. Other groups make up 20% Hispanic, 17% Black, and 5% multiracial. Lenoir County as a whole is about 50% White, so the school's share is higher. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Moss Hill Elementary scores 60%.
Moss Hill Elementary has a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.3:1, with 28 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina, this school's ratio is lower. The school has 99% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The figure for public schools in Lenoir County is close, at 99%.
Moss Hill Elementary earns an A+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 95% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Moss Hill Elementary is +25.6 points, in the top 10% of North Carolina. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 74.1%, and the predicted rate is 48.5%.
Census data for Lenoir County show median household income comes to about $45,143, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 16%, and roughly 17% of residents are in poverty. The county has 18 public schools and about 8,480 students.
South Lenoir High is about 4.4 miles from Moss Hill Elementary, the shortest distance to any other public school. The ten-mile area around Moss Hill Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. Moss Hill Elementary comes in 1st of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Moss Hill Elementary as Rural: Distant, meaning in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
A 6% decline took enrollment from 395 in 2020-21 to 371 in 2024-25.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Moss Hill Elementary. You can also rate the school on this page.
Lenoir County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
54,919
Census ACS
Median income
$45,143
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
17%
Below federal line
Schools in county
18
8,480 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lenoir County Public Schools
- North Lenoir HighHigh · 957 students
- Contentnea-Savannah SchoolElementary · 789 students
- South Lenoir HighHigh · 721 students
- Kinston HighHigh · 659 students
- Woodington MiddleMiddle · 584 students
- La Grange ElementaryElementary · 547 students
Other schools in Kinston
- Contentnea-Savannah SchoolElementary · 789 students
- Kinston HighHigh · 659 students
- Woodington MiddleMiddle · 584 students
- Rochelle MiddleMiddle · 517 students
- Northwest ElementaryElementary · 504 students
- Northeast ElementaryElementary · 465 students
Nearby schools
- South Lenoir High4.4 mi · 721
- Lenoir County Learning Academy5.3 mi · 66
- Woodington Middle7.2 mi · 584
- Banks Elementary7.3 mi · 436
- Pink Hill Elementary8.1 mi · 437
- La Grange Elementary8.3 mi · 547
Frequently asked questions
About Moss Hill ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Moss Hill Elementary?
Moss Hill Elementary enrolls approximately 371 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Moss Hill Elementary serve?
Moss Hill Elementary serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Moss Hill Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Moss Hill Elementary is approximately 13.3:1 (28 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Moss Hill Elementary?
At Moss Hill Elementary, the student body is approximately 58% White, 20% Hispanic, 17% Black, 5% Two or more.
Is Moss Hill Elementary public or private?
Moss Hill Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Lenoir County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.