Northeast Elementary

Northeast Elementary is an elementary campus of mid-sized scale in Kinston, North Carolina, part of Lenoir County Public Schools, caters to 465 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Lenoir County Public Schools runs 17 schools in total, collectively educating 8,331 students. Northeast Elementary is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Northeast Elementary records that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (89%); the rest breaks down as 5% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 2% White. By comparison, Lenoir County as a whole is about 39% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.2:1. The state averages around 14.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 99% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Northeast Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.5%, the actual is 38.5%, a residual of -10.0 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Lenoir County indicate median household earnings sit near $45,143, about 16% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Lenoir County runs 18 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,480 students), of which Northeast Elementary is one.

Children's Village Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Northeast Elementary at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 47.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Looking at the recent track record. Northeast Elementary's enrollment has ticked down 3% since 2018, when it stood at 477 (now 465). Black enrollment moved from 93% to 89% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 17.2:1 today.

On allk12, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Members of the school community can share what they know.