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What's one thing Northeast Elementary gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
497
Elementary
DISTRICT 569 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAYNE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 370488002319
Northeast Elementary
4665 NC Hwy 111 N, Pikeville, NC 27863 · (919) 705-6030 · Wayne County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL497 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 55% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
16.0:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.5:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
494 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 | 17 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 61 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 56 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 91 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 89 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 100 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 83 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is 27% smaller than its 5th grade class (83).
Student demographics
65%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
52.7%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
59.1%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 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
55.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 Northeast Elementary
Northeast Elementary's state test result (55.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northeast Elementary this school | 497 | 99.4% | 55.8% |
| Ida Rankin Elementary School Mount Holly | 533 | 97.6% | 61.6% |
| Chocowinity Primary Chocowinity | 484 | 98.8% | 86.4% |
| Cash Elementary Kernersville | 520 | 99.4% | 64.2% |
| Vanstory Hills Elementary Fayetteville | 514 | 99.4% | 68.7% |
| Pittsboro Elementary Pittsboro | 503 | 99.4% | 66.0% |
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 Northeast Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Wayne County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.8% | #640 of 1,297 | #7 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.1% | #638 of 1,296 | #8 of 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.7% | #527 of 1,300 | #3 of 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 497 | #620 of 1,485 | #10 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.0:1 | #1,018 of 1,377 | #8 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.3% | #456 of 1,379 | #5 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.4% | #288 of 1,414 | #5 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -30.3% | #96 of 937 | #1 of 12 |
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
497
-186 (-27%) vs 2020
-25% since 2000-01, when it was 662
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 497 | 31.1 | 16.0:1 | 99% (494) |
| 2023-24 | 661 | 41.4 | 16.0:1 | 100% (658) |
| 2022-23 | 707 | 39.4 | 17.9:1 | 100% (704) |
| 2020-21 | 683 | 45 | 15.2:1 | 99% (676) |
| 2017-18 | 713 | 43.2 | 16.5:1 | 100% (710) |
| 2015-16 | 682 | 41 | 16.6:1 | 65% (442) |
| 2010-11 | 742 | 43 | 17.3:1 | 58% (428) |
| 2000-01 | 662 | 45 | 14.7:1 | 49% (323) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Northeast Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 30% (713 to 497); teachers down 28% (43.2 to 31.1).
About Northeast Elementary
In Pikeville, North Carolina, Northeast Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school. The school counts 497 students across pre-K through 5.
Northeast Elementary is among 33 schools run by Wayne County Public Schools, which serves 17,150 students.
At 50%, White students outnumber all other groups at Northeast Elementary combined. The remaining students are 24% Black, 18% Hispanic, and 5% multiracial. The county population is about 51% White, within a few points of the school. By the diversity index, Northeast Elementary comes in at 65%.
The ratio of students to teachers is 16.0:1, with 31.1 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. For comparison, elementary schools in North Carolina average 14.9:1. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 99%. Across public schools in Wayne County, the average is about the same, 98%.
Northeast Elementary is graded B by allk12, scoring above 55% of North Carolina public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Northeast Elementary is 7.3 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (55.8% versus 48.5%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in North Carolina.
Within Wayne County, median household income is about $59,733, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 22% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 12%. Federal data list 36 public schools in Wayne County, with a combined enrollment of about 18,481.
Norwayne Middle is the closest public school, about 3.2 miles away in a straight line. There are 2 more public schools inside five miles. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Northeast Elementary is 4th on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Fringe.
The student count in 2024-25 was 497, 27% below the 683 of 2020-21.
Threads on this page can be about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Pikeville
- Charles B Aycock HighHigh · 1,138 students
- Northwest ElementaryElementary · 559 students
Other Northeast Elementary schools
24 other US public schools in 17 states are named Northeast Elementary. Northeast Elementary is the 8th largest of the 25.
- Northeast ElementaryKinston, NC · 465 students
- Northeast ElementaryPinetown, NC · 355 students
- NORTHEAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLBRENTWOOD, NY · 937 students
- Northeast Elementary SchoolMeridian, MS · 730 students
- Northeast ElementaryClarksville, TN · 722 students
Nearby schools
- Norwayne Middle3.2 mi · 848
- Charles B Aycock High4.5 mi · 1,138
- Wayne Preparatory Academy5.4 mi · 765
- Tommy's Road Elementary5.5 mi · 545
- Fremont STARS Elementary6.0 mi · 535
- Wayne Early / Middle College High6.3 mi · 239
Frequently asked questions
About Northeast ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Northeast Elementary?
Northeast Elementary enrolls approximately 497 students in grades PK-05.
Is Northeast Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Northeast Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Northeast Elementary?
Approximately 16.0:1 students per teacher at Northeast Elementary.
How diverse is Northeast Elementary?
Northeast Elementary reports a student body of 50% White, 18% Hispanic, 24% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Northeast Elementary?
Northeast Elementary is overseen by Wayne County Public Schools in Wayne County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.