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Enrollment
504
Elementary
DISTRICT 455 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LENOIR COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 370261000586
Northwest Elementary
1701 Old Well Rd, Kinston, NC 28504 · (252) 527-5143 · Lenoir County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL504 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 49% 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
16.3:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
501 students
DISTRICT 99% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 92 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 84 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 93 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 67 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 93 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (92) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (93).
Student demographics
43%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
40.7%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
57.3%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 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
54.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% 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 Northwest Elementary
Northwest Elementary's state test result (54.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northwest Elementary this school | 504 | 99.4% | 54.0% |
| Benvenue Elementary Rocky Mount | 562 | 99.5% | 47.7% |
| Washington County Elementary School Roper | 502 | 99.4% | 39.8% |
| Mallard Creek Elementary Charlotte | 490 | 97.1% | 61.8% |
| Bearfield Primary Ahoskie | 543 | 98.3% | 44.2% |
| North Drive Elementary Goldsboro | 498 | 99.4% | N/A |
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 Northwest Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Lenoir County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #697 of 1,297 | #5 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.3% | #690 of 1,296 | #5 of 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.7% | #929 of 1,300 | #8 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 504 | #598 of 1,485 | #3 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #1,075 of 1,377 | #7 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.2% | #1,131 of 1,379 | #7 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.4% | #275 of 1,414 | #3 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.0% | #351 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
504
+44 (+10%) vs 2020
+9% since 2000-01, when it was 461
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 504 | 31 | 16.3:1 | 99% (501) |
| 2023-24 | 445 | 31 | 14.3:1 | 99% (442) |
| 2022-23 | 478 | 28 | 17.1:1 | 99% (475) |
| 2020-21 | 460 | 32 | 14.4:1 | 99% (457) |
| 2017-18 | 499 | 30.5 | 16.4:1 | 99% (496) |
| 2015-16 | 484 | 28 | 17.3:1 | 99% (481) |
| 2010-11 | 481 | 31 | 15.5:1 | 70% (338) |
| 2000-01 | 461 | 32 | 14.4:1 | 43% (198) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Northwest Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (499 to 504); teachers up 2% (30.5 to 31).
About Northwest Elementary
Northwest Elementary serves students in Kinston, North Carolina, as a mid-sized elementary school. The school offers kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 504 students.
The Lenoir County Public Schools system has 17 schools and 8,331 students.
More than half of the students at Northwest Elementary are Black (74%). Next come 8% Hispanic, 7% White, 7% multiracial, and 4% Asian. That compares with about 39% Black among all Lenoir County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 43%.
Northwest Elementary has 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 16.3:1. Elementary schools in North Carolina average 14.9:1, 1.4 fewer students per teacher than here. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 99% at Northwest Elementary. The figure for public schools in Lenoir County is close, at 99%.
Northwest Elementary earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 49% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 48.5% at Northwest Elementary; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 54.0%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Lenoir County show that median household income comes to about $45,143, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 16% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 17%. Lenoir County counts 18 public schools with about 8,480 students.
Kinston High, about 2.0 miles away, is the closest public school. Within five miles of Northwest Elementary, there are 7 other public schools. Northwest Elementary is 4th of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
NCES describes the area around Northwest Elementary as Town: Distant, meaning in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Enrollment rose by 10% across 4 years, from 460 in 2020-21 to 504 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 14.4:1 to 16.3:1.
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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
- Northeast ElementaryElementary · 465 students
- Banks ElementaryElementary · 436 students
Other Northwest Elementary schools
28 other US public schools in 18 states are named Northwest Elementary. Northwest Elementary is the 11th largest of the 29.
- Northwest ElementaryLexington, NC · 625 students
- Northwest ElementaryPikeville, NC · 559 students
- Northwest ElementaryGreenville, NC · 361 students
- Northwest Elementary SchoolTulsa, OK · 959 students
- Northwest Elementary SchoolJACKSON, MI · 758 students
Nearby schools
- Kinston High2.0 mi · 659
- Children's Village Academy2.2 mi · 149
- Southeast Elementary2.3 mi · 326
- Northeast Elementary2.4 mi · 465
- Rochelle Middle2.6 mi · 517
- Lenoir County Early College High3.4 mi · 246
Frequently asked questions
About Northwest ElementaryHow many students attend Northwest Elementary?
Northwest Elementary enrolls approximately 504 students in grades KG-05.
Is Northwest Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Northwest Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Northwest Elementary have?
Northwest Elementary employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.3:1.
How diverse is Northwest Elementary?
Northwest Elementary reports a student body of 7% White, 8% Hispanic, 74% Black, 4% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Northwest Elementary public or private?
Northwest 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.