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How has LaFayette Elementary changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
645
Elementary
DISTRICT 589 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HARNETT COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370201000886
Northwest Harnett Elementary
736 Rollins Road, Fuquay-Varina, NC 27526 · (919) 552-4547 · Harnett County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL645 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 69% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
17.9:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
274 students
DISTRICT 76% · 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 | 11 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 107 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 111 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 99 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 124 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 98 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 95 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (107) is 13% larger than its 5th grade class (95).
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
60.3%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
72.6%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 73 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
69.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.9%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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 Harnett Elementary
Northwest Harnett Elementary's state test result (69.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northwest Harnett Elementary this school | 645 | 42.5% | 69.4% |
| Bethel Elementary Midland | 611 | 43.4% | 72.2% |
| Silverdale Elementary Maysville | 648 | 46.6% | 55.0% |
| Western Union Elementary Waxhaw | 539 | 40.6% | 57.3% |
| Waxhaw Elementary Waxhaw | 615 | 48.8% | 66.5% |
| Unionville Elementary Monroe | 679 | 38.0% | 74.2% |
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 Harnett Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Harnett County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.4% | #248 of 1,297 | #1 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 72.6% | #270 of 1,296 | #1 of 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.3% | #319 of 1,300 | #1 of 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 645 | #272 of 1,485 | #6 of 18 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.9:1 | #1,293 of 1,377 | #17 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.9% | #806 of 1,379 | #17 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.5% | #1,204 of 1,414 | #15 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.3% | #874 of 937 | #11 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
645
+101 (+19%) vs 2020
+51% since 1990-91, when it was 426
Student : Teacher
17.9:1
was 16.0:1
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 | 645 | 36.1 | 17.9:1 | 42% (274) |
| 2023-24 | 553 | 39.2 | 14.1:1 | 45% (249) |
| 2022-23 | 625 | 39.5 | 15.8:1 | 39% (244) |
| 2020-21 | 544 | 34 | 16.0:1 | 30% (161) |
| 2017-18 | 660 | 36.3 | 18.2:1 | 36% (240) |
| 2015-16 | 679 | 38 | 17.9:1 | 41% (281) |
| 2010-11 | 768 | 45 | 17.1:1 | 36% (277) |
| 2000-01 | 506 | 27 | 18.7:1 | 41% (207) |
| 1990-91 | 426 | 18 | 23.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Northwest Harnett Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (660 to 645); teachers down 1% (36.3 to 36.1).
About Northwest Harnett Elementary
This page covers Northwest Harnett Elementary, a mid-sized elementary school in Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina. It has an enrollment of 645 students in pre-K through 5. On average, elementary schools in North Carolina enroll around 467, and this school is 38% bigger than that mark.
Northwest Harnett Elementary falls under Harnett County Schools, which has 29 schools enrolling 20,095 students.
More than half of the students at Northwest Harnett Elementary are White (62%). The next largest groups are 19% Hispanic, 10% Black, 6% multiracial, and 2% Asian. That is in line with Harnett County, where about 62% of residents are White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Northwest Harnett Elementary scores 57%.
Classroom staffing at Northwest Harnett Elementary totals 36.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 17.9:1. The average for elementary schools in North Carolina is 14.9:1, so this school has more students per teacher. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Northwest Harnett Elementary is about 42%. On average, public schools in Harnett County report 74%.
Northwest Harnett 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 69% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
Northwest Harnett Elementary's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (69.4%) and its predicted rate (65.9%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of North Carolina schools.
In the surrounding county, Harnett County, median household income comes to about $71,287, about 25% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. The county's public schools total 31, with about 20,611 students.
Fuquay-Varina Middle is the nearest public school to Northwest Harnett Elementary, about 2.7 miles away. Within five miles of Northwest Harnett Elementary, there are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 7 nearby schools with scores, Northwest Harnett Elementary ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is Rural: Fringe.
The school grew from 544 students in 2020-21 to 645 in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio rising from 16.0:1 to 17.9:1.
This page is set up for the Northwest Harnett Elementary community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Harnett County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
139,150
Census ACS
Median income
$71,287
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
31
20,611 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Harnett County Schools
- Overhills HighHigh · 1,981 students
- Harnett Central HighHigh · 1,522 students
- Western Harnett HighHigh · 1,324 students
- Triton HighHigh · 1,274 students
- Benhaven ElementaryElementary · 1,065 students
- Harnett Central MiddleMiddle · 1,059 students
Other schools in Fuquay-Varina
- Fuquay-Varina HighHigh · 1,858 students
- Herbert Akins Road MiddleMiddle · 1,253 students
- Fuquay-Varina MiddleMiddle · 1,004 students
- Herbert Akins Rd ElementaryElementary · 988 students
- South Lakes ElementaryElementary · 774 students
- Fuquay-Varina ElementaryElementary · 772 students
Nearby schools
- Fuquay-Varina Middle2.7 mi · 1,004
- Achievement Charter Academy2.8 mi · 211
- Lincoln Heights Elementary2.9 mi · 667
- Fuquay-Varina High3.8 mi · 1,858
- Southern Wake Academy3.9 mi · 534
- Buckhorn Creek Elementary4.2 mi · 905
Frequently asked questions
About Northwest Harnett ElementaryHow many students attend Northwest Harnett Elementary?
Northwest Harnett Elementary enrolls approximately 645 students in grades PK-05.
Is Northwest Harnett Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Northwest Harnett Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Northwest Harnett Elementary have?
Northwest Harnett Elementary employs 36 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.9:1.
How diverse is Northwest Harnett Elementary?
Northwest Harnett Elementary reports a student body of 62% White, 19% Hispanic, 10% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Northwest Harnett Elementary public or private?
Northwest Harnett Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Harnett County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.