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Pembroke Elementary

505 South Jones Street, Pembroke, NC 28372 · (910) 521-4204 · Robeson County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL703 STUDENTS
Enrollment
703
Elementary
DISTRICT 466 · STATE 467
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
700 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

GradeStudentsShare
Pre-K314%
Kindergarten9714%
Grade 112418%
Grade 29514%
Grade 312618%
Grade 411216%
Grade 511817%
Student demographics
36%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 71% · US 70%
White
243%
DISTRICT 10% · STATE 42% · US 43%
Hispanic
314%
DISTRICT 23% · STATE 22% · US 30%
Black
406%
DISTRICT 22% · STATE 25% · US 15%
Asian
30%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 4% · US 6%
Two+
467%
DISTRICT 7% · STATE 6% · US 5%
Native American
55980%
DISTRICT 37% · STATE 1% · US 1%
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
Male
35951%
Female
34449%

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Test scores

NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)
English Language Arts
37.8%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
48.1%
NC avg 52.2%

What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
46.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.4%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.0pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 46% 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 →

Where Pembroke Elementary ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn North CarolinaIn Robeson County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
46.4%#917 of 1,297#6 of 22
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
48.1%#952 of 1,296#11 of 22
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
37.8%#1,024 of 1,300#7 of 22
Enrollment
ranked largest first
703#175 of 1,485#4 of 24
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
15.8:1#973 of 1,377#11 of 24
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
35.7%#1,223 of 1,379#21 of 24
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
99.6%#67 of 1,414#4 of 23
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-13.4%#472 of 937#9 of 18
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.

4-year change

SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25
Enrollment
703
-55 (-7%) vs 2020
-16% since 1990-91, when it was 832
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 17.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2570344.415.8:1100% (700)
2023-2470444.715.7:1100% (701)
2022-2369243.216.0:1100% (689)
2020-217584417.2:1100% (755)
2017-1881239.420.6:1100% (809)
2015-167893820.8:199% (782)
2010-117573919.4:179% (598)
2000-018144916.6:183% (679)
1990-918324319.4:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pembroke Elementary.

About Pembroke Elementary

Pembroke Elementary is a high-enrollment elementary school in North Carolina, with an address in Pembroke. There are 703 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 5. That puts enrollment 51% bigger than the 467-student average for elementary schools in North Carolina.

In Public Schools of Robeson County, 36 schools enroll a combined 20,856 students.

About 80% of the student body at Pembroke Elementary is Native American. Smaller groups are 7% multiracial, 6% Black, 4% Hispanic, and 3% White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 36%.

Pembroke Elementary has a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.8:1, with 44.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in North Carolina average 14.9:1. The school has 100% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The figure for public schools in Robeson County is close, at 98%.

Pembroke Elementary posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 46.4%, compared with a predicted 48.4%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of North Carolina schools on BeatsExpectations.

For the population of Robeson County, median household income comes to about $41,978, roughly 15% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 21%. Robeson County counts 40 public schools with about 21,625 students.

Old Main STREAM Academy, about 0.9 miles away, is the closest public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Among the 7 closest schools with test data, this one included, Pembroke Elementary ranks 3rd on average proficiency.

The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Town: Distant: in a town some distance from an urbanized area.

Enrollment decreased 7% over 4 years, reaching 703 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 17.2:1 to 15.8:1.

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Robeson County at a glance

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Population
116,902
Census ACS
Median income
$41,978
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
15%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
21%
Below federal line
Schools in county
40
21,625 students

Quick facts

School name
Pembroke Elementary
District
Public Schools of Robeson County
Address
505 South Jones Street, Pembroke, NC 28372
Phone
(910) 521-4204
County
Robeson County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–05
Total enrollment
703
Teachers (FTE)
44
Student–teacher ratio
15.8:1
Free and reduced lunch
700 (100%)
Locale
32-Town: Distant
NCES ID
370393001578
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

Related schools

Other schools in Public Schools of Robeson County
Other schools in Pembroke
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Frequently asked questions

About Pembroke Elementary
What is the total enrollment at Pembroke Elementary?
Pembroke Elementary enrolls approximately 703 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Pembroke Elementary serve?
Pembroke Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Pembroke Elementary have?
Pembroke Elementary employs 44 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Pembroke Elementary?
Student demographics at Pembroke Elementary are roughly 3% White, 4% Hispanic, 6% Black, 0% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Pembroke Elementary in?
Pembroke Elementary is part of Public Schools of Robeson County.
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