Pine Level Elementary

As a cozy elementary campus in Pine Level, North Carolina, Pine Level Elementary teaches 341 students from grades pre-K through 5, run under Johnston County Public Schools. Enrollment runs roughly 27% leaner than the state mean of about 467.

Johnston County Public Schools runs 48 schools in total, collectively educating 37,320 students. Pine Level Elementary is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Pine Level Elementary records that the largest single group is White, at 55% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 36% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 4% Black. By comparison, Johnston County as a whole is about 64% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Pine Level Elementary has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.9:1, putting Pine Level Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 99% of students at Pine Level Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Pine Level Elementary sits in the top 10% of North Carolina schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 48.7%; actual is 71.9%, +23.3 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Johnston County) records that the typical household earns roughly $83,384 per year, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Johnston County's 52 public schools (combined enrollment of about 41,004 students), Pine Level Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Selma Elementary, roughly 2.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Pine Level Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 46.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 13%: 392 students in 2018 compared to 341 in 2025.

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