Enrollment
262
Elementary
DISTRICT 263 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VANCE COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370465001821
Pinkston Street Elementary
855 Adams St, Henderson, NC 27536 · (252) 438-3441 · Vance County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL262 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 10% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
14.5:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
259 students
DISTRICT 97% · STATE 82%
Community
0
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 | 36 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 43 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 43 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 40 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 26 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 35 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 39 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (43) is 10% larger than its 5th grade class (39).
Student demographics
45%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
34.3%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
32.4%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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
36.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.6%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 Pinkston Street Elementary
Pinkston Street Elementary's state test result (36.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pinkston Street Elementary this school | 262 | 98.9% | 36.4% |
| Movement School Southwest Charlotte | 284 | 96.8% | N/A |
| Cook Literacy Model School Winston-Salem | 228 | 98.7% | 43.1% |
| Vandalia Elementary Greensboro | 257 | 96.5% | 44.5% |
| R Freeman Sch of Engineering Wilmington | 241 | 98.8% | 15.5% |
| Coker-Wimberly Elementary Battleboro | 236 | 96.6% | 30.0% |
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 Pinkston Street Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Vance County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.4% | #1,172 of 1,297 | #6 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.4% | #1,232 of 1,296 | #8 of 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.3% | #1,103 of 1,300 | #4 of 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 262 | #1,268 of 1,485 | #6 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #598 of 1,377 | #2 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.9% | #1,089 of 1,379 | #4 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.9% | #723 of 1,414 | #5 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.1% | #667 of 937 | #9 of 9 |
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
262
+19 (+8%) vs 2020
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 390
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
was 11.1:1
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 | 262 | 18.1 | 14.5:1 | 99% (259) |
| 2023-24 | 251 | 16.5 | 15.2:1 | 99% (248) |
| 2022-23 | 263 | 18.3 | 14.4:1 | 99% (260) |
| 2020-21 | 243 | 22 | 11.1:1 | 99% (240) |
| 2017-18 | 285 | 18.8 | 15.1:1 | 98% (279) |
| 2015-16 | 321 | 22 | 14.6:1 | 95% (305) |
| 2010-11 | 348 | 27 | 12.9:1 | 98% (341) |
| 2000-01 | 378 | 21 | 18.0:1 | 81% (306) |
| 1990-91 | 390 | 23 | 17.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pinkston Street Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (285 to 262); teachers down 4% (18.8 to 18.1).
About Pinkston Street Elementary
Students in Henderson, North Carolina, attend Pinkston Street Elementary, a low-enrollment elementary school. School enrollment was 262 students in 2024-25, in pre-K through 5. The average among elementary schools in North Carolina is roughly 467 students; this school is 44% smaller than that.
Vance County Schools runs Pinkston Street Elementary along with 15 other schools, enrolling 5,205 students in total.
Roughly 70% of students at Pinkston Street Elementary are Black. Other reported shares: 24% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 2% White. Vance County's residents are about 47% Black, 23 points below the school's share. Pick two students at random and there is a 45% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The count of teachers at Pinkston Street Elementary is 18.1 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 14.5:1. That is close to the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina. Around 99% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. That tracks the 98% average for public schools in Vance County.
The allk12 Grade for Pinkston Street Elementary is D. Compared with North Carolina public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 10% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Compared with North Carolina schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Pinkston Street Elementary's results are 12.2 points below predicted: 36.4% against 48.6%.
Vance County census figures show that the median household income is $50,465, roughly 17% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 19 public schools in Vance County, enrolling about 7,495 students in all.
Vance Virtual Village Academy is the closest public school, about 0.7 miles away in a straight line. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Pinkston Street Elementary. Among the 6 closest schools with test data, this one included, Pinkston Street Elementary ranks 5th on average proficiency.
Locale: Rural: Fringe. In NCES terms, the school is in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment is up 8% from 2020-21, when Pinkston Street Elementary had 243 students, to 2024-25, when it had 262. Its ratio of students to teachers was 11.1:1 in 2020-21, and 14.5:1 in 2024-25.
Conversations here can range across school safety, transportation, and start times. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Vance County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
42,322
Census ACS
Median income
$50,465
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
19
7,495 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Vance County Schools
- Vance County High SchoolHigh · 1,064 students
- Vance County Middle SchoolMiddle · 755 students
- Dabney ElementaryElementary · 385 students
- Aycock ElementaryElementary · 376 students
- Clarke ElementaryElementary · 364 students
- E M Rollins ElementaryElementary · 322 students
Other schools in Henderson
- Henderson CollegiateCombined · 1,334 students
- Vance County High SchoolHigh · 1,064 students
- Vance Charter SchoolCombined · 956 students
- Vance County Middle SchoolMiddle · 755 students
- Dabney ElementaryElementary · 385 students
- Aycock ElementaryElementary · 376 students
Nearby schools
- Vance Virtual Village Academy0.7 mi · 126
- STEM Early High0.7 mi · 281
- AdVance Academy0.7 mi · 112
- Henderson Collegiate1.2 mi · 1,334
- Aycock Elementary1.4 mi · 376
- L B Yancey Elementary1.6 mi · 186
Frequently asked questions
About Pinkston Street ElementaryHow large is Pinkston Street Elementary?
Pinkston Street Elementary enrolls approximately 262 students in grades PK-05.
Is Pinkston Street Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Pinkston Street Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Pinkston Street Elementary have?
Pinkston Street Elementary employs 18 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Pinkston Street Elementary?
Student demographics at Pinkston Street Elementary are roughly 2% White, 24% Hispanic, 70% Black, 4% Two or more.
Is Pinkston Street Elementary public or private?
Pinkston Street Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Vance County Schools.
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