Enrollment
362
Elementary
DISTRICT 424 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAMPSON COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370414001678
Plain View Elementary
4140 Plain View Hwy, Dunn, NC 28334 · (910) 891-4354 · Sampson County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL362 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 58% 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.
- 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
17.7:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
359 students
DISTRICT 98% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 56 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 55 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 50 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 63 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 63 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (56) is 11% smaller than its 5th grade class (63).
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
52.5%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
59.3%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 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
57.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.6%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% 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 Plain View Elementary
Plain View Elementary's state test result (57.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plain View Elementary this school | 362 | 99.2% | 57.2% |
| Harmony Elementary Harmony | 371 | 99.2% | 63.9% |
| Hasty Elementary Thomasville | 385 | 99.2% | 70.1% |
| Chapel Grove Elementary Gastonia | 382 | 99.2% | 46.4% |
| Waccamaw Ash | 415 | 99.3% | 62.1% |
| Hiddenite Elementary Hiddenite | 370 | 99.2% | 50.3% |
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 Plain View Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Sampson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.2% | #593 of 1,297 | #5 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.3% | #635 of 1,296 | #6 of 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.5% | #531 of 1,300 | #5 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 362 | #1,016 of 1,485 | #11 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.7:1 | #1,278 of 1,377 | #11 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.9% | #807 of 1,379 | #12 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.2% | #529 of 1,414 | #8 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.8% | #914 of 937 | #6 of 7 |
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
362
+18 (+5%) vs 2020
+38% since 1990-91, when it was 263
Student : Teacher
17.7:1
was 15.0:1
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 | 362 | 20.5 | 17.7:1 | 99% (359) |
| 2023-24 | 356 | 25 | 14.2:1 | 99% (353) |
| 2022-23 | 351 | 26.4 | 13.3:1 | 99% (348) |
| 2020-21 | 344 | 23 | 15.0:1 | 99% (341) |
| 2017-18 | 365 | 22.8 | 16.0:1 | 95% (346) |
| 2015-16 | 388 | 25 | 15.5:1 | 48% (185) |
| 2010-11 | 461 | 29 | 15.9:1 | 48% (221) |
| 2000-01 | 348 | 20 | 17.4:1 | 53% (185) |
| 1990-91 | 263 | 18 | 14.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Plain View Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (365 to 362); teachers down 10% (22.8 to 20.5).
About Plain View Elementary
Families in Dunn, North Carolina, are served by Plain View Elementary, a small elementary school. Classes run from kindergarten through 5, and the school has 362 students. Against the 467-student average for elementary schools in North Carolina, enrollment here is 22% lower.
Sampson County Schools has 18 schools and 7,986 students, and Plain View Elementary is one of those schools.
Plain View Elementary's enrollment is 59% White. Next come 27% Hispanic, 7% Black, and 4% multiracial. That compares with about 51% White among all Sampson County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Plain View Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 57%.
The count of teachers at Plain View Elementary is 20.5 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 17.7:1. Among elementary schools in North Carolina, the typical ratio is 14.9:1. The school counts 359 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 99%. Across public schools in Sampson County, the average is about the same, 99%.
Measured against North Carolina public elementary schools, Plain View Elementary receives a B. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 48.6% at Plain View Elementary; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 57.2%.
County data help place the school in context: in Sampson County, median household income is about $52,432, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 16%, and roughly 15% of residents are in poverty. Plain View Elementary is among the 23 public schools in Sampson County.
Midway Middle is located about 4.8 miles from Plain View Elementary. Within ten miles are at least 8 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Plain View Elementary is 4th of 8 on proficiency.
The school's locale code, Rural: Distant, means it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Federal counts put enrollment at 344 in 2020-21 and 362 in 2024-25, a 5% rise. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 15.0:1 to 17.7:1.
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Sampson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
59,470
Census ACS
Median income
$52,432
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
23
11,001 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Sampson County Schools
- Midway HighHigh · 726 students
- Midway MiddleMiddle · 584 students
- Midway ElementaryElementary · 539 students
- Salemburg ElementaryElementary · 502 students
- Union HighHigh · 494 students
- Lakewood HighHigh · 475 students
Other schools in Dunn
- Dunn ElementaryElementary · 813 students
- Coats-Erwin MiddleMiddle · 589 students
- Midway MiddleMiddle · 584 students
- Midway ElementaryElementary · 539 students
- Dunn MiddleMiddle · 388 students
- Harnett County Early CollegeHigh · 185 students
Nearby schools
- Midway Middle4.8 mi · 584
- Midway Elementary5.4 mi · 539
- Midway High5.6 mi · 726
- Dunn Elementary7.0 mi · 813
- Harnett County Early College7.0 mi · 185
- Meadow School7.6 mi · 646
Frequently asked questions
About Plain View ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Plain View Elementary?
Plain View Elementary enrolls approximately 362 students in grades KG-05.
Is Plain View Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Plain View Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Plain View Elementary?
Approximately 17.7:1 students per teacher at Plain View Elementary.
How diverse is Plain View Elementary?
Plain View Elementary reports a student body of 59% White, 27% Hispanic, 7% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Plain View Elementary?
Plain View Elementary is overseen by Sampson County Schools in Sampson County.
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