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Which teacher or staff member at Powhatan Elementary deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
656
Elementary
DISTRICT 690 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JOHNSTON COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 370237003113
Powhatan Elementary
3145 Vinson Rd, Clayton, NC 27527 · (919) 553-3259 · Johnston County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL656 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 95% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+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
17.4:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
653 students
DISTRICT 99% · 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 | 50 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 86 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 105 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 89 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 116 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 94 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 116 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (86) is 26% smaller than its 5th grade class (116).
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
70.6%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
74.2%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 74 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NC schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
73.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.4%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+24.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 48% typical for North Carolina schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 25 points, placing it in North Carolina's top 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 Powhatan Elementary
Powhatan Elementary's state test result (73.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Powhatan Elementary this school | 656 | 99.5% | 73.1% |
| Granite Quarry Elementary Salisbury | 586 | 99.5% | 40.2% |
| Rosewood Elementary Goldsboro | 650 | 98.3% | 59.7% |
| Walkertown Elementary Walkertown | 633 | 99.5% | 44.2% |
| Northwest Elementary Pikeville | 559 | 98.0% | 65.1% |
| A T Allen Elementary Concord | 626 | 99.5% | 56.5% |
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 Powhatan Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Johnston County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 73.1% | #163 of 1,297 | #3 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 74.2% | #241 of 1,296 | #4 of 24 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.6% | #125 of 1,300 | #2 of 24 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 656 | #246 of 1,485 | #14 of 25 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.4:1 | #1,249 of 1,377 | #20 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.4% | #504 of 1,379 | #14 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.5% | #97 of 1,414 | #8 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.9% | #909 of 937 | #14 of 14 |
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
656
+2 (+0%) vs 2020
+11% since 2010-11, when it was 590
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
was 13.1:1
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 | 656 | 37.7 | 17.4:1 | 100% (653) |
| 2023-24 | 614 | 40 | 15.3:1 | 38% (235) |
| 2022-23 | 616 | 42 | 14.7:1 | 34% (211) |
| 2020-21 | 654 | 50 | 13.1:1 | 19% (122) |
| 2017-18 | 662 | 42 | 15.8:1 | 17% (111) |
| 2015-16 | 580 | 35 | 16.6:1 | 15% (86) |
| 2010-11 | 590 | 33 | 17.9:1 | 14% (83) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Powhatan Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (662 to 656); teachers down 10% (42 to 37.7).
About Powhatan Elementary
Families in Clayton, North Carolina, are served by Powhatan Elementary, a medium-sized elementary school. Its 656 students are spread across pre-K through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in North Carolina is about 467 students.
Johnston County Public Schools has 37,320 students spread across 48 schools.
White students are the majority at Powhatan Elementary, with 53% of enrollment. Other groups make up 20% Black, 18% Hispanic, and 8% multiracial. County-wide, 64% of Johnston County residents are White. The school's diversity index is 64%, meaning two students picked at random have a 64% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school reports 37.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 17.4 students per teacher. That is 2.5 students per teacher above the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 100% of students.
allk12 grades Powhatan Elementary an A+. The grade compares the school only with North Carolina public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
On BeatsExpectations, which compares test results with what a school's student poverty level would predict, Powhatan Elementary ranks in the top 10% in North Carolina. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 73.1%, against a prediction of 48.4%.
Powhatan Elementary is located in Johnston County, where the median household income is $83,384, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 29%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Besides Powhatan Elementary, Johnston County has 51 other public schools.
Nearest public school: East Clayton Elementary, about 1.6 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 56.6%; Powhatan Elementary's is 73.1%, ranking 1st of 8.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Small by the National Center for Education Statistics.
In 2020-21, Powhatan Elementary enrolled 654; in 2024-25, 656. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 13.1:1; by 2024-25 it was 17.4:1.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at Powhatan Elementary. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Johnston County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
234,263
Census ACS
Median income
$83,384
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
52
41,004 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Johnston County Public Schools
- Corinth Holders HighHigh · 2,187 students
- Clayton HighHigh · 1,929 students
- Cleveland HighHigh · 1,889 students
- West Johnston HighHigh · 1,563 students
- Smithfield-Selma HighHigh · 1,548 students
- South Johnston HighHigh · 1,355 students
Other schools in Clayton
- American Leadership Academy - JohnstonCombined · 2,082 students
- Clayton HighHigh · 1,929 students
- Cleveland HighHigh · 1,889 students
- River Dell ElementaryElementary · 981 students
- Riverwood MiddleMiddle · 902 students
- Cleveland ElementaryElementary · 851 students
Other Powhatan Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Powhatan Elementary. Powhatan Elementary is the largest of the 4.
- Powhatan ElementaryPowhatan, VA · 477 students
- Powhatan ElementaryBaltimore, MD · 250 students
- Powhatan Elementary SchoolPowhatan Point, OH · 200 students
Nearby schools
- East Clayton Elementary1.6 mi · 524
- Wilson's Mills Elementary3.6 mi · 496
- River Dell Elementary3.6 mi · 981
- Cooper Academy3.9 mi · 447
- Thanksgiving Elementary4.4 mi · 870
- Clayton High4.4 mi · 1,929
Frequently asked questions
About Powhatan ElementaryHow large is Powhatan Elementary?
Powhatan Elementary enrolls approximately 656 students in grades PK-05.
Is Powhatan Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Powhatan Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Powhatan Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Powhatan Elementary is approximately 17.4:1 (38 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Powhatan Elementary?
Powhatan Elementary reports a student body of 53% White, 18% Hispanic, 20% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Powhatan Elementary?
Powhatan Elementary is overseen by Johnston County Public Schools in Johnston County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.