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What do students at Prospect Elementary actually talk about outside of class?
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Enrollment
775
Elementary
DISTRICT 466 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF ROBESON COUNTY·NCES 370393001583
Prospect Elementary
4024 Missouri Road, Maxton, NC 28364 · (910) 521-4766 · Robeson County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL775 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 52% 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.
- BBeats 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
14.9:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
772 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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 31 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 84 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 68 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 96 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 79 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 76 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 65 | 8% |
| Grade 6 | 78 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 98 | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 100 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (84) is 16% smaller than its 8th grade class (100).
Student demographics
17%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · 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
48.1%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
58.9%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 48 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
54.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.4%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% 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 →
Schools most like Prospect Elementary
Prospect Elementary's state test result (54.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prospect Elementary this school | 775 | 99.6% | 54.8% |
| Pembroke Elementary Pembroke | 703 | 99.6% | 46.4% |
| Cherokee Central Elementary School Cherokee | 607 | 99.5% | N/A |
| Old Main STREAM Academy Pembroke | 437 | 99.3% | N/A |
| Deep Branch Elementary Lumberton | 374 | 99.2% | 37.6% |
| Union Elementary Rowland | 351 | 99.1% | 59.4% |
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 Prospect Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Robeson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.8% | #671 of 1,297 | #4 of 22 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.9% | #641 of 1,296 | #5 of 22 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.1% | #681 of 1,300 | #2 of 22 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 775 | #106 of 1,485 | #2 of 24 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.9:1 | #725 of 1,377 | #5 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.3% | #1,364 of 1,379 | #24 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.6% | #39 of 1,414 | #2 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.5% | #345 of 937 | #7 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. 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
775
-104 (-12%) vs 2020
+10% since 1990-91, when it was 703
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
was 16.3:1
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 | 775 | 52 | 14.9:1 | 100% (772) |
| 2023-24 | 805 | 51.8 | 15.6:1 | 100% (802) |
| 2022-23 | 848 | 52.2 | 16.2:1 | 100% (845) |
| 2020-21 | 879 | 54 | 16.3:1 | 100% (876) |
| 2017-18 | 939 | 53.6 | 17.5:1 | 100% (936) |
| 2015-16 | 967 | 52 | 18.6:1 | 99% (956) |
| 2010-11 | 954 | 50 | 19.1:1 | 75% (714) |
| 2000-01 | 838 | 45 | 18.6:1 | 74% (623) |
| 1990-91 | 703 | 35 | 20.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Prospect Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (939 to 775); teachers down 3% (53.6 to 52).
About Prospect Elementary
Prospect Elementary is classified as an elementary school. It is located in Maxton, North Carolina. It enrolls 775 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are pre-K through 8. The school is 66% bigger than the average for elementary schools in North Carolina.
Prospect Elementary is run by Public Schools of Robeson County, whose 36 schools enroll 20,856 students.
The share of students at Prospect Elementary who are Native American is 91%. Other groups include 3% multiracial and 2% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 17, compared with 70 nationally.
The school has 52 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 14.9 students per teacher. The 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina is close to this figure. Of all students at Prospect Elementary, 100% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Robeson County is similar, at 98%.
On the allk12 Grade, Prospect Elementary lands at B-, ahead of 52% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 54.8%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 48.4%.
The county, Robeson County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $41,978, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 15% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 21%. The county's public schools total 40, with about 21,625 students.
Measured in a straight line, Purnell Swett High is about 2.6 miles from Prospect Elementary. Other public schools within five miles: 5. Nearby schools with test data average 39.8% proficiency; Prospect Elementary posts 54.8%.
NCES describes the area around Prospect Elementary as Rural: Distant, meaning in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
In 2020-21, Prospect Elementary enrolled 879 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 775. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (14.9:1) than in 2020-21 (16.3:1).
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Robeson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
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
Related schools
Other schools in Public Schools of Robeson County
- Lumberton Senior HighHigh · 1,894 students
- Purnell Swett HighHigh · 1,583 students
- Saint Pauls HighHigh · 1,142 students
- Red Springs HighHigh · 867 students
- Fairmont HighHigh · 780 students
- Magnolia ElementaryElementary · 779 students
Other schools in Maxton
- Oxendine ElementaryElementary · 301 students
- Townsend ElementaryElementary · 280 students
Other Prospect Elementary schools
10 other US public schools in 8 states are named Prospect Elementary. Prospect Elementary is the largest of the 11.
- Prospect ElementaryMonroe, NC · 373 students
- Prospect Elementary SchoolProspect, CT · 572 students
- Prospect Elementary SchoolGirard, OH · 498 students
- PROSPECT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLMERIDIAN, ID · 456 students
- PROSPECT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHEMPSTEAD, NY · 441 students
Nearby schools
- Purnell Swett High2.6 mi · 1,583
- CIS Academy3.6 mi · 114
- Old Main STREAM Academy3.7 mi · 437
- Pembroke Middle4.2 mi · 645
- Pembroke Elementary4.6 mi · 703
- Oxendine Elementary5.3 mi · 301
Frequently asked questions
About Prospect ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Prospect Elementary?
Prospect Elementary enrolls approximately 775 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Prospect Elementary serve?
Prospect Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Prospect Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Prospect Elementary is approximately 14.9:1 (52 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Prospect Elementary?
At Prospect Elementary, the student body is approximately 2% White, 2% Hispanic, 2% Black, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Prospect Elementary?
Prospect Elementary is overseen by Public Schools of Robeson County in Robeson County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.