Enrollment
241
Elementary
DISTRICT 425 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW HANOVER COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370333001366
R Freeman Sch of Engineering
2601 Princess Place Drive, Wilmington, NC 28405 · (910) 251-6011 · New Hanover County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL241 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 0% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
10.8:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
238 students
DISTRICT 72% · 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 | 41 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 34 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 57 | 24% |
| Grade 3 | 34 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 37 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 38 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (41) is 8% larger than its 5th grade class (38).
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · 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
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NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
11.3%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
14.8%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 11 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NC schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
15.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.7%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-33.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 16% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 49% typical for North Carolina schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 R Freeman Sch of Engineering
R Freeman Sch of Engineering's state test result (15.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| R Freeman Sch of Engineering this school | 241 | 98.8% | 15.5% |
| Cook Literacy Model School Winston-Salem | 228 | 98.7% | 43.1% |
| Vandalia Elementary Greensboro | 257 | 96.5% | 44.5% |
| B O Barnes Elementary Wilson | 274 | 98.9% | 46.8% |
| Erwin Montessori Greensboro | 221 | 98.6% | 51.3% |
| Pinkston Street Elementary Henderson | 262 | 98.9% | 36.4% |
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 R Freeman Sch of Engineering ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In New Hanover County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 15.5% | #1,296 of 1,297 | #25 of 25 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.8% | #1,293 of 1,296 | #25 of 25 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 11.3% | #1,299 of 1,300 | #25 of 25 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 241 | #1,310 of 1,485 | #26 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.8:1 | #30 of 1,377 | #2 of 27 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.3% | #1,068 of 1,379 | #16 of 27 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.8% | #761 of 1,414 | #13 of 27 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.9% | #358 of 937 | #12 of 22 |
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
241
-58 (-19%) vs 2020
-62% since 1990-91, when it was 637
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
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 | 241 | 22.3 | 10.8:1 | 99% (238) |
| 2023-24 | 263 | 28.2 | 9.3:1 | 99% (260) |
| 2022-23 | 332 | 32 | 10.4:1 | 99% (329) |
| 2020-21 | 299 | 27 | 11.1:1 | 99% (296) |
| 2017-18 | 290 | 24.2 | 12.0:1 | 99% (287) |
| 2015-16 | 385 | 34 | 11.3:1 | 99% (382) |
| 2010-11 | 332 | 25 | 13.3:1 | 83% (276) |
| 2000-01 | 568 | 47 | 12.1:1 | 71% (402) |
| 1990-91 | 637 | 32 | 19.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for R Freeman Sch of Engineering.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (290 to 241); teachers down 8% (24.2 to 22.3).
About R Freeman Sch of Engineering
Federal records list R Freeman Sch of Engineering as an elementary school in Wilmington, North Carolina. It serves 241 students in kindergarten through 5. The average among elementary schools in North Carolina is roughly 467 students; this school is 48% smaller than that.
R Freeman Sch of Engineering is in New Hanover County Schools, a district with 24,791 students across 42 schools.
Roughly 71% of students at R Freeman Sch of Engineering are Black. Enrollment also includes 18% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 3% White. Among people living in New Hanover County, the Black share is about 11%. R Freeman Sch of Engineering's diversity index is 46%, against a US figure of 70%.
Teacher staffing is 22.3 full-time equivalents, or about 10.8 students per teacher. This ratio sits 4.0 below the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 99%. The average for public schools in New Hanover County is 67%.
allk12 grades R Freeman Sch of Engineering an F. The grade compares the school only with North Carolina public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
R Freeman Sch of Engineering is in the bottom 10% of North Carolina schools on the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure. Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 48.7%. The school's actual rate is 15.5%, 33.2 points lower.
In the county around the school, New Hanover County, the median household income is $75,166, roughly 45% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 50 public schools in New Hanover County, enrolling about 27,460 students in all.
A H Snipes Academy of Arts/Des is located about 0.5 miles from R Freeman Sch of Engineering. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, R Freeman Sch of Engineering is behind the 41.0% nearby average, ranking 5th of 5.
The school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, according to its NCES locale (City: Mid-size).
Enrollment is down 19% from 2020-21, when R Freeman Sch of Engineering had 299 students, to 2024-25, when it had 241.
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New Hanover County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
235,229
Census ACS
Median income
$75,166
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
45%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
50
27,460 students
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- Emsley A Laney HighHigh · 2,243 students
- John T Hoggard HighHigh · 2,082 students
- Eugene Ashley HighHigh · 1,893 students
- New Hanover HighHigh · 1,437 students
- American Leadership Academy-CoastalCombined · 1,002 students
- Charles P Murray MiddleMiddle · 907 students
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- A H Snipes Academy of Arts/Des0.5 mi · 342
- Career Readiness Academy at Mosley PLC0.8 mi · 150
- Girls Leadership Academy of Wilmington1.0 mi · 362
- Forest Hills Global Elementary1.0 mi · 340
- New Hanover High1.2 mi · 1,437
- Wilmington Preparatory Academy1.3 mi · 91
Frequently asked questions
About R Freeman Sch of EngineeringHow large is R Freeman Sch of Engineering?
R Freeman Sch of Engineering enrolls approximately 241 students in grades KG-05.
Is R Freeman Sch of Engineering an elementary, middle, or high school?
R Freeman Sch of Engineering is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at R Freeman Sch of Engineering?
The student-to-teacher ratio at R Freeman Sch of Engineering is approximately 10.8:1 (22 FTE teachers).
How diverse is R Freeman Sch of Engineering?
R Freeman Sch of Engineering reports a student body of 3% White, 18% Hispanic, 71% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is R Freeman Sch of Engineering in?
R Freeman Sch of Engineering is part of New Hanover County Schools.
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