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Enrollment
591
Elementary
DISTRICT 576 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ONSLOW COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370345001428
Richlands Elementary
415 Cow Horn Road, Richlands, NC 28574 · (910) 324-4142 · Onslow County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL591 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 36% 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.
- C-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
14.4:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
294 students
DISTRICT 52% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 92 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 92 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 102 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 102 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 105 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 98 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (92) is 6% smaller than its 5th grade class (98).
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
51.5%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
62.4%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 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
55.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.7%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 Richlands Elementary
Richlands Elementary's state test result (55.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richlands Elementary this school | 591 | 49.7% | 55.8% |
| Heritage Elementary School Richlands | 565 | 52.9% | 53.2% |
| Waxhaw Elementary Waxhaw | 615 | 48.8% | 66.5% |
| Clear View Elementary Jacksonville | 535 | 52.7% | 52.2% |
| Silverdale Elementary Maysville | 648 | 46.6% | 55.0% |
| Arthur W Edwards Elementary Havelock | 489 | 48.5% | 50.5% |
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 Richlands Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Onslow County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.8% | #639 of 1,297 | #11 of 22 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.4% | #555 of 1,296 | #5 of 22 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.5% | #561 of 1,300 | #14 of 22 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 591 | #373 of 1,485 | #8 of 23 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #580 of 1,377 | #13 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.8% | #879 of 1,379 | #17 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.7% | #1,165 of 1,414 | #17 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -31.2% | #79 of 937 | #4 of 16 |
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
591
-34 (-5%) vs 2020
-41% since 1990-91, when it was 1,003
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 591 | 41 | 14.4:1 | 50% (294) |
| 2023-24 | 620 | 43 | 14.4:1 | 50% (309) |
| 2022-23 | 642 | 41 | 15.7:1 | 52% (332) |
| 2020-21 | 625 | 42 | 14.9:1 | 38% (236) |
| 2017-18 | 859 | 46 | 18.7:1 | 45% (385) |
| 2015-16 | 785 | 42 | 18.7:1 | 41% (321) |
| 2010-11 | 677 | 38 | 17.8:1 | 40% (272) |
| 2000-01 | 1,020 | 61 | 16.7:1 | 47% (479) |
| 1990-91 | 1,003 | 56 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Richlands Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 31% (859 to 591); teachers down 11% (46 to 41).
About Richlands Elementary
Located in Richlands, North Carolina, Richlands Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school. It had 591 students in 2024-25, spanning kindergarten through 5. That compares with an average of about 467 students for elementary schools in North Carolina.
Richlands Elementary falls under Onslow County Schools, which has 39 schools enrolling 27,397 students.
At Richlands Elementary, 64% of students are White. Smaller groups are 18% Hispanic, 9% Black, and 9% multiracial. Census estimates put Onslow County at about 67% White, close to the school's figure. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Richlands Elementary scores 55%.
The school had 41 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 14.4:1. It is about the same as the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 50%. Public schools in Onslow County average a similar 51%.
Among North Carolina public elementary schools, Richlands Elementary outscored 36%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
Richlands Elementary is 7.9 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (55.8% versus 63.7%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in North Carolina.
The county, Onslow County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $68,148, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 26% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. The county has 42 public schools and about 27,501 students.
Trexler Middle, about 1.4 miles away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within five miles number 4. On average proficiency, Richlands Elementary is 4th of 9 nearby schools with test data.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Fringe.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 591, down from 625 in 2020-21.
On allk12, people connected to Richlands Elementary can post about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Onslow County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
207,906
Census ACS
Median income
$68,148
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
42
27,501 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Onslow County Schools
- Jacksonville HighHigh · 1,441 students
- White Oak HighHigh · 1,252 students
- Swansboro HighHigh · 1,232 students
- Dixon HighHigh · 1,085 students
- Northside HighHigh · 1,067 students
- Swansboro MiddleMiddle · 1,052 students
Other schools in Richlands
- Richlands HighHigh · 1,027 students
- Trexler MiddleMiddle · 770 students
- Heritage Elementary SchoolElementary · 565 students
Other Richlands Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Richlands Elementary. Richlands Elementary is the largest of the 2.
- Richlands ElementaryRichlands, VA · 576 students
Nearby schools
- Trexler Middle1.4 mi · 770
- Richlands High1.6 mi · 1,027
- Heritage Elementary School1.6 mi · 565
- Stateside Elementary3.4 mi · 579
- Clear View Elementary6.3 mi · 535
- Summersill Elementary6.4 mi · 482
Frequently asked questions
About Richlands ElementaryHow many students attend Richlands Elementary?
Richlands Elementary enrolls approximately 591 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Richlands Elementary serve?
Richlands Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Richlands Elementary have?
Richlands Elementary employs 41 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.4:1.
How diverse is Richlands Elementary?
Richlands Elementary reports a student body of 64% White, 18% Hispanic, 9% Black, 1% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Richlands Elementary public or private?
Richlands Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Onslow County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.