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If you had an hour of school board time for Rock Springs Elementary, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
639
Elementary
DISTRICT 411 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LINCOLN COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370268001121
Rock Springs Elementary
3633 Hwy 16 N, Denver, NC 28037 · (704) 483-2281 · Lincoln County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL639 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 84% 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.
- 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
16.1:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
21%
137 students
DISTRICT 76% · 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 | 1 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 104 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 105 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 109 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 98 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 111 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 111 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (104) is 6% smaller than its 5th grade class (111).
Student demographics
33%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 46% · 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
74.2%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
81.4%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 81 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
79.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
72.3%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 80% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 72% 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 Rock Springs Elementary
Rock Springs Elementary's state test result (79.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock Springs Elementary this school | 639 | 21.4% | 79.6% |
| Porters Neck Elementary Wilmington | 666 | 22.4% | 75.0% |
| Topsail Annandale Elementary School Hampstead | 580 | 19.8% | 77.7% |
| Ogden Elementary Wilmington | 619 | 17.6% | 86.9% |
| St James Elementary Denver | 653 | 27.0% | 71.0% |
| Moyock Elementary Moyock | 740 | 21.1% | 67.8% |
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 Rock Springs Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Lincoln County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 79.6% | #79 of 1,297 | #1 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 81.4% | #101 of 1,296 | #1 of 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.2% | #87 of 1,300 | #1 of 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 639 | #283 of 1,485 | #2 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.1:1 | #1,043 of 1,377 | #12 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.7% | #1,255 of 1,379 | #11 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 21.4% | #1,346 of 1,414 | #13 of 13 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +12.1% | #169 of 369 | #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
639
+85 (+15%) vs 2020
+30% since 1990-91, when it was 490
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
was 16.8:1
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 | 639 | 39.7 | 16.1:1 | 21% (137) |
| 2023-24 | 647 | 41.4 | 15.6:1 | 21% (139) |
| 2022-23 | 647 | 38.9 | 16.6:1 | 22% (141) |
| 2020-21 | 554 | 33 | 16.8:1 | 11% (59) |
| 2017-18 | 570 | 31.4 | 18.2:1 | 19% (108) |
| 2015-16 | 538 | 34 | 15.8:1 | 20% (106) |
| 2010-11 | 663 | 36 | 18.4:1 | 30% (202) |
| 2000-01 | 521 | 27 | 19.3:1 | 18% (92) |
| 1990-91 | 490 | 27 | 18.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rock Springs Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 12% (570 to 639); teachers up 26% (31.4 to 39.7).
About Rock Springs Elementary
In Denver, North Carolina, Rock Springs Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school. Classes run from pre-K through 5, and the school has 639 students. The average for elementary schools in North Carolina is about 467 students, so this school is 37% above average.
A total of 22 schools make up Lincoln County Schools, with 11,710 students enrolled.
Rock Springs Elementary enrolls a student body that is 81% White. The school is also 8% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 4% Black. For comparison, Lincoln County is about 83% White. By the diversity index, Rock Springs Elementary comes in at 33%.
Its 39.7 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 16.1:1. That ratio is over the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 21%. That is lower than the 66% average for public schools in Lincoln County.
allk12 grades Rock Springs Elementary an A-. The grade compares the school only with North Carolina public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Rock Springs Elementary is 7.3 points above the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 79.6% actual, 72.3% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in North Carolina.
Lincoln County has these Census figures: median household income is about $80,016, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 28% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. The public schools of Lincoln County number 25 and enroll about 14,428.
Of nearby public schools, West Lake Preparatory Academy is the closest, at about 2.7 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 3 other public schools. Among 7 nearby schools that report test results, Rock Springs Elementary ranks 1st on proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Rock Springs Elementary as Rural: Fringe, meaning in rural territory close to an urban area.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment up 15%, from 554 to 639.
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Lincoln County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
92,716
Census ACS
Median income
$80,016
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
25
14,428 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lincoln County Schools
- North Lincoln HighHigh · 1,126 students
- East Lincoln HighHigh · 1,047 students
- Lincolnton HighHigh · 797 students
- North Lincoln MiddleMiddle · 774 students
- East Lincoln MiddleMiddle · 738 students
- West Lincoln HighHigh · 731 students
Other schools in Denver
- Lincoln Charter SchoolCombined · 2,316 students
- East Lincoln HighHigh · 1,047 students
- North Lincoln MiddleMiddle · 774 students
- St James ElementaryElementary · 653 students
- Catawba Springs ElementaryElementary · 543 students
- West Lake Preparatory AcademyCombined · 402 students
Other Rock Springs Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 5 states are named Rock Springs Elementary. Rock Springs Elementary is the 4th largest of the 6.
- Rock Springs ElementaryLavergne, TN · 1,193 students
- Rock Springs Elementary SchoolLawrenceville, GA · 801 students
- ROCK SPRINGS ELEMENTARYAPOPKA, FL · 682 students
- Rock Springs ElementaryEscondido, CA · 498 students
- Rock Springs ElementaryKingsport, TN · 402 students
Nearby schools
- West Lake Preparatory Academy2.7 mi · 402
- St James Elementary3.1 mi · 653
- Lincoln Charter School3.3 mi · 2,316
- Catawba Springs Elementary5.1 mi · 543
- East Lincoln High5.2 mi · 1,047
- North Lincoln High5.3 mi · 1,126
Frequently asked questions
About Rock Springs ElementaryHow large is Rock Springs Elementary?
Rock Springs Elementary enrolls approximately 639 students in grades PK-05.
Is Rock Springs Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Rock Springs Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Rock Springs Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Rock Springs Elementary is approximately 16.1:1 (40 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Rock Springs Elementary?
Rock Springs Elementary reports a student body of 81% White, 8% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Rock Springs Elementary?
Rock Springs Elementary is overseen by Lincoln County Schools in Lincoln County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.