Roseboro Elementary

Set in Roseboro, North Carolina, Roseboro Elementary is a small primary school, run under Sampson County Schools. It instructs 369 students across grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 21% smaller than the state mean of about 467.

Sampson County Schools comprises 18 schools with combined enrollment of 7,986 students; Roseboro Elementary is among them.

Demographically, Roseboro Elementary reports that the largest single group is White at 34%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school reports 32% Black, 25% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. By comparison, Sampson County as a whole is about 51% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Roseboro Elementary has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.3:1. The state averages about 14.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 95% of students at Roseboro Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Roseboro Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.7%, the actual is 46.9%, a residual of -2.8 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Sampson County put the typical household earns roughly $52,432 per year, 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. Roseboro Elementary is one of 23 public schools in Sampson County (combined enrollment of about 11,001 students).

Nearest neighbor: Roseboro-Salemburg Middle, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Roseboro Elementary ranks 4th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 57.6%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Roseboro Elementary has declined 16%, going from 438 students in 2018 to 369 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 17.7:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 in 2025.

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