Enrollment
369
Elementary
DISTRICT 424 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAMPSON COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370414001665
Roseboro Elementary
180 Butler Island Road, Roseboro, NC 28382 · (910) 525-4538 · Sampson County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL369 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 30% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
14.3:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
352 students
DISTRICT 98% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 30 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 52 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 60 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 63 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 63 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 52 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (52) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (52).
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
35.9%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
53.5%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 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
46.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.7%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 Roseboro Elementary
Roseboro Elementary's state test result (46.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roseboro Elementary this school | 369 | 95.4% | 46.9% |
| Spring Hope Elementary Spring Hope | 378 | 97.9% | 49.7% |
| Frederick Douglass Elementary Wilson | 339 | 98.5% | 63.8% |
| Acme Delco Elementary Riegelwood | 349 | 99.1% | 45.2% |
| Marshville Elementary Marshville | 419 | 98.3% | 56.6% |
| Billingsville Elementary Charlotte | 356 | 99.2% | N/A |
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 Roseboro Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Sampson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.9% | #903 of 1,297 | #7 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.5% | #804 of 1,296 | #7 of 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.9% | #1,068 of 1,300 | #7 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 369 | #1,002 of 1,485 | #8 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #553 of 1,377 | #4 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.2% | #126 of 1,379 | #1 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.4% | #1,054 of 1,414 | #12 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.8% | #386 of 937 | #3 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
369
-4 (-1%) vs 2020
-17% since 1990-91, when it was 444
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 15.5:1
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 | 369 | 25.8 | 14.3:1 | 95% (352) |
| 2023-24 | 410 | 25.8 | 15.9:1 | 99% (407) |
| 2022-23 | 387 | 26.2 | 14.8:1 | 99% (384) |
| 2020-21 | 373 | 24 | 15.5:1 | 99% (370) |
| 2017-18 | 438 | 24.8 | 17.7:1 | 99% (434) |
| 2015-16 | 421 | 25 | 16.8:1 | 88% (370) |
| 2010-11 | 365 | 23 | 15.9:1 | 87% (316) |
| 2000-01 | 391 | 27 | 14.5:1 | 76% (296) |
| 1990-91 | 444 | 28 | 15.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Roseboro Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (438 to 369); teachers up 4% (24.8 to 25.8).
About Roseboro Elementary
Roseboro Elementary is a small elementary school with an address in Roseboro, North Carolina. The school counted 369 students in 2024-25, covering pre-K through 5. The school is 21% below the average for elementary schools in North Carolina.
Roseboro Elementary is one school in Sampson County Schools, a system of 18 schools with 7,986 students.
Of every 100 students at Roseboro Elementary, about 34 are White, the largest group. The remaining students are 32% Black, 25% Hispanic, and 8% multiracial. Census figures show Sampson County is about 51% White. A diversity index of 71% means there is a 71% chance two randomly chosen students at Roseboro Elementary are from different groups.
For every teacher at Roseboro Elementary, there are about 14.3 students; the school has 25.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. It is about the same as the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina. There are 352 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 95% of enrollment.
Roseboro Elementary earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 30% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
The model predicts 49.7% for a school in North Carolina with Roseboro Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch share. Roseboro Elementary posts 46.9%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Sampson County show that the median household earns about $52,432 a year, about 16% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 15% of residents are in poverty. Sampson County has 23 public schools with about 11,001 students, including Roseboro Elementary.
Measured in a straight line, Roseboro-Salemburg Middle is about 0.6 miles from Roseboro Elementary. Within five miles are 3 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Roseboro Elementary is 4th of 8 on proficiency.
NCES assigns Roseboro Elementary the locale Rural: Distant, meaning in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 373 to 369. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 15.5:1 to 14.3:1.
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Sampson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
59,470
Census ACS
Median income
$52,432
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
23
11,001 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Sampson County Schools
- Midway HighHigh · 726 students
- Midway MiddleMiddle · 584 students
- Midway ElementaryElementary · 539 students
- Salemburg ElementaryElementary · 502 students
- Union HighHigh · 494 students
- Lakewood HighHigh · 475 students
Other schools in Roseboro
- Roseboro-Salemburg MiddleMiddle · 394 students
- Beaver Dam ElementaryElementary · 87 students
Nearby schools
- Roseboro-Salemburg Middle0.6 mi · 394
- Lakewood High3.4 mi · 475
- Beaver Dam Elementary4.8 mi · 87
- Salemburg Elementary5.0 mi · 502
- Sampson Early College High9.7 mi · 229
- Stedman Primary10.7 mi · 161
Frequently asked questions
About Roseboro ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Roseboro Elementary?
Roseboro Elementary enrolls approximately 369 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Roseboro Elementary serve?
Roseboro Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Roseboro Elementary?
Approximately 14.3:1 students per teacher at Roseboro Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Roseboro Elementary?
At Roseboro Elementary, the student body is approximately 34% White, 25% Hispanic, 32% Black, 8% Two or more.
What district is Roseboro Elementary in?
Roseboro Elementary is part of Sampson County Schools.
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