Rosewood Elementary

Rosewood Elementary operates as a mid-tier elementary school in Goldsboro, North Carolina, overseen by Wayne County Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 650 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 39% above the typical public school in North Carolina, which averages around 467 students.

Wayne County Public Schools comprises 33 schools with combined enrollment of 17,150 students; Rosewood Elementary is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Rosewood Elementary reports that White students make up the majority at 56%. The remainder comes out to 22% Hispanic, 15% Black, 6% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.9:1 average. Around 98% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, Rosewood Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 59.7%.

In the area at large, census data for Wayne County shows the typical household earns roughly $59,733 per year, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Across Wayne County's 36 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,481 students), Rosewood Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Rosewood High, around 0.9 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Rosewood Elementary comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 58.2%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 652 students in 2018 compared to 650 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 14% to 22% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 19.1:1 today.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.