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Enrollment
710
Elementary
DISTRICT 466 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF ROBESON COUNTY·NCES 370393002243
Saint Pauls Elementary
222 Martin Luther King Drive, Saint Pauls, NC 28384 · (910) 865-4103 · Robeson County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL710 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 3% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
16.7:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
707 students
DISTRICT 98% · 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 | 32 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 133 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 132 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 148 | 21% |
| Grade 3 | 132 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 133 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (133) is about the same size as its 4th grade class (133).
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · 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
24.0%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
33.8%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NC schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
28.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.4%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-19.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 48% typical for North Carolina schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Saint Pauls Elementary
Saint Pauls Elementary's state test result (28.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Pauls Elementary this school | 710 | 99.6% | 28.8% |
| Knollwood Elementary Salisbury | 585 | 99.5% | 28.0% |
| Brogden Primary Dudley | 689 | 99.6% | 41.2% |
| Old Town Elementary Winston Salem | 617 | 99.5% | 31.6% |
| Selma Elementary Selma | 794 | 99.6% | 45.1% |
| Hodge Road Elementary Knightdale | 522 | 99.4% | 46.5% |
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 Saint Pauls Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Robeson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.8% | #1,252 of 1,297 | #19 of 22 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.8% | #1,216 of 1,296 | #18 of 22 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.0% | #1,251 of 1,300 | #19 of 22 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 710 | #170 of 1,485 | #3 of 24 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.7:1 | #1,173 of 1,377 | #18 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.3% | #404 of 1,379 | #11 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.6% | #64 of 1,414 | #3 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.8% | #116 of 937 | #2 of 18 |
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
710
+25 (+4%) vs 2020
+4% since 1990-91, when it was 680
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 710 | 42.4 | 16.7:1 | 100% (707) |
| 2023-24 | 714 | 41.8 | 17.1:1 | 100% (711) |
| 2022-23 | 700 | 38.7 | 18.1:1 | 100% (697) |
| 2020-21 | 685 | 47 | 14.6:1 | 99% (676) |
| 2017-18 | 983 | 54.5 | 18.0:1 | 99% (975) |
| 2015-16 | 1,008 | 56 | 18.0:1 | 100% (1,005) |
| 2010-11 | 948 | 51 | 18.6:1 | 88% (830) |
| 2000-01 | 807 | 45 | 17.9:1 | 77% (619) |
| 1990-91 | 680 | 36 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Saint Pauls Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 28% (983 to 710); teachers down 22% (54.5 to 42.4).
About Saint Pauls Elementary
Saint Pauls Elementary is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Saint Pauls, North Carolina. The school teaches pre-K through 4 and enrolls 710 students. It has 52% more students than the average for elementary schools in North Carolina (about 467).
Public Schools of Robeson County, which runs Saint Pauls Elementary, has 36 schools and 20,856 students.
The share of Hispanic students at Saint Pauls Elementary is 52%, a majority. Other students are 20% Black, 11% White, 8% multiracial, and 8% Native American. That is higher than the 11% Hispanic share among all Robeson County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 66%.
Based on 42.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, Saint Pauls Elementary has a ratio of 16.7:1. The average for elementary schools in North Carolina, 14.9:1, is lower. Income data for the school show 100% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is in line with the 98% average for public schools in Robeson County.
Saint Pauls Elementary earns an F on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 3% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
After accounting for student poverty, Saint Pauls Elementary is in the bottom 10% of North Carolina schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results of 28.8% is 19.6 points below the 48.4% predicted for its lunch-eligibility share.
The school is in Robeson County, where the median household earns about $41,978 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 15% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 21%. Across Robeson County, 40 public schools serve about 21,625 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Saint Pauls Middle, is about 0.9 miles. Around the school, 2 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, Saint Pauls Elementary ranks 8th on average proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes Saint Pauls Elementary as Rural: Distant.
The school's student count rose 4% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio increased to 16.7:1, from 14.6:1.
The allk12 page for Saint Pauls Elementary lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Robeson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
116,902
Census ACS
Median income
$41,978
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
15%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
21%
Below federal line
Schools in county
40
21,625 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Public Schools of Robeson County
- Lumberton Senior HighHigh · 1,894 students
- Purnell Swett HighHigh · 1,583 students
- Saint Pauls HighHigh · 1,142 students
- Red Springs HighHigh · 867 students
- Fairmont HighHigh · 780 students
- Magnolia ElementaryElementary · 779 students
Other schools in Saint Pauls
- Saint Pauls HighHigh · 1,142 students
- Saint Pauls MiddleMiddle · 678 students
Nearby schools
- Saint Pauls Middle0.9 mi · 678
- Saint Pauls High1.0 mi · 1,142
- Gray's Creek Middle6.7 mi · 1,068
- Magnolia Elementary7.0 mi · 779
- Parkton Elementary7.1 mi · 592
- Rex-Rennert Elementary7.6 mi · 395
Frequently asked questions
About Saint Pauls ElementaryHow large is Saint Pauls Elementary?
Saint Pauls Elementary enrolls approximately 710 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does Saint Pauls Elementary serve?
Saint Pauls Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
How many teachers does Saint Pauls Elementary have?
Saint Pauls Elementary employs 42 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Saint Pauls Elementary?
Student demographics at Saint Pauls Elementary are roughly 11% White, 52% Hispanic, 20% Black, 0% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Saint Pauls Elementary public or private?
Saint Pauls Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Public Schools of Robeson County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.