Saint Pauls Elementary

Saint Pauls Elementary, a well-populated elementary campus in Saint Pauls, North Carolina, run under Public Schools of Robeson County, caters to 710 students, covering grades pre-K through 4. That puts it 52% above the typical public school in North Carolina, which averages around 467 students.

Across the 36 schools in Public Schools of Robeson County (20,856 students total), Saint Pauls Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Saint Pauls Elementary logs that 52% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school shows 20% Black, 11% White, 8% multiracial, 8% Native American. The wider county runs roughly 11% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Saint Pauls Elementary lists 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.9:1, putting Saint Pauls Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Saint Pauls Elementary falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 48.4%; this one comes in at 28.8%, -19.6 points off the demographic line.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Robeson County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $41,978 per year, 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 21% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Saint Pauls Elementary is one of 40 public schools in Robeson County (combined enrollment of about 21,625 students).

Saint Pauls Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Saint Pauls Elementary. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Saint Pauls Elementary ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 45.7%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Saint Pauls Elementary has edged down 28%, going from 983 students in 2018 to 710 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 45% to 52%. Class-load math has tightened: from 18.0:1 in 2018 to 16.7:1 in 2025.

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