Enrollment
379
Elementary
DISTRICT 443 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MOORE COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370309001325
Sandhills Farm Life Elementary
2201 Farm Life Rd, Carthage, NC 28327 · (910) 949-2501 · Moore County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL379 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 75% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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
16.9:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
105 students
DISTRICT 74% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 65 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 50 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 71 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 71 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 61 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 61 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (65) is 7% larger than its 5th grade class (61).
Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
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NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
66.2%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
78.3%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 78 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
74.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.4%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% 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 Sandhills Farm Life Elementary
Sandhills Farm Life Elementary's state test result (74.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandhills Farm Life Elementary this school | 379 | 27.7% | 74.2% |
| Grandy Primary Camden | 415 | 30.1% | N/A |
| Holly Tree Elementary Wilmington | 383 | 26.1% | 73.3% |
| Camden Intermediate Camden | 461 | 29.5% | 64.6% |
| Dr John Codington Elem Wilmington | 470 | 26.6% | 73.6% |
| Stokesdale Elementary Stokesdale | 473 | 28.8% | 65.1% |
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 Sandhills Farm Life Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Moore County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 74.2% | #150 of 1,297 | #4 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 78.3% | #148 of 1,296 | #4 of 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.2% | #195 of 1,300 | #4 of 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 379 | #968 of 1,485 | #9 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.9:1 | #1,200 of 1,377 | #13 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.8% | #1,162 of 1,379 | #13 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.7% | #1,316 of 1,414 | #11 of 13 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -47.8% | #11 of 937 | #1 of 9 |
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
379
+35 (+10%) vs 2020
-8% since 1990-91, when it was 413
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 379 | 22.5 | 16.9:1 | 28% (105) |
| 2023-24 | 378 | 26.5 | 14.3:1 | 29% (111) |
| 2022-23 | 394 | 26.6 | 14.8:1 | 27% (107) |
| 2020-21 | 344 | 24 | 14.3:1 | 21% (71) |
| 2017-18 | 726 | 41.3 | 17.6:1 | 17% (123) |
| 2015-16 | 667 | 35 | 19.1:1 | 21% (139) |
| 2010-11 | 532 | 30 | 17.7:1 | 26% (136) |
| 2000-01 | 475 | 28 | 17.0:1 | 25% (119) |
| 1990-91 | 413 | 22 | 18.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sandhills Farm Life Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 48% (726 to 379); teachers down 46% (41.3 to 22.5).
About Sandhills Farm Life Elementary
Sandhills Farm Life Elementary is classified as an elementary school. It is located in Carthage, North Carolina. Federal data show 379 students enrolled in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25.
Across its 23 schools, Moore County Schools enrolls 13,085 students. Sandhills Farm Life Elementary is one of those schools.
About 76% of the student body at Sandhills Farm Life Elementary is White. Smaller groups are 11% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, and 6% Black. Moore County residents are about 77% White, a similar share. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 41%.
Staffing at Sandhills Farm Life Elementary comes to 22.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 16.9:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in North Carolina is 14.9:1. Sandhills Farm Life Elementary counts 28% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is below the 64% average among public schools in Moore County.
Sandhills Farm Life Elementary holds an A- allk12 Grade, placing it above 75% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
Sandhills Farm Life Elementary's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 74.2% is 3.8 points above the 70.4% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
In Moore County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $86,080, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 41%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. There are 27 public schools in the county, enrolling about 14,708, Sandhills Farm Life Elementary among them.
Of the public schools around it, Sandhills Farm Life Elementary is closest to Union Pines High, about 3.9 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is 5. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Sandhills Farm Life Elementary ranks 2nd of 7 on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for Sandhills Farm Life Elementary is Rural: Fringe, which covers schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
Federal enrollment counts increased from 344 (2020-21) to 379 (2024-25). Students per teacher increased from 14.3 in 2020-21 to 16.9 in 2024-25.
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Moore County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
104,876
Census ACS
Median income
$86,080
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
27
14,708 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Moore County Schools
- Pinecrest HighHigh · 2,290 students
- Union Pines HighHigh · 1,462 students
- West Pine MiddleMiddle · 717 students
- McDeeds Creek ElementaryElementary · 707 students
- Aberdeen ElementaryElementary · 675 students
- Southern MiddleMiddle · 620 students
Other schools in Carthage
- Crain's Creek MiddleMiddle · 481 students
- Carthage ElementaryElementary · 350 students
- The Community Learning Center @ PinckneyHigh · 77 students
Nearby schools
- Union Pines High3.9 mi · 1,462
- New Century Middle4.0 mi · 602
- McDeeds Creek Elementary4.3 mi · 707
- Carthage Elementary4.8 mi · 350
- The Community Learning Center @ Pinckney5.0 mi · 77
- STARS Charter5.4 mi · 885
Frequently asked questions
About Sandhills Farm Life ElementaryHow large is Sandhills Farm Life Elementary?
Sandhills Farm Life Elementary enrolls approximately 379 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Sandhills Farm Life Elementary serve?
Sandhills Farm Life Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Sandhills Farm Life Elementary?
Approximately 16.9:1 students per teacher at Sandhills Farm Life Elementary.
How diverse is Sandhills Farm Life Elementary?
Sandhills Farm Life Elementary reports a student body of 76% White, 6% Hispanic, 6% Black, 1% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Who oversees Sandhills Farm Life Elementary?
Sandhills Farm Life Elementary is overseen by Moore County Schools in Moore County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.