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If you had an hour of school board time for Scurlock Elementary, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
611
Elementary
DISTRICT 518 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOKE COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370225000972
Scurlock Elementary
775 Rockfish Rd, Raeford, NC 28376 · (910) 875-4182 · Hoke County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL611 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 33% 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.
- C+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
15.3:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
608 students
DISTRICT 99% · 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 | 36 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 91 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 91 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 107 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 99 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 104 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 83 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (91) is 10% larger than its 5th grade class (83).
Student demographics
70%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
39.0%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
54.5%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 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
47.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 Scurlock Elementary
Scurlock Elementary's state test result (47.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scurlock Elementary this school | 611 | 99.5% | 47.4% |
| Hillcrest Elementary Burlington | 556 | 99.5% | 35.2% |
| Rocky River Elementary Concord | 652 | 99.5% | 58.5% |
| Gardner Park Elementary Gastonia | 560 | 99.5% | 40.7% |
| Sunset Avenue Elementary Clinton | 649 | 99.5% | 53.9% |
| Creech Road Elementary Garner | 549 | 99.5% | 49.8% |
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 Scurlock Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Hoke County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.4% | #892 of 1,297 | #5 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.5% | #774 of 1,296 | #3 of 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #980 of 1,300 | #6 of 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 611 | #332 of 1,485 | #3 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #845 of 1,377 | #6 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.3% | #190 of 1,379 | #7 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.5% | #134 of 1,414 | #2 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.0% | #908 of 937 | #7 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
611
-27 (-4%) vs 2020
-28% since 1990-91, when it was 853
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 611 | 39.9 | 15.3:1 | 100% (608) |
| 2023-24 | 588 | 40.9 | 14.4:1 | 99% (585) |
| 2022-23 | 619 | 48 | 12.9:1 | 100% (616) |
| 2020-21 | 638 | 43 | 14.8:1 | 100% (635) |
| 2017-18 | 617 | 39.5 | 15.6:1 | 100% (614) |
| 2015-16 | 601 | 39 | 15.4:1 | 98% (589) |
| 2010-11 | 590 | 44 | 13.4:1 | 59% (351) |
| 2000-01 | 505 | 39 | 12.9:1 | 75% (378) |
| 1990-91 | 853 | 40 | 21.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Scurlock Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (617 to 611); teachers up 1% (39.5 to 39.9).
About Scurlock Elementary
Scurlock Elementary is the name of a mid-sized elementary school in Raeford, North Carolina. It reported 611 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. By comparison, elementary schools in North Carolina enroll about 467 students on average.
Hoke County Schools is the local district for Scurlock Elementary. It runs 14 schools with 8,732 students.
About 37% of students at Scurlock Elementary are Black, the largest single group. It is also 36% Hispanic, 14% White, and 10% multiracial. Among Hoke County residents, the Black share is about 33%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 70, compared with 70 nationally.
The school has 39.9 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 15.3 students per teacher. The 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina is close to this figure. Of all students at Scurlock Elementary, 100% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Hoke County is similar, at 99%.
On the allk12 Grade, Scurlock Elementary lands at C, ahead of 33% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
On BeatsExpectations, Scurlock Elementary is 1.1 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of North Carolina schools.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Hoke County show that median household income comes to about $64,912, roughly 24% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Hoke County counts 14 public schools with about 8,732 students.
Don D Steed Elementary is about 1.1 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Scurlock Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Scurlock Elementary at 4th of 8.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Scurlock Elementary had a net loss of 27 students, or 4%.
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Hoke County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
53,835
Census ACS
Median income
$64,912
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
14
8,732 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hoke County Schools
- Hoke County HighHigh · 2,110 students
- East Hoke MiddleMiddle · 771 students
- West Hoke MiddleMiddle · 656 students
- Upchurch ElementaryElementary · 646 students
- Don D Steed ElementaryElementary · 628 students
- Rockfish Hoke ElementaryElementary · 606 students
Other schools in Raeford
- Hoke County HighHigh · 2,110 students
- East Hoke MiddleMiddle · 771 students
- West Hoke MiddleMiddle · 656 students
- Upchurch ElementaryElementary · 646 students
- Don D Steed ElementaryElementary · 628 students
- Rockfish Hoke ElementaryElementary · 606 students
Nearby schools
- Don D Steed Elementary1.1 mi · 628
- East Hoke Middle1.4 mi · 771
- SandHoke Early College High1.7 mi · 418
- J W McLauchlin Elementary2.5 mi · 304
- J W Turlington School2.7 mi · 26
- Hoke County High3.3 mi · 2,110
Frequently asked questions
About Scurlock ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Scurlock Elementary?
Scurlock Elementary enrolls approximately 611 students in grades PK-05.
Is Scurlock Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Scurlock Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Scurlock Elementary have?
Scurlock Elementary employs 40 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Scurlock Elementary?
At Scurlock Elementary, the student body is approximately 14% White, 36% Hispanic, 37% Black, 0% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is Scurlock Elementary in?
Scurlock Elementary is part of Hoke County Schools.
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