Enrollment
251
Elementary
DISTRICT 526 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PITT COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370001202145
South Greenville Elementary
811 Howell St, Greenville, NC 27834 · (252) 756-7004 · Pitt County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL251 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 23% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
9.8:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
248 students
DISTRICT 96% · 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 | 44 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 43 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 36 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 44 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 44 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 40 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (44) is 10% larger than its 5th grade class (40).
Student demographics
32%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
27.4%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
58.5%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 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
43.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.7%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 South Greenville Elementary
South Greenville Elementary's state test result (43.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Greenville Elementary this school | 251 | 98.8% | 43.4% |
| Everetts Elementary S.T.E.M. Academy Roanoke Rapids | 254 | 98.8% | 26.2% |
| Washington Elementary Greensboro | 214 | 98.6% | 34.5% |
| Fairview Elementary Rocky Mount | 255 | 98.8% | N/A |
| Inborden Elementary S.T.E.A.M. Academy Enfield | 225 | 98.7% | 48.0% |
| West Bertie Elementary Kelford | 277 | 97.8% | 48.5% |
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 South Greenville Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Pitt County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.4% | #1,010 of 1,297 | #19 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.5% | #653 of 1,296 | #9 of 21 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.4% | #1,226 of 1,300 | #20 of 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 251 | #1,293 of 1,485 | #22 of 25 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.8:1 | #6 of 1,377 | #1 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 31.9% | #1,264 of 1,379 | #24 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.8% | #742 of 1,414 | #18 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -37.9% | #33 of 937 | #1 of 14 |
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
251
-20 (-7%) vs 2020
-47% since 1990-91, when it was 473
Student : Teacher
9.8:1
was 12.3:1
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 | 251 | 25.7 | 9.8:1 | 99% (248) |
| 2023-24 | 288 | 22.5 | 12.8:1 | 99% (285) |
| 2022-23 | 281 | 22.7 | 12.4:1 | 96% (271) |
| 2020-21 | 271 | 22 | 12.3:1 | 99% (268) |
| 2017-18 | 404 | 28.1 | 14.4:1 | 98% (396) |
| 2015-16 | 503 | 35 | 14.4:1 | 100% (502) |
| 2010-11 | 458 | 31 | 14.8:1 | 71% (324) |
| 2000-01 | 541 | 36 | 15.0:1 | 62% (336) |
| 1990-91 | 473 | 30 | 15.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for South Greenville Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 38% (404 to 251); teachers down 8% (28.1 to 25.7).
About South Greenville Elementary
South Greenville Elementary operates as a low-enrollment elementary school in Greenville, North Carolina. It reports enrollment of 251 students in pre-K through 5. On average, elementary schools in North Carolina enroll around 467, and this school is 46% below that mark.
Federal data list 40 schools in Pitt County Schools, with 24,470 students enrolled.
The share of students at South Greenville Elementary who are Black is 82%. Other groups make up 8% multiracial and 8% Hispanic. County-wide, 35% of Pitt County residents are Black. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 32%.
On staff are 25.7 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 9.8:1. Statewide, elementary schools in North Carolina average 14.9:1. South Greenville Elementary has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 99%.
South Greenville Elementary earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 23% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
South Greenville Elementary sits between the top and bottom 10% of North Carolina schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 43.4% and a predicted 48.7%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Pitt County show that median household income comes to about $58,188, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 12%. Pitt County counts 43 public schools with about 25,202 students.
South Greenville Elementary is less than a tenth of a mile from ECU Community School, its nearest public school. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. South Greenville Elementary's average proficiency of 43.4% compares with 55.2% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Federal data place South Greenville Elementary in the City: Small locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell 7%. Its ratio of students to teachers was 12.3:1 in 2020-21, and 9.8:1 in 2024-25.
On allk12, people connected to South Greenville Elementary can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Pitt County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
177,193
Census ACS
Median income
$58,188
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
43
25,202 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Pitt County Schools
- D H Conley HighHigh · 1,757 students
- South CentralHigh · 1,738 students
- Junius H Rose HighHigh · 1,568 students
- Hope MiddleMiddle · 952 students
- ChicodElementary · 902 students
- North Pitt HighHigh · 854 students
Other schools in Greenville
- D H Conley HighHigh · 1,757 students
- Junius H Rose HighHigh · 1,568 students
- Hope MiddleMiddle · 952 students
- ChicodElementary · 902 students
- Eastern ElementaryElementary · 833 students
- Lakeforest ElementaryElementary · 821 students
Nearby schools
- ECU Community School0.0 mi · 108
- Junius H Rose High0.3 mi · 1,568
- Sadie Saulter0.7 mi · 300
- Pitt County Virtual1.1 mi · 38
- Elmhurst Elementary1.2 mi · 454
- Innovation Early College High1.3 mi · 227
Frequently asked questions
About South Greenville ElementaryHow large is South Greenville Elementary?
South Greenville Elementary enrolls approximately 251 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does South Greenville Elementary serve?
South Greenville Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does South Greenville Elementary have?
South Greenville Elementary employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.8:1.
What is the student diversity at South Greenville Elementary?
Student demographics at South Greenville Elementary are roughly 2% White, 8% Hispanic, 82% Black, 0% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is South Greenville Elementary public or private?
South Greenville Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Pitt County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.