Enrollment
206
Elementary
DISTRICT 466 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF ROBESON COUNTY·NCES 370393003484
Southside Ashpole Elementary
607 S Martin Luther King St, Rowland, NC 28383 · (910) 422-3791 · Robeson County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL206 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 5% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
12.7:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
199 students
DISTRICT 98% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 15 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 26 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 24 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 44 | 21% |
| Grade 3 | 32 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 31 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 34 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (26) is 24% smaller than its 5th grade class (34).
Student demographics
65%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
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NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
30.1%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
32.3%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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
30.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.3%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 49% 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 Southside Ashpole Elementary
Southside Ashpole Elementary's state test result (30.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southside Ashpole Elementary this school | 206 | 96.6% | 30.8% |
| Hollister Elementary Leadership Academy Hollister | 173 | 98.3% | 25.4% |
| Townsend Elementary Maxton | 280 | 98.9% | 27.6% |
| Vaughan Elementary Macon | 158 | 98.1% | 47.2% |
| Fairgrove Elementary School Fairmont | 291 | 98.6% | 35.7% |
| Chadbourn Elementary Chadbourn | 233 | 98.7% | 47.1% |
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 Southside Ashpole Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Robeson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.8% | #1,240 of 1,297 | #18 of 22 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.3% | #1,234 of 1,296 | #20 of 22 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.1% | #1,193 of 1,300 | #13 of 22 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 206 | #1,370 of 1,485 | #24 of 24 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #176 of 1,377 | #1 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.7% | #493 of 1,379 | #12 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.6% | #1,015 of 1,414 | #23 of 23 |
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.
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 206 | 16.2 | 12.7:1 | 97% (199) |
| 2023-24 | 208 | 15.2 | 13.7:1 | 99% (205) |
| 2022-23 | 177 | 17.2 | 10.3:1 | 98% (174) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Southside Ashpole Elementary.
About Southside Ashpole Elementary
Southside Ashpole Elementary is a low-enrollment elementary school in Rowland, North Carolina, under Public Schools of Robeson County. Enrollment totals 206 students across pre-K through 5. That puts enrollment 56% below the 467-student average for elementary schools in North Carolina.
Public Schools of Robeson County has a total of 36 schools and 20,856 students, Southside Ashpole Elementary among them.
No group is above 50% at Southside Ashpole Elementary; the largest is Native American, at 45%. It is also 38% Black, 8% multiracial, 4% White, and 4% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Southside Ashpole Elementary scores 65%.
The school lists 16.2 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.7:1. Statewide, elementary schools in North Carolina average 14.9:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 97% of the student body. The figure for public schools in Robeson County is close, at 98%.
Among North Carolina public elementary schools, Southside Ashpole Elementary outscored 5%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
Southside Ashpole Elementary is 18.5 points below expectations on state tests, given its student poverty level, placing it in the bottom 10% in North Carolina.
For the population of Robeson County, median household income comes to about $41,978, roughly 15% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 21%. Robeson County counts 40 public schools with about 21,625 students.
South Robeson Middle School is the nearest public school to Southside Ashpole Elementary, about 2.6 miles away. Southside Ashpole Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within ten miles. Among 4 nearby schools that report test results, Southside Ashpole Elementary ranks 3rd on proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is Rural: Distant, or in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
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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 Rowland
- Union ElementaryElementary · 351 students
- South Robeson Middle SchoolMiddle · 344 students
Nearby schools
- South Robeson Middle School2.6 mi · 344
- Dillon High7.5 mi · 804
- Dillon Middle7.6 mi · 624
- Fairgrove Elementary School7.6 mi · 291
- Union Elementary7.7 mi · 351
- Dillon Elementary8.7 mi · 1,025
Frequently asked questions
About Southside Ashpole ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Southside Ashpole Elementary?
Southside Ashpole Elementary enrolls approximately 206 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Southside Ashpole Elementary serve?
Southside Ashpole Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Southside Ashpole Elementary?
Approximately 12.7:1 students per teacher at Southside Ashpole Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Southside Ashpole Elementary?
At Southside Ashpole Elementary, the student body is approximately 4% White, 4% Hispanic, 38% Black, 0% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Southside Ashpole Elementary public or private?
Southside Ashpole Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Public Schools of Robeson County.
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