Enrollment
355
Elementary
DISTRICT 466 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF ROBESON COUNTY·NCES 370393002246
Tanglewood Elementary
400 West 29th Street, Lumberton, NC 28358 · (910) 671-6035 · Robeson County
GRADES PK–03ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL355 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 69% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
352 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 | 14 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 87 | 25% |
| Grade 1 | 95 | 27% |
| Grade 2 | 82 | 23% |
| Grade 3 | 77 | 22% |
Student demographics
79%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
44.0%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
77.3%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 77 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
60.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.6%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% 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 Tanglewood Elementary
Tanglewood Elementary's state test result (60.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanglewood Elementary this school | 355 | 99.2% | 60.6% |
| Jamestown Elementary Jamestown | 453 | 99.3% | 57.0% |
| Millis Road Elementary Jamestown | 444 | 99.3% | 60.5% |
| Brunson Elementary Winston Salem | 355 | 99.2% | 57.4% |
| McLeansville Elementary McLeansville | 332 | 99.1% | 33.9% |
| Shadybrook Elementary High Point | 319 | 99.1% | 63.1% |
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 Tanglewood Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Robeson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.6% | #480 of 1,297 | #2 of 22 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 77.3% | #161 of 1,296 | #2 of 22 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #817 of 1,300 | #4 of 22 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 355 | #1,035 of 1,485 | #17 of 24 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.9:1 | #1,197 of 1,377 | #19 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 78.5% | #2 of 1,379 | #1 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.2% | #545 of 1,414 | #15 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.0% | #633 of 937 | #10 of 18 |
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
355
-45 (-11%) vs 2020
-22% since 1990-91, when it was 453
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
was 15.4:1
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 | 355 | 21.1 | 16.9:1 | 99% (352) |
| 2023-24 | 358 | 23 | 15.5:1 | 99% (355) |
| 2022-23 | 357 | 23.7 | 15.1:1 | 99% (354) |
| 2020-21 | 400 | 26 | 15.4:1 | 99% (397) |
| 2017-18 | 390 | 25.7 | 15.2:1 | 99% (387) |
| 2015-16 | 451 | 25 | 18.0:1 | 99% (448) |
| 2010-11 | 543 | 29 | 18.7:1 | 37% (200) |
| 2000-01 | 510 | 29 | 17.6:1 | 22% (114) |
| 1990-91 | 453 | 23 | 19.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Tanglewood Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (390 to 355); teachers down 18% (25.7 to 21.1).
About Tanglewood Elementary
Students in Lumberton, North Carolina, attend Tanglewood Elementary, a low-enrollment elementary school. Its 355 students are spread across pre-K through 3. The school's enrollment is 24% smaller than the 467 average for elementary schools in North Carolina.
District-wide, Public Schools of Robeson County has 36 schools and 20,856 students.
The most common group at Tanglewood Elementary is Black students, at 34%. It is also 23% White, 13% Hispanic, 12% Native American, and 9% multiracial. Robeson County's residents are about 23% Black, 10 points below the school's share. Pick two students at random and there is a 79% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
A ratio of 16.9:1 comes from the school's 21.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school has more students per teacher than the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina. The lunch program counts 99% of students at Tanglewood Elementary as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That tracks the 98% average for public schools in Robeson County.
allk12 grades Tanglewood Elementary a B+. The grade compares the school only with North Carolina public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Tanglewood Elementary's average proficiency rate on state tests of 60.6% is 12.1 points above the 48.6% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Robeson County has these Census figures: the median household income is $41,978, about 15% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 21% of residents are in poverty. In all, Robeson County has 40 public schools and roughly 21,625 students.
Nearest public school: Lumberton Senior High, about 1.0 miles away. Within five miles are 7 other public schools. On average proficiency, Tanglewood Elementary is 2nd of 9 nearby schools with test data.
Its location is classified as Town: Distant by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Federal data show an 11% enrollment decrease, from 400 in 2020-21 to 355 in 2024-25. Students per teacher rose from 15.4 in 2020-21 to 16.9 in 2024-25.
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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 Lumberton
- Lumberton Senior HighHigh · 1,894 students
- Magnolia ElementaryElementary · 779 students
- Lumberton JuniorMiddle · 655 students
- Littlefield MiddleMiddle · 632 students
- East Robeson PrimaryElementary · 556 students
- Rowland Norment ElementaryElementary · 495 students
Other Tanglewood Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 6 states are named Tanglewood Elementary. Tanglewood Elementary is the 6th largest of the 6.
- TANGLEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLFORT MYERS, FL · 687 students
- Tanglewood Elementary SchoolBaton Rouge, LA · 622 students
- Tanglewood ElemDerby, KS · 607 students
- Tanglewood Elementary SchoolFORT WORTH, TX · 575 students
- TANGLEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSOUTH GLENS FALLS, NY · 425 students
Nearby schools
- Lumberton Senior High1.0 mi · 1,894
- L Gilbert Carroll1.3 mi · 494
- Rowland Norment Elementary1.4 mi · 495
- W H Knuckles2.0 mi · 382
- Lumberton Junior2.5 mi · 655
- PSRC Early College at RCC2.6 mi · 274
Frequently asked questions
About Tanglewood ElementaryHow large is Tanglewood Elementary?
Tanglewood Elementary enrolls approximately 355 students in grades PK-03.
Is Tanglewood Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Tanglewood Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-03.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Tanglewood Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Tanglewood Elementary is approximately 16.9:1 (21 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Tanglewood Elementary?
Tanglewood Elementary reports a student body of 23% White, 13% Hispanic, 34% Black, 7% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Tanglewood Elementary?
Tanglewood Elementary is overseen by Public Schools of Robeson County in Robeson County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.