Tanglewood Elementary

Located at 400 West 29th Street, in Lumberton, North Carolina, Tanglewood Elementary is a tight-knit primary school that instructs 355 students (grades pre-K through 3), operated by Public Schools of Robeson County. Enrollment runs roughly 24% below the state mean of about 467.

Public Schools of Robeson County comprises 36 schools with combined enrollment of 20,856 students; Tanglewood Elementary is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Tanglewood Elementary logs that the largest single group is Black at 34%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school lists 23% White, 13% Hispanic, 12% Native American, 9% multiracial. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 23%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 14.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 99% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, Tanglewood Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 60.6%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Robeson County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $41,978 per year, 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 21% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Tanglewood Elementary is one of 40 public schools in Robeson County (combined enrollment of about 21,625 students).

Lumberton Senior High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Tanglewood Elementary ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 43.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Tanglewood Elementary has edged down 9%, going from 390 students in 2018 to 355 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 37% to 23% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 16.9:1 today.

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