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Enrollment
545
Elementary
DISTRICT 569 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAYNE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 370488002563
Tommy's Road Elementary
1150 Tommy's Road, Goldsboro, NC 27534 · (919) 736-5040 · Wayne County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL545 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 22% 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
16.4:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.5:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
542 students
DISTRICT 98% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 88 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 85 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 90 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 80 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 103 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 99 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (88) is 11% smaller than its 5th grade class (99).
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
40.8%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
44.9%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 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
43.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% 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 Tommy's Road Elementary
Tommy's Road Elementary's state test result (43.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy's Road Elementary this school | 545 | 99.4% | 43.2% |
| Sedalia Elementary Sedalia | 535 | 98.9% | 52.4% |
| John W Jones Elementary Wilson | 601 | 99.5% | 52.5% |
| Loyd E Auman Elementary Fayetteville | 495 | 99.2% | 47.9% |
| Ed V Baldwin Elementary Hope Mills | 634 | 99.5% | 38.3% |
| Morganton Road Elementary Fayetteville | 491 | 99.4% | 43.4% |
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 Tommy's Road Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Wayne County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.2% | #1,016 of 1,297 | #9 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.9% | #1,037 of 1,296 | #11 of 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.8% | #927 of 1,300 | #9 of 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 545 | #482 of 1,485 | #7 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #1,098 of 1,377 | #10 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.3% | #559 of 1,379 | #7 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.4% | #215 of 1,414 | #2 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.7% | #313 of 937 | #4 of 12 |
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
545
-28 (-5%) vs 2020
+10% since 2000-01, when it was 496
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 14.7:1
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 | 545 | 33.3 | 16.4:1 | 99% (542) |
| 2023-24 | 569 | 34 | 16.7:1 | 99% (566) |
| 2022-23 | 573 | 34.9 | 16.4:1 | 99% (570) |
| 2020-21 | 573 | 39 | 14.7:1 | 99% (570) |
| 2017-18 | 670 | 40.5 | 16.5:1 | 99% (665) |
| 2015-16 | 603 | 35 | 17.2:1 | 65% (389) |
| 2010-11 | 700 | 37 | 18.9:1 | 50% (347) |
| 2000-01 | 496 | 40 | 12.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Tommy's Road Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (670 to 545); teachers down 18% (40.5 to 33.3).
About Tommy's Road Elementary
Tommy's Road Elementary is one of the public schools in Goldsboro, North Carolina. It is a mid-sized elementary school. It offers pre-K through 5 and has 545 students enrolled.
Wayne County Public Schools runs Tommy's Road Elementary along with 32 other schools, enrolling 17,150 students in total.
Of every 100 students at Tommy's Road Elementary, about 54 are Black. Beyond that, enrollment is 21% White, 17% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 3% Asian. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 30%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Tommy's Road Elementary scores 63%.
There are 33.3 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 16.4:1. The gap from the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina is 1.5 students per teacher. On the income side, 99% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Wayne County is similar, at 98%.
On the allk12 Grade, Tommy's Road Elementary lands at C-, ahead of 22% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 43.2%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 48.5%.
For Wayne County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $59,733, about 22% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 12%. The county has 36 public schools and about 18,481 students.
The closest school to Tommy's Road Elementary is Wayne Early / Middle College High, located about 0.8 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Tommy's Road Elementary. Its average proficiency rate of 43.2% is below the 60.0% average for nearby schools.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Small.
The school's enrollment fell 5% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio rising from 14.7:1 to 16.4:1.
Tommy's Road Elementary has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
Wayne County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
118,652
Census ACS
Median income
$59,733
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
36
18,481 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Wayne County Public Schools
- Charles B Aycock HighHigh · 1,138 students
- Southern Wayne HighHigh · 1,007 students
- Norwayne MiddleMiddle · 848 students
- Spring Creek ElementaryElementary · 804 students
- Eastern Wayne HighHigh · 781 students
- Spring Creek HighHigh · 732 students
Other schools in Goldsboro
- Spring Creek ElementaryElementary · 804 students
- Eastern Wayne HighHigh · 781 students
- Wayne Preparatory AcademyCombined · 765 students
- Meadow Lane ElementaryElementary · 674 students
- Rosewood ElementaryElementary · 650 students
- Eastern Wayne ElementaryElementary · 597 students
Nearby schools
- Wayne Early / Middle College High0.8 mi · 239
- Wayne Preparatory Academy1.5 mi · 765
- North Drive Elementary2.2 mi · 498
- Eastern Wayne Middle2.6 mi · 427
- Wayne STEM Academy2.6 mi · 305
- Goldsboro High3.0 mi · 412
Frequently asked questions
About Tommy's Road ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Tommy's Road Elementary?
Tommy's Road Elementary enrolls approximately 545 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Tommy's Road Elementary serve?
Tommy's Road Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Tommy's Road Elementary have?
Tommy's Road Elementary employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.4:1.
How diverse is Tommy's Road Elementary?
Tommy's Road Elementary reports a student body of 21% White, 17% Hispanic, 54% Black, 3% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Tommy's Road Elementary?
Tommy's Road Elementary is overseen by Wayne County Public Schools in Wayne County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.