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Enrollment
494
Elementary
DISTRICT 375 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CRAVEN COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION·NCES 370331002173
Vanceboro-Farm Life Elementary
2000 Farm Life Avenue, Vanceboro, NC 28586 · (252) 244-3215 · Craven County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL494 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 17% 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.
- C-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
15.7:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
485 students
DISTRICT 76% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 42 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 78 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 83 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 66 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 78 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 72 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (78) is 8% larger than its 5th grade class (72).
Student demographics
66%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
33.9%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
44.6%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 34 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
40.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.9%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% 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 Vanceboro-Farm Life Elementary
Vanceboro-Farm Life Elementary's state test result (40.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vanceboro-Farm Life Elementary this school | 494 | 98.2% | 40.9% |
| G W Carver Elementary Pinetops | 550 | 97.8% | 55.6% |
| Monroeton Elementary Reidsville | 493 | 99.0% | 42.4% |
| Township Three Elementary Shelby | 540 | 99.4% | 43.8% |
| White Oak Elementary Edenton | 488 | 99.4% | N/A |
| L J Bell Elementary Rockingham | 449 | 98.0% | 50.5% |
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 Vanceboro-Farm Life Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Craven County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.9% | #1,072 of 1,297 | #12 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.6% | #1,047 of 1,296 | #12 of 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.9% | #1,109 of 1,300 | #15 of 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 494 | #631 of 1,485 | #1 of 16 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #933 of 1,377 | #10 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.8% | #430 of 1,379 | #9 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.2% | #885 of 1,414 | #2 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.6% | #247 of 937 | #5 of 13 |
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
494
-21 (-4%) vs 2020
-11% since 1990-91, when it was 558
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 13.9:1
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 | 494 | 31.5 | 15.7:1 | 98% (485) |
| 2023-24 | 457 | 32.9 | 13.9:1 | 99% (454) |
| 2022-23 | 471 | 32.3 | 14.6:1 | 99% (468) |
| 2020-21 | 515 | 37 | 13.9:1 | 99% (512) |
| 2017-18 | 630 | 42.3 | 14.9:1 | 73% (463) |
| 2015-16 | 642 | 46 | 14.0:1 | 71% (454) |
| 2010-11 | 629 | 37 | 17.0:1 | 66% (412) |
| 2000-01 | 703 | 45 | 15.6:1 | 43% (301) |
| 1990-91 | 558 | 35 | 15.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Vanceboro-Farm Life Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (630 to 494); teachers down 26% (42.3 to 31.5).
About Vanceboro-Farm Life Elementary
Vanceboro-Farm Life Elementary is a public elementary school in Vanceboro, North Carolina. Enrollment totals 494 students across pre-K through 5.
Craven County Board of Education (26 schools, 12,152 students) runs Vanceboro-Farm Life Elementary.
No group is above 50% at Vanceboro-Farm Life Elementary; the largest is White, at 46%. Other reported shares: 33% Black, 11% Hispanic, and 9% multiracial. Craven County's residents are about 66% White, 20 points above the school's share. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 66%.
The school had 31.5 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 15.7:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in North Carolina is 14.9:1. The school reported 98% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That is 24 points above the 74% average for public schools in Craven County.
On the allk12 Grade, Vanceboro-Farm Life Elementary lands at C-, ahead of 17% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Vanceboro-Farm Life Elementary is -8.0 points: 40.9% actual, 48.9% predicted.
In the wider Craven County area, the median household earns about $65,873 a year, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Across Craven County, 27 public schools serve about 12,526 students.
West Craven High, about 4.9 miles away, is the closest public school. Within ten miles of Vanceboro-Farm Life Elementary, there are 3 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 47.3%; Vanceboro-Farm Life Elementary's is 40.9%, ranking 5th of 9.
The school's locale code, Rural: Distant, means it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
From 515 students in 2020-21, enrollment fell to 494 by 2024-25. Students per teacher increased from 13.9 in 2020-21 to 15.7 in 2024-25.
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Craven County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
102,612
Census ACS
Median income
$65,873
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
27
12,526 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Craven County Board of Education
- New Bern HighHigh · 1,637 students
- Havelock HighHigh · 1,014 students
- West Craven HighHigh · 751 students
- H J MacDonald MiddleMiddle · 632 students
- West Craven MiddleMiddle · 614 students
- Grover C Fields MiddleMiddle · 542 students
Nearby schools
- West Craven High4.9 mi · 751
- West Craven Middle6.3 mi · 614
- James W Smith Elementary9.0 mi · 325
- Southside High10.8 mi · 410
- Bridgeton Elementary12.1 mi · 415
- Chicod12.9 mi · 902
Frequently asked questions
About Vanceboro-Farm Life ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Vanceboro-Farm Life Elementary?
Vanceboro-Farm Life Elementary enrolls approximately 494 students in grades PK-05.
Is Vanceboro-Farm Life Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Vanceboro-Farm Life Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Vanceboro-Farm Life Elementary?
Approximately 15.7:1 students per teacher at Vanceboro-Farm Life Elementary.
How diverse is Vanceboro-Farm Life Elementary?
Vanceboro-Farm Life Elementary reports a student body of 46% White, 11% Hispanic, 33% Black, 0% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Vanceboro-Farm Life Elementary public or private?
Vanceboro-Farm Life Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Craven County Board of Education.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.