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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Washington Street Elementary this year?
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Enrollment
417
Elementary
DISTRICT 420 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RICHMOND COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370387002278
Washington Street Elementary
566 E Washington St Ext, Rockingham, NC 28379 · (910) 997-9836 · Richmond County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL417 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 16% 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
18.2:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.9:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
401 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 15 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 69 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 72 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 61 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 83 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 57 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 60 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (69) is 15% larger than its 5th grade class (60).
Student demographics
64%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
31.2%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
47.6%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 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
49.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.6pp
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 Washington Street Elementary
Washington Street Elementary's state test result (40.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Street Elementary this school | 417 | 96.2% | 40.9% |
| Monroe Avenue Elementary Hamlet | 411 | 96.4% | 38.5% |
| Elmhurst Elementary Greenville | 454 | 99.3% | 56.3% |
| Williamston Primary Williamston | 361 | 99.2% | N/A |
| James Love Elementary Shelby | 376 | 98.7% | 40.7% |
| Moore Magnet Elementary Winston Salem | 450 | 99.3% | 49.7% |
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 Washington Street Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Richmond County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.9% | #1,073 of 1,297 | #5 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.6% | #966 of 1,296 | #5 of 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.2% | #1,165 of 1,300 | #5 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 417 | #845 of 1,485 | #5 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.2:1 | #1,302 of 1,377 | #6 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.9% | #534 of 1,379 | #6 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.2% | #1,030 of 1,414 | #7 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.2% | #231 of 937 | #2 of 7 |
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
417
-44 (-10%) vs 2020
-26% since 1990-91, when it was 564
Student : Teacher
18.2:1
was 13.6:1
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 | 417 | 22.9 | 18.2:1 | 96% (401) |
| 2023-24 | 409 | 26 | 15.7:1 | 99% (404) |
| 2022-23 | 434 | 28 | 15.5:1 | 96% (418) |
| 2020-21 | 461 | 34 | 13.6:1 | 99% (458) |
| 2017-18 | 536 | 34.9 | 15.3:1 | 99% (532) |
| 2015-16 | 529 | 34 | 15.6:1 | 99% (525) |
| 2010-11 | 524 | 33 | 15.9:1 | 69% (363) |
| 2000-01 | 593 | 33 | 18.0:1 | 47% (281) |
| 1990-91 | 564 | 36 | 15.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Washington Street Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (536 to 417); teachers down 35% (34.9 to 22.9).
About Washington Street Elementary
Washington Street Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in North Carolina, located in Rockingham. There are 417 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 5.
Richmond County Schools, which runs Washington Street Elementary, has 15 schools and 6,504 students.
More than half of enrollment at Washington Street Elementary is Black: 52%. The next largest groups are 27% White, 9% Hispanic, and 8% multiracial. The school's Black share is 21 points above the 31% share among Richmond County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 64%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Washington Street Elementary is 18.2:1, based on 22.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in North Carolina average 14.9:1. Lunch program data show 96% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The figure for public schools in Richmond County is close, at 99%.
Washington Street Elementary holds a C- allk12 Grade, placing it above 16% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
A school with Washington Street Elementary's lunch-eligibility share in North Carolina is predicted to score 49.5%. Washington Street Elementary scores 40.9%, 8.6 points below that line.
In Richmond County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $44,883 a year, 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 20% of people live in poverty. Counting Washington Street Elementary, Richmond County has 15 public schools.
About 1.2 miles separate Washington Street Elementary from the closest public school, Richmond Senior High. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Washington Street Elementary places 5th out of 7 schools in its immediate area.
The school is in rural territory close to an urban area, according to its NCES locale (Rural: Fringe).
The school shrank from 461 students in 2020-21 to 417 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio increased from 13.6:1 in 2020-21 to 18.2:1 in 2024-25.
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Richmond County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
42,344
Census ACS
Median income
$44,883
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
20%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
6,504 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Richmond County Schools
- Richmond Senior HighHigh · 1,365 students
- Rockingham MiddleMiddle · 606 students
- Fairview Heights ElementaryElementary · 480 students
- L J Bell ElementaryElementary · 449 students
- Mineral Springs ElementaryElementary · 441 students
- East Rockingham ElementaryElementary · 430 students
Other schools in Rockingham
- Richmond Senior HighHigh · 1,365 students
- Rockingham MiddleMiddle · 606 students
- L J Bell ElementaryElementary · 449 students
- East Rockingham ElementaryElementary · 430 students
- West Rockingham ElementaryElementary · 314 students
- Ashley Chapel Educational CenterHigh · 59 students
Other Washington Street Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Washington Street Elementary. Washington Street Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Washington Street Elementary SchoolOTSEGO, MI · 448 students
- Washington Street Elementary SchoolTOMS RIVER, NJ · 354 students
Nearby schools
- Richmond Senior High1.2 mi · 1,365
- Rockingham Middle1.6 mi · 606
- L J Bell Elementary1.7 mi · 449
- Richmond 9th Grade Academy2.7 mi · 424
- Richmond Early College High3.0 mi · 294
- West Rockingham Elementary3.0 mi · 314
Frequently asked questions
About Washington Street ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Washington Street Elementary?
Washington Street Elementary enrolls approximately 417 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Washington Street Elementary serve?
Washington Street Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Washington Street Elementary have?
Washington Street Elementary employs 23 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.2:1.
How diverse is Washington Street Elementary?
Washington Street Elementary reports a student body of 27% White, 9% Hispanic, 52% Black, 2% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Washington Street Elementary public or private?
Washington Street Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Richmond County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.