Best Public Schools in Scotland Neck, NC

Summary:

Scotland Neck, North Carolina has only one school in the data set - the Scotland Neck Elementary Leadership Academy, an elementary school serving grades PK-5 with an enrollment of 134 students. The school is part of the Halifax County Schools district, which is ranked 223 out of 242 districts in North Carolina and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.

The Scotland Neck Elementary Leadership Academy has seen a decline in its statewide ranking over the past three years, from 1393 out of 1505 elementary schools in 2023-2024 to 1285 out of 1490 in 2024-2025, with a 0-star rating. The school's test scores in mathematics, reading, and science are generally lower than the Halifax County Schools district and the state of North Carolina averages. For example, in 2024-2025, the school's 3rd-grade mathematics proficiency rate was 52.6%, compared to 46.2% for the district and 64.1% for the state.

Additionally, the Scotland Neck Elementary Leadership Academy has a very high rate of 97.76% of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch in 2023-2024, indicating a student population from economically disadvantaged backgrounds. Despite the low academic performance, the school's spending per student for the 2018-2019 school year was $13,990, which is relatively high. The school had a student-teacher ratio of 11.5 to 1 in the 2023-2024 school year.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				EOG Mathematics (2025)			EOG Reading (2025)			EOG Science (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	EOG Mathematics 3rd Grade	EOG Mathematics 4th Grade	EOG Mathematics 5th Grade	EOG Reading 3rd Grade	EOG Reading 4th Grade	EOG Reading 5th Grade	EOG Science 5th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Scotland Neck Elementary Leadership Academy	Public	PK, KG-5	901 Junior High School Road	Scotland Neck	27874	Halifax County	Halifax County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(252) 826-4413	140	10	14.0	97.9%	4 (2.9%)	111 (79.3%)	17 (12.1%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.7%)	6 (4.3%)	19.8	1285^th of 1490 public elementary schools	13.8%		12.6	1393^rd of 1505 public elementary schools	7.4%	108	52.6	33.3	35.7	26.3	33.3	28.6	64.3	$13,990	$3,067	$10,923

Cities Near Scotland Neck

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Hobgood	7.27 mi	1
Halifax	9.53 mi	4	470^th
Kelford	11.64 mi	1	380^th
Tarboro	13.27 mi	11	378^th
Battleboro	14.73 mi	4	433^rd

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the North Carolina Dept of Public Instruction.

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