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Beaver Dam Elementary

Public Grades K-5

10^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,492 North Carolina Elementary Schools

Better than 99% of North Carolina elementary schools

Summary

Beaver Dam Elementary is a small, rural K-5 school in Roseboro, NC, serving just 87 students as part of Cumberland County Schools. Despite serving a student population where roughly 96% of families qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, the school has earned a 5-star rating and ranks 10th out of 1,492 elementary schools statewide, placing it in the 99th percentile. This success is not a one-year fluke—over the past decade, Beaver Dam has ranked as high as 5th in the state and has consistently finished among the top 50 elementary schools in North Carolina.

Academically, Beaver Dam far outperforms its district and state peers. In the most recent school year, 4th grade reading proficiency reached 95.6%, compared to just 55.9% districtwide, and 4th grade math hit 91.3% versus 54.9% for the district. Third grade reading and math both came in at 90.9%, roughly 25 to 40 percentage points above district averages. Comparable schools in the area tell a very different story: Roseboro Elementary, located just 4.8 miles away with very similar demographics, ranks 965th statewide, while the closest same-district competitor, Stedman Elementary, ranks 152nd—still more than 140 places behind Beaver Dam.

Several resources help explain this standout performance. Beaver Dam operates with an exceptionally low student-to-teacher ratio of 9.1 to 1, far lower than nearby schools like Sunnyside Elementary (17.3) or Clement Elementary (15.8), and it spends more per student ($14,341) than every nearby comparison school. The school also keeps chronic absenteeism well below the district average of 33.7%, and its economically disadvantaged students perform in the 94th percentile statewide—evidence that the school's approach works especially well for learners facing additional barriers. For parents, Beaver Dam is a remarkable example of a high-poverty rural school delivering results that rival the very best elementary schools in North Carolina.

Students ?

9.1

Student/teacher ratio ?

96.6%

Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?

12059 Hwy 210 S
Roseboro, NC 28382-9304

(910) 838-0008

District: Cumberland County Schools

Students who attend Beaver Dam Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Mac Williams Middle
High:	Cape Fear High

Racial breakdown:

White:

67.8%

Hispanic:

13.8%

African American:

12.6%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 97th percentile in 2016 → 99th in 2026

Strengths

✓Test scores above the North Carolina average (93% vs 60% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 1% of North Carolina elementary schools

✓Small classes — about 9 students per teacher

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school93%

District avg56%

North Carolina avg60%

10^th of 1,492

North Carolina public elementary schools ?

Top 1%▲ up 2 pts since 2016

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

141^st of 246Cumberland County Schools among North Carolina districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	97.4	10 of 1492	99.3%	★★★★★
2025	95.7	45 of 1490	97.0%	★★★★★
2024	92.3	82 of 1505	94.6%	★★★★★
2023	93.0	78 of 1502	94.8%	★★★★★
2022	94.7	50 of 1514	96.7%	★★★★★
2021	76.3	296 of 1489	80.1%	★★★★☆
2019	94.1	36 of 1473	97.6%	★★★★★
2018	97.1	5 of 1434	99.7%	★★★★★
2017	96.4	12 of 1429	99.2%	★★★★★
2016	93.5	39 of 1425	97.3%	★★★★★
2015	90.4	84 of 1440	94.2%	★★★★★
2014	95.7	27 of 1390	98.1%	★★★★★
2013	76.3	278 of 1403	80.2%	★★★★☆
2012	85.4	106 of 1388	92.4%	★★★★★
2011	88.1	67 of 1381	95.1%	★★★★★
2010	74.8	299 of 1363	78.1%	★★★★☆
2009	66.4	474 of 1354	65.0%	★★★☆☆
2008	65.7	434 of 1324	67.2%	★★★☆☆
2007	83.4	115 of 1293	91.1%	★★★★★
2006	66.4	405 of 1276	68.3%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	84.4	161 of 1451	88.9%	★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2024	85.6	90 of 1450	93.8%	★★★★★

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2024	92.2	73 of 1464	95.0%	★★★★★
2019	91.5	72 of 1430	95.0%	★★★★★

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	86.7	99 of 1172	91.6%	★★★★★
2024	74.4	268 of 1166	77.0%	★★★★☆
2023	89.8	52 of 1183	95.6%	★★★★★
2022	83.7	143 of 1194	88.0%	★★★★☆
2019	89.7	48 of 1183	95.9%	★★★★★
2018	92.8	16 of 1178	98.6%	★★★★★

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Male (2024)95th percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2024)94th percentile~ school

White (2025)92nd percentile-5 vs school

Female (2025)89th percentile-8 vs school

By subject vs North Carolina (2025-2026) ?

Reading94%+37 vs state

Mathematics91%+27 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				EOG Mathematics (2026)			EOG Reading (2026)			EOG Science (2026)	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/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	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
Beaver Dam Elementary	Public	K-5	12059 Hwy 210 S	Roseboro	28382	Sampson County	Cumberland County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(910) 838-0008	87	10	9.1	96.6%	59 (67.8%)	11 (12.6%)	12 (13.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (5.7%)	97.4	10^th of 1492 public elementary schools	99.3%		95.7	45^th of 1490 public elementary schools	97.0%	35	90.9	91.3		90.9	95.6			$14,341	$1,861	$12,480
Roseboro Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	180 Butler Island Road	Roseboro	28382	Sampson County	Sampson County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(910) 525-4538	369	26	14.2	95.4%	127 (34.4%)	117 (31.7%)	92 (24.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (8.4%)	36.6	965^th of 1492 public elementary schools	35.3%		30.3	1083^rd of 1490 public elementary schools	27.3%	118	54.1	57.1	57.8	47.5	41.3	44.4	73.3	$9,907	$1,572	$8,336
Salemburg Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	404 E. College Street	Salemburg	28385	Sampson County	Sampson County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(910) 525-5547	502	27	18.3	—	144 (28.7%)	76 (15.1%)	248 (49.4%)	2 (0.4%)	5 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (5.4%)	34.8	1008^th of 1492 public elementary schools	32.4%		22.4	1235^th of 1490 public elementary schools	17.1%	227	62.1	54.3	58.2	36.2	51.4	37.3	64.2	$10,122	$1,174	$8,949
Stedman Primary	Public	PK, KG-1	155 E First Street	Stedman	28391	Cumberland County	Cumberland County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(910) 484-6954	161	11	14.6	96.9%	96 (59.6%)	25 (15.5%)	12 (7.5%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (3.1%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (14.3%)								(n/a)								$12,763	$1,367	$11,396
Stedman Elementary	Public	1-5	7370 Clinton Road Hwy 24	Stedman	28391	Cumberland County	Cumberland County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(910) 483-3886	284	26	10.9	—	166 (58.5%)	37 (13.0%)	37 (13.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.4%)	2 (0.7%)	38 (13.4%)	87.4	152^nd of 1492 public elementary schools	89.8%		76.9	300^th of 1490 public elementary schools	79.9%	148	83.1	76.8	80.3	77.5	72.5	75.4	83.6	$11,859	$1,108	$10,751
J W Seabrook Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	4619 NC Hwy 210 South	Fayetteville	28301	Cumberland County	Cumberland County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(910) 323-2930	271	21	12.9	—	96 (35.4%)	74 (27.3%)	41 (15.1%)	5 (1.8%)	17 (6.3%)	1 (0.4%)	37 (13.7%)	67.3	465^th of 1492 public elementary schools	68.8%		57	609^th of 1490 public elementary schools	59.1%	144	77.3	60.4	76.5	70.5	52.1	61.8	76.5	$11,197	$1,825	$9,372
Bladen Lakes Primary	Public	PK, KG-5	9554 Johnsontown Road	Elizabethtown	28337	Bladen County	Bladen County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(910) 247-4608	166	9	19.2	95.8%	41 (24.7%)	37 (22.3%)	73 (44.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (9.0%)	46.6	794^th of 1492 public elementary schools	46.8%		20.7	1267^th of 1490 public elementary schools	15.0%	473	61.1	70.0	84.2	38.9	50.0	31.6	68.4	$11,774	$2,123	$9,651
Clement Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	3220 Maxwell Rd	Autryville	28318	Sampson County	Sampson County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(910) 567-2112	367	23	15.8	—	158 (43.1%)	35 (9.5%)	153 (41.7%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (4.9%)	68.1	456^th of 1492 public elementary schools	69.4%		74.3	330^th of 1490 public elementary schools	77.9%	126	85.2	67.2	72.2	55.6	60.3	58.3	75.0	$11,254	$1,615	$9,639
Sunnyside Elementary	Public	K-5	3876 Sunnyside School Road	Fayetteville	28312	Cumberland County	Cumberland County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(910) 483-4319	362	21	17.3	96.1%	43 (11.9%)	227 (62.7%)	48 (13.3%)	2 (0.6%)	9 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (9.1%)	50.1	727^th of 1492 public elementary schools	51.3%		41	898^th of 1490 public elementary schools	39.7%	171	68.1	57.4	65.0	59.6	53.2	43.3	68.3	$10,621	$1,658	$8,964
Sunset Avenue Elementary	Public	3-5	505 Sunset Ave	Clinton	28328	Sampson County	Clinton City Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(910) 592-5623	649	39	16.6	—	94 (14.5%)	222 (34.2%)	278 (42.8%)	3 (0.5%)	20 (3.1%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (4.9%)	30.6	1079^th of 1492 public elementary schools	27.7%		43.8	856^th of 1490 public elementary schools	42.6%	223	64.1	43.0	56.3	42.9	50.2	38.6	55.8	$9,555	$1,262	$8,293

Frequently Asked Questions about Beaver Dam Elementary

How many students attend Beaver Dam Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 87 students attended Beaver Dam Elementary.

Is Beaver Dam Elementary a good school?

Yes! Beaver Dam Elementary is one of the best elementary schools in the state. It ranks 10^th of 1492 North Carolina elementary schools.

What district is Beaver Dam Elementary in?

Cumberland County Schools

What is the racial makeup of Beaver Dam Elementary?

Students at Beaver Dam Elementary are 68% White, 14% Hispanic, 13% African American, 6% Two or more races.

What schools do graduates of Beaver Dam Elementary attend?

Students who attend Beaver Dam Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Mac Williams Middle
High : Cape Fear High

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