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Falkland Elementary

Public Grades PK, KG-5
1163rd
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 1,492 North Carolina Elementary Schools
Better than 22% of North Carolina elementary schools
Summary

Falkland Elementary serves roughly 271 students in grades PK–5 in the Greenville, NC area as part of Pitt County Schools. The most pressing issue for families is chronic absenteeism: 29.6% of students were chronically absent in 2024-2025, well above the district rate of 21.7% and the state rate of 24.2%, and the highest among nearby schools. Compare that with 12.9% at Ridgewood Elementary or 25.3% at Wahl Coates Elementary. The contrast matters because Ridgewood serves an equally high-poverty student body yet ranks in the 80th percentile statewide, suggesting regular attendance may be a more powerful lever than additional funding.

Falkland also trails district and state averages in nearly every subject. Reading is the clearest weakness: 4th-grade reading proficiency was 32.6% in 2025-2026, versus roughly 58% across the district and state, while 3rd-grade reading (39.6%) also lags. The bright spot is 5th-grade math at 64.1% proficiency, slightly above the state average. None of this is due to a lack of resources: Falkland spends about $12,105 per student and has a 12.2 student-teacher ratio, lower than Sam D Bundy Elementary and other nearby schools with ratios near 14.6.

The long-term direction is encouraging. Falkland has climbed from the 2nd percentile statewide in 2016-2017 to the 22nd percentile today, and its African American students currently rank in the 54th percentile statewide — far above the school's overall 22nd-percentile ranking — while 5th-grade reading and math scores jumped sharply in the most recent year. A notable gender gap persists, with female students in the 30th percentile and male students in the 14th. Because the school is small, year-to-year swings can be large, but the overall trajectory is upward. The two areas to watch are attendance and reading support.

271
Students ?
12.2
Student/teacher ratio ?
98.9%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 503 Nc 121
       Greenville, NC  27834-9425

(252) 752-7820

District: Pitt County Schools


Students who attend Falkland Elementary usually attend:

Middle:    Farmville Middle
High:    Farmville Central High
Racial breakdown:

African American:
73.4%
Hispanic:
10.0%
White:
8.5%
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At a glance
▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 8th percentile in 2016 → 22nd in 2026
Strengths
✓Ranking is trending up — up 14 percentile points since 2016
Worth a look
!Test scores below the North Carolina average (48% vs 61% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (22nd percentile)
!Reading scores 18 pts below the North Carolina average
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school48%
District avg62%
North Carolina avg61%
1,163rd of 1,492
North Carolina public elementary schools ?
Bottom 22%▲ up 14 pts since 2016
From bottom 8% (2016) to bottom 22% (2026)
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
112th of 246Pitt 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

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202626.51163 of 149222.1%★☆☆☆☆
202522.71225 of 149017.8%★☆☆☆☆
202420.01284 of 150514.7%★☆☆☆☆
202324.21185 of 150221.1%★☆☆☆☆
202226.31149 of 151424.1%★☆☆☆☆
202123.81123 of 148924.6%★☆☆☆☆
201912.21348 of 14738.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20186.41389 of 14343.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20173.21399 of 14292.1%☆☆☆☆☆
201611.41312 of 14257.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201511.71317 of 14408.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201413.31252 of 13909.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201327.71067 of 140323.9%★☆☆☆☆
201236.3996 of 138828.2%★☆☆☆☆
201138.9940 of 138131.9%★★☆☆☆
201044.9854 of 136337.3%★★☆☆☆
200931.91011 of 135425.3%★☆☆☆☆
200828.71025 of 132422.6%★☆☆☆☆
200728.11048 of 129318.9%★☆☆☆☆
200638.3893 of 127630.0%★★☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202650.6415 of 90354.0%★★★☆☆
202538.0590 of 91835.7%★★☆☆☆
202432.2686 of 92425.8%★☆☆☆☆
202342.8519 of 93344.4%★★☆☆☆
202242.7509 of 92745.1%★★☆☆☆
202146.9403 of 89655.0%★★★☆☆
201930.5735 of 94922.6%★☆☆☆☆
201823.8785 of 92715.3%★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
201933.1632 of 87828.0%★☆☆☆☆
201815.0871 of 8972.9%☆☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202633.81018 of 144729.6%★☆☆☆☆
202533.21022 of 145129.6%★☆☆☆☆
202418.51278 of 145512.2%★☆☆☆☆
202333.01006 of 145931.0%★★☆☆☆
202221.41230 of 145815.6%★☆☆☆☆
202123.81119 of 144022.3%★☆☆☆☆
201920.71226 of 142413.9%★☆☆☆☆
201815.41270 of 14059.6%☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202632.71070 of 143425.4%★☆☆☆☆
202522.21266 of 143711.9%★☆☆☆☆
202429.01144 of 145021.1%★☆☆☆☆
202331.01066 of 143725.8%★☆☆☆☆
202236.7904 of 136633.8%★★☆☆☆
202150.2581 of 132956.3%★★★☆☆
201919.41214 of 136110.8%★☆☆☆☆
201814.51247 of 13326.4%☆☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202620.61254 of 145113.6%★☆☆☆☆
202514.01345 of 14507.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202425.01167 of 146420.3%★☆☆☆☆
202319.61238 of 146115.3%★☆☆☆☆
202230.41057 of 146427.8%★☆☆☆☆
202125.11084 of 144424.9%★☆☆☆☆
201910.41343 of 14306.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20183.11400 of 14130.9%☆☆☆☆☆
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)
African American (2026)54th percentile+32 vs school
Female (2026)30th percentile+8 vs school
Disabled (2019)28th percentile+20 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)25th percentile+3 vs school
Male (2026)14th percentile-8 vs school
By subject vs North Carolina (2025-2026) ?
Mathematics56%-7 vs state
Science51%-16 vs state
Reading38%-18 vs state

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Frequently Asked Questions about Falkland Elementary

Students at Falkland Elementary are 73% African American, 10% Hispanic, 8% White, 6% Two or more races, 1% Asian.

Falkland Elementary ranks in the bottom 22.1% of North Carolina elementary schools.

Students who attend Falkland Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Farmville Middle
High : Farmville Central High

In the 2024-25 school year, 271 students attended Falkland Elementary.

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2017–18 through 2025–26 attendance data & graduation ratesSep 2, 2026
2025–26 EOC & EOG test scoresSep 2, 2026
2016–17 through 2024–25 graduation ratesSep 3, 2025
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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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