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South Greenville Elementary

Public Grades PK, KG-5
1308th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 1,492 North Carolina Elementary Schools
Better than 12% of North Carolina elementary schools
Summary

South Greenville Elementary is a small PK-5 school in Greenville, NC, serving 251 students in the Pitt County Schools district, where nearly all students (98.8%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The school currently ranks at the 12th percentile statewide (1 star), placing it well below the state median and behind every comparable elementary school in its immediate area. On a more positive note, chronic absenteeism was 20% in 2024-25, better than both the district (21.7%) and state (24.2%) averages.

Reading is the school's largest academic challenge. On the most recent end-of-grade tests, only 19% of 5th graders were proficient in reading — roughly 36 points below the state average. Third-grade reading proficiency (30.6%) also trails the state by about 25 points. Math results are more mixed, with 3rd-grade math actually surpassing state and district averages in 2024-25. Nearby schools serving nearly identical high-poverty populations perform far better: Wintergreen Intermediate ranks in the 87th percentile and Ridgewood Elementary in the 80th.

Strikingly, ECU Community School sits at the same address (811 Howell St) and serves almost the same population, yet ranks in the 67th percentile and posts 5th-grade reading proficiency of 75% — compared to 19% at South Greenville. South Greenville also spends more than most of these schools ($12,110 per student) and has a very low 9.7:1 student-teacher ratio, so extra resources alone haven't closed the gap. Subgroup results are uneven: the school is comparatively stronger for female students than male students, while special education results fell sharply to the 1st percentile — an urgent area for attention.

251
Students ?
9.7
Student/teacher ratio ?
98.8%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 811 Howell St
       Greenville, NC  27834-5219

(252) 756-7004

District: Pitt County Schools


Students who attend South Greenville Elementary usually attend:

Middle:    E B Aycock Middle
High:    Junius H Rose High
Racial breakdown:

African American:
81.7%
Two or more races:
8.4%
Hispanic:
8.0%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Recently slipping — 27th percentile in 2024 → 12th in 2026
Strengths
Small classes — about 10 students per teacher
Worth a look
!Test scores below the North Carolina average (42% vs 61% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (12th percentile)
!Ranking has slipped from its 27th-percentile peak (2024) to 12th (2026)
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school42%
District avg62%
North Carolina avg61%
1,308th of 1,492
North Carolina public elementary schools ?
Bottom 12%▲ up 9 pts since 2016
From bottom 3% (2016) to bottom 12% (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
202618.51308 of 149212.3%★☆☆☆☆
202525.81161 of 149022.1%★☆☆☆☆
202430.11096 of 150527.2%★☆☆☆☆
202321.31241 of 150217.4%★☆☆☆☆
202211.91409 of 15146.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20215.01466 of 14891.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20192.91458 of 14731.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20183.11416 of 14341.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20178.41345 of 14295.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20165.91383 of 14252.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20155.01404 of 14402.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20144.41363 of 13901.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20137.21363 of 14032.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20125.71350 of 13882.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20119.21319 of 13814.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20108.21304 of 13634.3%☆☆☆☆☆
200918.51183 of 135412.6%★☆☆☆☆
200817.91158 of 132412.5%★☆☆☆☆
200720.91130 of 129312.6%★☆☆☆☆
200626.61042 of 127618.3%★☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202638.9592 of 90334.4%★★☆☆☆
202546.1485 of 91847.2%★★☆☆☆
202448.7444 of 92451.9%★★★☆☆
202337.2600 of 93335.7%★★☆☆☆
202226.2761 of 92717.9%★☆☆☆☆
202114.3876 of 8962.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201911.9917 of 9493.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201812.9887 of 9274.3%☆☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202625.11170 of 144719.1%★☆☆☆☆
202534.8994 of 145131.5%★★☆☆☆
202436.5976 of 145532.9%★★☆☆☆
202330.41076 of 145926.3%★☆☆☆☆
202218.61287 of 145811.7%★☆☆☆☆
202110.41358 of 14405.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20193.61412 of 14240.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20184.11381 of 14051.7%☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202635.31016 of 143429.1%★☆☆☆☆
202544.4816 of 143743.2%★★☆☆☆
202442.4884 of 145039.0%★★☆☆☆
202330.71073 of 143725.3%★☆☆☆☆
202222.71180 of 136613.6%★☆☆☆☆
202111.51293 of 13292.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20194.61347 of 13611.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20186.21317 of 13321.1%☆☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202616.11324 of 14518.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202520.51245 of 145014.1%★☆☆☆☆
202423.41190 of 146418.7%★☆☆☆☆
202313.51344 of 14618.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202211.21379 of 14645.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20217.51407 of 14442.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20194.91405 of 14301.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20183.61399 of 14131.0%☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202612.9806 of 8151.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202457.4243 of 80169.7%★★★☆☆
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)34th percentile+22 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)29th percentile+17 vs school
Female (2026)19th percentile+7 vs school
Male (2026)9th percentile-4 vs school
Special Education (2026)1st percentile-11 vs school
By subject vs North Carolina (2025-2026) ?
Science50%-18 vs state
Mathematics49%-14 vs state
Reading33%-24 vs state

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Students who attend South Greenville Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : E B Aycock Middle
High : Junius H Rose High

South Greenville Elementary ranks in the bottom 12.3% of North Carolina elementary schools.

Students at South Greenville Elementary are 82% African American, 8% Two or more races, 8% Hispanic, 2% White.

In the 2024-25 school year, 251 students attended South Greenville Elementary.

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


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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