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Northwest Elementary

Q: Is Northwest Elementary a good school?

Northwest Elementary ranks in the bottom 20.7% of North Carolina elementary schools.

Q: How many students attend Northwest Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 361 students attended Northwest Elementary.

Q: What is the racial makeup of Northwest Elementary?

Students at Northwest Elementary are 55% African American, 30% Hispanic, 9% Two or more races, 6% White.

Q: What schools do graduates of Northwest Elementary attend?

Students who attend Northwest Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : Wellcome Middle High : North Pitt High

Public Grades PK, KG-5

1183^rd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,492 North Carolina Elementary Schools

Better than 21% of North Carolina elementary schools

Summary

Northwest Elementary is a PK–5 school in Greenville, NC, serving 361 students in the Pitt County Schools district, where 99.17% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The school's statewide ranking has improved substantially from a low point in 2022–2023, when it sat at the 2nd percentile, to its current position at the 21st percentile. Compared with nearby schools, Northwest sits in the middle-to-lower tier: it outranks South Greenville Elementary (12th percentile) and Princeville Elementary (11th percentile), is roughly comparable to Falkland Elementary (22nd percentile), but trails schools like Belvoir Elementary (31st percentile) and G W Carver Elementary (50th percentile).

The biggest academic concern for parents to understand is reading. Across grades 3–5, Northwest's average reading proficiency is roughly 35.8%, with 3rd and 5th grade scores landing about 25–27 percentage points below the state average. Math is a relative strength — the school's average of about 53.3% proficient is within striking distance of nearby Lakeforest Elementary (53.8%). Reading performance is also uneven by grade: 4th grade reading proficiency was 50.0%, while 3rd and 5th grades were around 28–29%, suggesting specific cohorts may need extra literacy support. On a more encouraging note, chronic absenteeism has dropped from 54.7% in 2020–2021 to 18.6% in 2024–2025 — now below both the district (21.7%) and state (24.2%) averages.

The example of G W Carver Elementary, a nearby school in Edgecombe County Public Schools serving a similarly high-poverty community, shows that stronger results are possible. Carver ranks at the 50th percentile statewide and outperforms Northwest in nearly every subject despite having a higher chronic absenteeism rate. Northwest does have genuine bright spots to build on: its English Language Learner students rank in the 74th percentile among ELL students statewide, and its low-income students rank in the 38th percentile among their peers statewide. The clearest takeaway is that a sustained focus on reading instruction across all elementary grades, particularly early literacy and 5th grade reading, is the school's most important priority moving forward.

361

Students ?

13.0

Student/teacher ratio ?

99.2%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1471 Holland Road
Greenville, NC 27834

(252) 752-6329

District: Pitt County Schools

Students who attend Northwest Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Wellcome Middle
High:	North Pitt High

Racial breakdown:

African American:

55.1%

Hispanic:

29.6%

Two or more races:

9.1%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 6th percentile in 2016 → 21st in 2026

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 15 percentile points since 2016

Worth a look

!Test scores below the North Carolina average (46% vs 61% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (21st percentile)

!Reading scores 21 pts below the North Carolina average

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school46%

District avg62%

North Carolina avg61%

1,183^rd of 1,492

North Carolina public elementary schools ?

Bottom 21%▲ up 15 pts since 2016

From bottom 6% (2016) to bottom 21% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

112^th 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

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	25.2	1183 of 1492	20.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	30.1	1090 of 1490	26.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	16.5	1332 of 1505	11.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	5.4	1470 of 1502	2.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	7.0	1465 of 1514	3.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	9.5	1393 of 1489	6.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	13.9	1322 of 1473	10.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	10.3	1340 of 1434	6.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	7.1	1362 of 1429	4.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2016	9.0	1340 of 1425	6.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2015	26.3	1136 of 1440	21.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	53.8	637 of 1390	54.2%	★★★☆☆
2013	45.3	742 of 1403	47.1%	★★☆☆☆
2012	26.1	1137 of 1388	18.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	2.0	1368 of 1381	0.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2010	1.0	1357 of 1363	0.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2009	6.3	1302 of 1354	3.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2008	8.7	1259 of 1324	4.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2007	29.6	1026 of 1293	20.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	23.5	1074 of 1276	15.8%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	44.8	506 of 903	44.0%	★★☆☆☆
2025	33.9	648 of 918	29.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	35.7	641 of 924	30.6%	★★☆☆☆
2023	15.1	879 of 933	5.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	15.7	873 of 927	5.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	21.4	794 of 896	11.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	31.2	721 of 949	24.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	23.2	791 of 927	14.7%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	61.4	135 of 519	74.0%	★★★★☆
2025	72.6	83 of 563	85.3%	★★★★☆
2024	31.7	396 of 533	25.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	15.4	494 of 514	3.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	43.1	256 of 485	47.2%	★★☆☆☆
2018	48.7	178 of 421	57.7%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	33.1	1032 of 1447	28.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	30.5	1073 of 1451	26.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	16.3	1318 of 1455	9.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	7.2	1416 of 1459	2.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	4.6	1452 of 1458	0.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	12.4	1326 of 1440	7.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	18.8	1253 of 1424	12.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	10.8	1320 of 1405	6.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	52.8	441 of 981	55.0%	★★★☆☆
2025	70.3	202 of 961	79.0%	★★★★☆
2024	34.5	675 of 951	29.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	18.7	834 of 915	8.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	29.1	711 of 893	20.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	35.8	550 of 843	34.8%	★★☆☆☆
2019	39.1	559 of 865	35.4%	★★☆☆☆
2018	32.5	637 of 851	25.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	40.8	883 of 1434	38.4%	★★☆☆☆
2025	40.7	903 of 1437	37.2%	★★☆☆☆
2024	23.6	1244 of 1450	14.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	8.5	1410 of 1437	1.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	11.0	1332 of 1366	2.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	14.0	1267 of 1329	4.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	22.4	1166 of 1361	14.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	16.5	1225 of 1332	8.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	21.6	1239 of 1451	14.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	34.0	1009 of 1450	30.4%	★★☆☆☆
2024	20.1	1255 of 1464	14.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	6.9	1415 of 1461	3.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	11.2	1378 of 1464	5.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	9.0	1379 of 1444	4.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	13.9	1306 of 1430	8.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	12.8	1313 of 1413	7.1%	☆☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2023	0.1	1183 of 1183	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

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)

English Language Learner (2026)74th percentile+53 vs school

Hispanic (2026)55th percentile+34 vs school

African American (2026)44th percentile+23 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)38th percentile+18 vs school

Female (2026)29th percentile+8 vs school

Male (2026)15th percentile-6 vs school

White (2023)<1st percentile~ school

By subject vs North Carolina (2025-2026) ?

Science58%-10 vs state

Mathematics53%-10 vs state

Reading35%-21 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/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2025)	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 Mathematics 6th Grade	EOG Mathematics 7th Grade	EOG Mathematics 8th Grade	EOG Reading 3rd Grade	EOG Reading 4th Grade	EOG Reading 5th Grade	EOG Reading 6th Grade	EOG Reading 7th Grade	EOG Reading 8th Grade	EOG Science 5th Grade	EOG Science 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Northwest Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1471 Holland Road	Greenville	27834	Pitt County	Pitt County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(252) 752-6329	361	28	13.0	99.2%	20 (5.5%)	199 (55.1%)	107 (29.6%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (9.1%)	25.2	1183^rd of 1492 public elementary schools	20.7%		30.1	1090^th of 1490 public elementary schools	26.8%	93	44.6	56.0	59.3				28.6	50.0	28.8				57.6		$10,996	$2,073	$8,923
Falkland Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	503 Nc 121	Greenville	27834	Pitt County	Pitt County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(252) 752-7820	271	22	12.2	98.9%	23 (8.5%)	199 (73.4%)	27 (10.0%)	4 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	17 (6.3%)	26.5	1163^rd of 1492 public elementary schools	22.1%		22.7	1225^th of 1490 public elementary schools	17.8%	62	56.3	48.8	64.1				39.6	32.6	43.6				51.3		$12,105	$2,374	$9,732
Belvoir Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2568 NC 33 West	Greenville	27834	Pitt County	Pitt County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(252) 752-6365	405	31	13.1	99.3%	20 (4.9%)	142 (35.1%)	226 (55.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	16 (4.0%)	33.8	1030^th of 1492 public elementary schools	31.0%		27.3	1126^th of 1490 public elementary schools	24.4%	96	50.7	52.5	64.6				40.3	44.3	47.7				63.1		$11,073	$1,974	$9,098
Bethel Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	152 E. Washington Street	Bethel	27812	Pitt County	Pitt County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(252) 825-3801	232	20	11.6	98.7%	61 (26.3%)	115 (49.6%)	41 (17.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (5.6%)	35.8	986^th of 1492 public elementary schools	33.9%		35.2	999^th of 1490 public elementary schools	33.0%	13	77.8	52.4	50.0	42.1	37.9	42.9	51.9	61.9	20.0	42.1	27.6	23.8	56.7	61.9	$11,317	$1,617	$9,701
G W Carver Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	700 East Hamlet Street	Pinetops	27864	Edgecombe County	Edgecombe County Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(252) 827-2116	550	37	15.0	97.8%	249 (45.3%)	189 (34.4%)	73 (13.3%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (6.5%)	48.9	746^th of 1492 public elementary schools	50.0%		51.2	726^th of 1490 public elementary schools	51.3%	20	60.6	72.9	61.5				50.0	61.4	42.3				66.7		$9,997	$1,940	$8,058
Lakeforest Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	3300 Briarcliff Drive	Greenville	27834	Pitt County	Pitt County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(252) 756-3941	821	53	15.4	98.1%	44 (5.4%)	663 (80.8%)	58 (7.1%)	8 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (0.7%)	42 (5.1%)	34.5	1020^th of 1492 public elementary schools	31.6%		31.1	1071^st of 1490 public elementary schools	28.1%	51	47.9	55.4	58.0				43.7	50.4	45.5				63.1		$10,158	$1,578	$8,580
Princeville Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	306 Walston Street	Tarboro	27886	Edgecombe County	Edgecombe County Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(252) 823-4718	205	13	15.3	97.1%	12 (5.9%)	150 (73.2%)	34 (16.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (4.4%)	17.7	1322^nd of 1492 public elementary schools	11.4%		17.6	1320^th of 1490 public elementary schools	11.4%	2	61.8	32.0	43.5				35.3	40.0	30.4				47.8		$14,011	$2,582	$11,429
ECU Community School	Public	K-5	811 Howell St	Greenville	27834	Pitt County	East Carolina Community School	No	No	No	Yes	(252) 737-5600	108	9	13.0	97.2%	0 (0.0%)	104 (96.3%)	1 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.9%)	2 (1.9%)	65.5	496^th of 1492 public elementary schools	66.8%		55.2	651^st of 1490 public elementary schools	56.3%	155	71.4	58.8	90.0				35.7	52.9	75.0				80.0
South Greenville Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	811 Howell St	Greenville	27834	Pitt County	Pitt County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(252) 756-7004	251	26	9.7	98.8%	4 (1.6%)	205 (81.7%)	20 (8.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (8.4%)	18.5	1308^th of 1492 public elementary schools	12.3%		25.8	1161^st of 1490 public elementary schools	22.1%	147	59.2	42.6	45.2				30.6	46.8	19.0				50.0		$12,110	$2,467	$9,643
H B Sugg Elementary	Public	PK, KG-2	3992 Grimmersburg Street	Farmville	27828	Pitt County	Pitt County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(252) 753-2671	421	30	14.2	99.3%	144 (34.2%)	174 (41.3%)	67 (15.9%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (7.4%)								(n/a)															$12,250	$2,297	$9,953

Frequently Asked Questions about Northwest Elementary

What district is Northwest Elementary in?

Pitt County Schools

What schools do graduates of Northwest Elementary attend?

Students who attend Northwest Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Wellcome Middle
High : North Pitt High

How many students attend Northwest Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 361 students attended Northwest Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Northwest Elementary?

Students at Northwest Elementary are 55% African American, 30% Hispanic, 9% Two or more races, 6% White.

Is Northwest Elementary a good school?

Northwest Elementary ranks in the bottom 20.7% of North Carolina elementary schools.

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