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Eastlawn Elementary

Public Grades PK, KG-5
1485th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 1,490 North Carolina Elementary Schools
Better than 0% of North Carolina elementary schools
Summary

Eastlawn Elementary is a public elementary school in Burlington, North Carolina, serving 555 students in grades PK-5. The school is part of the Alamance-Burlington Schools district, which is ranked 193 out of 242 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Eastlawn Elementary has consistently ranked among the lowest-performing elementary schools in North Carolina, with a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger for most of the past decade. The school's proficiency rates in mathematics, reading, and science are significantly lower than the district and state averages across all grade levels. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, only 21.8% of 3rd graders, 15.1% of 4th graders, and 21.4% of 5th graders were proficient in mathematics, compared to 64.1%, 58.9%, and 59.3% at the state level, respectively. The school's reading proficiency rates are also extremely low, ranging from 17.2% to 24.7% across 3rd to 5th grades, compared to 46.7% to 58.1% statewide.

Interestingly, the nearby schools in the Alamance-Burlington district, such as Elon Elementary, South Graham Elementary, and Marvin B. Smith Elementary, generally perform much better than Eastlawn Elementary on academic measures. For example, Marvin B. Smith Elementary, located about 4.35 miles from Eastlawn, has significantly higher proficiency rates in mathematics, reading, and science, with 81.5%, 65.5%, and 76.3% of students proficient, respectively, in the 2024-2025 school year.

528
Students ?
15.2
Student/teacher ratio ?
$9,376
Per pupil spending ?
99.4%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 502 N Graham Hopedale Road
       Burlington, NC  27217-2945

(336) 570-6180

District: Alamance-Burlington Schools


Students who attend Eastlawn Elementary usually attend:

Middle:    Broadview Middle
High:    Hugh M Cummings High
Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
60.6%
African American:
25.2%
Two or more races:
7.2%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Holding steady — 1st percentile in 2015 → <1st in 2025
Worth a look
!Test scores below the North Carolina average (21% vs 57% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (<1st percentile)
!Mathematics scores 41 pts below the North Carolina average
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school21%
District avg45%
North Carolina avg57%
1,485th of 1,490
North Carolina public elementary schools ?
Bottom 1%▼ down 1 pts since 2015
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SchoolDigger rating ?
19th of 20Elementary Schools in the Alamance-Burlington Schools
193rd of 242Alamance-Burlington 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
20252.51485 of 14900.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20245.91473 of 15052.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20236.01465 of 15022.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20229.31442 of 15144.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202112.61351 of 14899.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201911.21363 of 14737.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20189.61345 of 14346.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201715.41266 of 142911.4%★☆☆☆☆
201612.11308 of 14258.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20152.81426 of 14401.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20144.41362 of 13902.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20137.81352 of 14033.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20129.91316 of 13885.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201111.31294 of 13816.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20105.11336 of 13632.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20099.31275 of 13545.8%☆☆☆☆☆
200810.91235 of 13246.7%☆☆☆☆☆
200715.01180 of 12938.7%☆☆☆☆☆
200611.31206 of 12765.5%☆☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
20257.5912 of 9180.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202419.8828 of 92410.4%★☆☆☆☆
202316.8868 of 9337.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202217.8855 of 9277.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202124.2745 of 89616.9%★☆☆☆☆
201925.8792 of 94916.5%★☆☆☆☆
201824.8777 of 92716.2%★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202136.2397 of 64638.5%★★☆☆☆
201939.5535 of 87839.1%★★☆☆☆
201838.7543 of 89739.5%★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202525.1471 of 56316.3%★☆☆☆☆
202415.4519 of 5332.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202314.8498 of 5143.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202224.2422 of 48513.0%★☆☆☆☆
202117.0375 of 3852.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201928.3402 of 49719.1%★☆☆☆☆
201824.6364 of 42113.5%★☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
20253.21446 of 14510.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20246.01430 of 14551.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20235.41437 of 14591.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20228.31413 of 14583.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202115.61272 of 144011.7%★☆☆☆☆
201916.91271 of 142410.7%★☆☆☆☆
201816.21257 of 140510.5%★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
20257.4952 of 9610.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202412.3924 of 9512.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202311.2893 of 9152.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202216.9838 of 8936.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202122.6729 of 84313.5%★☆☆☆☆
201928.1711 of 86517.8%★☆☆☆☆
201826.0718 of 85115.6%★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
20254.41433 of 14370.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20249.81411 of 14502.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20238.81408 of 14372.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202211.71323 of 13663.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202121.61110 of 132916.5%★☆☆☆☆
201915.71268 of 13616.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201813.01268 of 13324.8%☆☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
20254.41442 of 14500.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20249.31411 of 14643.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202310.91377 of 14615.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202211.41375 of 14646.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202111.11339 of 14447.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20198.71367 of 14304.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20186.81373 of 14132.8%☆☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202221.81029 of 119413.8%★☆☆☆☆
20194.11169 of 11831.2%☆☆☆☆☆
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)
Disabled (2021)39th percentile+29 vs school
English Language Learner (2025)16th percentile+16 vs school
White (2022)14th percentile+9 vs school
Hispanic (2025)1st percentile~ school
African American (2025)1st percentile~ school
Male (2025)1st percentile~ school
Female (2025)<1st percentile~ school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)<1st percentile~ school
By subject vs North Carolina (2024-2025) ?
Science25%-37 vs state
Reading20%-32 vs state
Mathematics20%-41 vs state

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Students who attend Eastlawn Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Broadview Middle
High : Hugh M Cummings High

Students at Eastlawn Elementary are 61% Hispanic, 25% African American, 7% Two or more races, 6% White.

In the 2024-25 school year, 528 students attended Eastlawn Elementary.

Eastlawn Elementary ranks in the bottom 0.3% of North Carolina elementary schools.


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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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