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Contentnea-Savannah School

Public Grades PK, KG-8
927th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 1,490 North Carolina Elementary Schools
Better than 38% of North Carolina elementary schools
Summary

Contentnea-Savannah School is an elementary school serving grades PK-8 in Kinston, North Carolina, part of the Lenoir County Public Schools district. With 875 students, the school has consistently been ranked in the bottom quarter of North Carolina elementary schools over the past decade, receiving a 1-star or 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Contentnea-Savannah School faces significant challenges in terms of academic performance, particularly for its most vulnerable student subgroups. The school's proficiency rates in math and reading are 5-10 percentage points below the state and district averages across most grade levels. Its rankings for special education and gifted/talented students are in the bottom 10-20% of North Carolina elementary schools, indicating stark disparities in subgroup performance. Despite serving a high-poverty student population, with over 99% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, the school's spending per student is slightly below the district average.

When compared to other elementary schools in the immediate vicinity, Contentnea-Savannah performs worse on most academic metrics. Nearby schools like Banks Elementary, Northwest Elementary, and Ayden Elementary all outperform Contentnea-Savannah, despite serving similar high-poverty student populations. The school's lack of improvement over time and its underperformance compared to nearby schools suggest the need for a comprehensive review of its resources, instructional practices, and support systems to better serve its students.

789
Students ?
14.2
Student/teacher ratio ?
$9,328
Per pupil spending ?
99.6%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 3400 Ferrell Road
       Kinston, NC  28501

(252) 527-8591

District: Lenoir County Public Schools


Students who attend Contentnea-Savannah School usually attend:

High:    Lenoir County Early College High
    North Lenoir High
Racial breakdown:

African American:
45.9%
White:
31.6%
Hispanic:
18.3%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Improving — 22nd percentile in 2015 → 38th in 2025
Strengths
Ranking is trending up — up 16 percentile points since 2015
Worth a look
!Test scores below the North Carolina average (44% vs 56% meeting standards)
!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing
!Mathematics scores 13 pts below the North Carolina average
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school44%
District avg46%
North Carolina avg56%
Elementary school
927th of 1,490
North Carolina public elementary schools ?
Bottom 38%▲ up 16 pts since 2015
From bottom 22% (2015) to bottom 38% (2025)
See the entire ranking list of North Carolina Elementary Schools →
SchoolDigger rating ?
Middle school
678th of 773
North Carolina public middle schools ?
Bottom 12%▼ down 16 pts since 2015
From bottom 29% (2015) to bottom 12% (2025)
See the entire ranking list of North Carolina Middle Schools →
SchoolDigger rating ?
6th of 9Elementary Schools in the Lenoir County Public Schools
165th of 242Lenoir County Public 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)
Elementary school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202539.5927 of 149037.8%★★☆☆☆
202433.01046 of 150530.5%★★☆☆☆
202328.11122 of 150225.3%★☆☆☆☆
202224.71179 of 151422.1%★☆☆☆☆
202122.11161 of 148922.0%★☆☆☆☆
201931.71071 of 147327.3%★☆☆☆☆
201831.71052 of 143426.6%★☆☆☆☆
201726.11136 of 142920.5%★☆☆☆☆
201624.31158 of 142518.7%★☆☆☆☆
201527.11123 of 144022.0%★☆☆☆☆
201434.1950 of 139031.7%★★☆☆☆
201336.6913 of 140334.9%★★☆☆☆
201247.1814 of 138841.4%★★☆☆☆
201157.3658 of 138152.4%★★★☆☆
201037.6968 of 136329.0%★☆☆☆☆
200933.8991 of 135426.8%★☆☆☆☆
200830.9996 of 132424.8%★☆☆☆☆
200751.6713 of 129344.9%★★☆☆☆
200653.7657 of 127648.5%★★☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202546.0486 of 91847.1%★★☆☆☆
202439.7580 of 92437.2%★★☆☆☆
202341.0553 of 93340.7%★★☆☆☆
202237.1585 of 92736.9%★★☆☆☆
202135.8559 of 89637.6%★★☆☆☆
201949.4448 of 94952.8%★★★☆☆
201844.6516 of 92744.3%★★☆☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202222.4557 of 63412.1%★☆☆☆☆
202145.0297 of 64654.0%★★★☆☆
201946.2426 of 87851.5%★★★☆☆
201835.3609 of 89732.1%★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
201970.781 of 49783.7%★★★★☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202542.1862 of 145140.6%★★☆☆☆
202433.41032 of 145529.1%★☆☆☆☆
202331.11061 of 145927.3%★☆☆☆☆
202221.71226 of 145815.9%★☆☆☆☆
202119.71201 of 144016.6%★☆☆☆☆
201933.71017 of 142428.6%★☆☆☆☆
201828.91090 of 140522.4%★☆☆☆☆

Gifted and Talented

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202512.0692 of 7102.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20246.6661 of 6691.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202323.2556 of 5824.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20222.3494 of 5001.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20212.0488 of 4941.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201932.1575 of 6126.0%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202541.8577 of 96140.0%★★☆☆☆
202430.0723 of 95124.0%★☆☆☆☆
202331.7665 of 91527.3%★☆☆☆☆
202232.5668 of 89325.2%★☆☆☆☆
202117.0788 of 8436.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201932.8646 of 86525.3%★☆☆☆☆
201841.8520 of 85138.9%★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202541.7879 of 143738.8%★★☆☆☆
202439.1934 of 145035.6%★★☆☆☆
202331.71051 of 143726.9%★☆☆☆☆
202228.41068 of 136621.8%★☆☆☆☆
202121.81108 of 132916.6%★☆☆☆☆
201941.6856 of 136137.1%★★☆☆☆
201832.5980 of 133226.4%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202536.5965 of 145033.4%★★☆☆☆
202433.51013 of 146430.8%★★☆☆☆
202326.01138 of 146122.1%★☆☆☆☆
202229.31078 of 146426.4%★☆☆☆☆
202125.51074 of 144425.6%★☆☆☆☆
201930.61091 of 143023.7%★☆☆☆☆
201836.5979 of 141330.7%★★☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202522.8735 of 82110.5%★☆☆☆☆
202421.2727 of 8019.2%☆☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202555.4515 of 117256.1%★★★☆☆
202453.2553 of 116652.6%★★★☆☆
202331.4894 of 118324.4%★☆☆☆☆
202233.9855 of 119428.4%★☆☆☆☆
202125.4942 of 117219.6%★☆☆☆☆
201934.1869 of 118326.5%★☆☆☆☆
201837.2828 of 117829.7%★☆☆☆☆
Middle school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202515.7678 of 77312.3%★☆☆☆☆
202427.6588 of 79325.9%★☆☆☆☆
202329.2566 of 78427.8%★☆☆☆☆
202236.0510 of 78635.1%★★☆☆☆
202141.3423 of 74142.9%★★☆☆☆
201935.8507 of 73731.2%★★☆☆☆
201841.1434 of 69137.2%★★☆☆☆
201730.5500 of 69428.0%★☆☆☆☆
201623.2546 of 69221.1%★☆☆☆☆
201531.3504 of 70528.5%★☆☆☆☆
201435.8396 of 62736.8%★★☆☆☆
201331.9469 of 67330.3%★★☆☆☆
201246.5421 of 66236.4%★★☆☆☆
201135.4477 of 64826.4%★☆☆☆☆
201030.7507 of 64020.8%★☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202523.8454 of 54616.8%★☆☆☆☆
202431.2408 of 56027.1%★☆☆☆☆
202336.5353 of 55936.9%★★☆☆☆
202254.2201 of 55063.5%★★★☆☆
202145.1252 of 53352.7%★★★☆☆
201937.5346 of 51933.3%★★☆☆☆
201851.6213 of 49456.9%★★★☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202223.0389 of 44913.4%★☆☆☆☆
202156.2127 of 47873.4%★★★★☆
201929.7392 of 50422.2%★☆☆☆☆
201850.2185 of 47561.1%★★★☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202513.5671 of 7338.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202434.5496 of 73832.8%★★☆☆☆
202333.4490 of 73133.0%★★☆☆☆
202237.6464 of 73336.7%★★☆☆☆
202138.4419 of 70640.7%★★☆☆☆
201934.9489 of 68428.5%★☆☆☆☆
201838.8440 of 65632.9%★★☆☆☆

Gifted and Talented

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
20259.2452 of 4581.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202413.0451 of 4612.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202312.0444 of 4521.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202214.1438 of 4502.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202132.8377 of 44815.8%★☆☆☆☆
201933.4365 of 41612.3%★☆☆☆☆
201858.355 of 12756.7%★★★☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202523.9459 of 56218.3%★☆☆☆☆
202434.7395 of 56430.0%★★☆☆☆
202339.9350 of 55336.7%★★☆☆☆
202233.1386 of 54128.7%★☆☆☆☆
202150.5238 of 52254.4%★★★☆☆
201942.8297 of 49339.8%★★☆☆☆
201865.0122 of 47274.2%★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202520.6628 of 72913.9%★☆☆☆☆
202433.8518 of 74330.3%★★☆☆☆
202329.9552 of 73524.9%★☆☆☆☆
202246.7336 of 68951.2%★★★☆☆
202148.9287 of 63354.7%★★★☆☆
201936.8441 of 63931.0%★★☆☆☆
201834.4418 of 60430.8%★★☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202517.8630 of 73314.1%★☆☆☆☆
202419.8632 of 75115.8%★☆☆☆☆
202323.1599 of 74719.8%★☆☆☆☆
202232.3518 of 74830.7%★★☆☆☆
202143.4394 of 71144.6%★★☆☆☆
201933.9488 of 69730.0%★★☆☆☆
201842.3412 of 66538.0%★★☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202535.1307 of 47835.8%★★☆☆☆
202426.2386 of 47318.4%★☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202531.9476 of 64926.7%★☆☆☆☆
202441.1398 of 65239.0%★★☆☆☆
202333.2458 of 65630.2%★★☆☆☆
202235.2444 of 65832.5%★★☆☆☆
202149.8300 of 63252.5%★★★☆☆
201945.8355 of 62443.1%★★☆☆☆
201844.8353 of 59640.8%★★☆☆☆
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)
Elementary school
English Language Learner (2019)84th percentile+56 vs school
White (2025)56th percentile+18 vs school
African American (2025)47th percentile+9 vs school
Female (2025)41st percentile+3 vs school
Hispanic (2025)40th percentile~ school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)39th percentile~ school
Male (2025)33rd percentile-4 vs school
Disabled (2022)12th percentile-10 vs school
Special Education (2025)10th percentile-27 vs school
Gifted and Talented (2025)3rd percentile-35 vs school
Middle school
Special Education (2025)36th percentile+23 vs school
White (2025)27th percentile+14 vs school
Hispanic (2025)18th percentile+6 vs school
African American (2025)17th percentile+5 vs school
Male (2025)14th percentile~ school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)14th percentile~ school
Disabled (2022)13th percentile-22 vs school
Female (2025)8th percentile-4 vs school
Gifted and Talented (2025)1st percentile-11 vs school
By subject vs North Carolina (2024-2025) ?
Science50%-11 vs state
Mathematics44%-13 vs state
Reading42%-11 vs state

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In the 2024-25 school year, 789 students attended Contentnea-Savannah School.

Contentnea-Savannah School ranks 927th of 1490 North Carolina elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Students who attend Contentnea-Savannah School usually go on to attend:

High : Lenoir County Early College High
High : North Lenoir High

Students at Contentnea-Savannah School are 46% African American, 32% White, 18% Hispanic, 4% Two or more races.


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