Summary
Weeksville Elementary is a K-5 school in Elizabeth City, NC, serving about 304 students in the Elizabeth City-Pasquotank Public Schools district, where nearly all students (roughly 99%) come from low-income households. Despite this, the school ranks 282nd out of 1,492 North Carolina elementary schools — in the 81st percentile with a 4-star rating — making it the strongest elementary school in the district by a wide margin. The school has posted consistently strong results in recent years, including a 5-star, 94th-percentile finish in 2023-2024, and currently outranks every nearby elementary school, including J C Sawyer Elementary, Sheep-Harney Elementary, and Northside Elementary, all of which sit in the bottom half of the state rankings.
Weeksville's test results tell an impressive story. In the latest EOG results, 3rd grade math proficiency was 92% compared to the state average of 66.4%, and 5th grade reading reached 75% versus 55.3% statewide. The school's 5th grade science results are particularly striking, with 91.7% of students proficient compared to 67.7% statewide — a level of success the school has sustained for several years. Perhaps most notably, Weeksville achieves these results while serving a nearly 100% low-income population. Nearby P W Moore Elementary serves a similarly high-poverty student body but ranks 1,147th statewide and posts 5th grade reading proficiency of just 31.8%. Weeksville even outperforms schools with far fewer poverty-related challenges, such as Camden Intermediate and W T Griggs Elementary. The school also earns strong marks across student subgroups, with economically disadvantaged students ranking in the 87th percentile statewide and Hispanic students ranking 3rd out of 981 schools.
Weeksville's chronic absenteeism rate of 23.3% is lower than both the district's 27.9% and the state's 24.2%, which likely contributes to its academic consistency. Notably, spending and class size don't explain the school's success — its student-teacher ratio of 16.8 is actually higher than several lower-performing nearby schools. Parents should keep in mind that grade-level scores fluctuate from year to year; the current 4th grade class, for instance, scores below state averages, though the same grade was far above average in previous years. Overall, Weeksville Elementary stands out as a high-achieving school in an otherwise modest-performing district, and its results are best appreciated over multiple years rather than through any single cohort.
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