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Magnolia Elementary

Public Grades PK, KG-8
985th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 1,492 North Carolina Elementary Schools
Better than 34% of North Carolina elementary schools
Summary

Magnolia Elementary is a large PK-8 school in Lumberton, NC, serving 779 students within the Public Schools of Robeson County, a district currently rated one star overall. That said, Magnolia Elementary is the strongest performing school among its nearby district rivals—ranking higher than Piney Grove Elementary, Union Chapel Elementary, and Deep Branch Elementary—and shows notable strength in middle-grade subjects, especially 8th grade science (85.5% proficiency) and 8th grade math (67.7%), both well above district and state averages.

Reading is the school's biggest challenge, with most grade levels scoring below state averages; 5th grade reading is a particular weak spot at just 34.7% proficiency. Performance varies sharply by grade, however, and the school also compares unfavorably on early-grade indicators to nearby East Robeson Primary, which posts dramatically higher 3rd grade reading and math scores despite serving a similar population. Magnolia Elementary does particularly well in supporting certain subgroups, earning strong ratings for its Native American and English Learner students, but its service to Gifted and Talented students ranks in the 9th percentile statewide, a significant concern for families of advanced learners.

Chronic absenteeism affects 38.7% of students—roughly 4 in 10—although that figure is lower than the district's 42.1% rate and has improved since 2023. Nearby charter Southeastern Academy presents a stark contrast, with far higher test scores and just 10.2% chronic absenteeism, though it may serve a different population. Looking back, Magnolia Elementary's trajectory is genuinely positive: it has climbed from the 2nd percentile in 2016 to a consistent 2-star rating, showing steady progress without yet breaking into the top tier.

779
Students ?
16.4
Student/teacher ratio ?
99.6%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 10928 US 301 North
       Lumberton, NC  28360

(910) 671-6070

District: Public Schools of Robeson County


Students who attend Magnolia Elementary usually attend:

High:    PSRC Early College at RCC
Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
45.8%
American Indian:
38.9%
White:
5.8%
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At a glance
▼ Ranking trend: Recently slipping — 39th percentile in 2023 → 34th in 2026
Worth a look
!High chronic absenteeism (39% vs 24% North Carolina)
!Ranking has slipped from its 39th-percentile peak (2023) to 34th (2026)
!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school55%
District avg42%
North Carolina avg59%
Elementary school
985th of 1,492
North Carolina public elementary schools ?
Bottom 34%▲ up 32 pts since 2016
From bottom 2% (2016) to bottom 34% (2026)
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
Middle school
393rd of 778
North Carolina public middle schools ?
Bottom 49%▲ up 43 pts since 2016
From bottom 7% (2016) to bottom 49% (2026)
See the entire ranking list of North Carolina Middle Schools →
★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
190th of 246Public Schools of Robeson County 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
202635.9985 of 149234.0%★★☆☆☆
202532.11057 of 149029.1%★☆☆☆☆
202436.4985 of 150534.6%★★☆☆☆
202340.5923 of 150238.5%★★☆☆☆
202238.6942 of 151437.8%★★☆☆☆
202118.21239 of 148916.8%★☆☆☆☆
201940.2914 of 147337.9%★★☆☆☆
201816.81254 of 143412.6%★☆☆☆☆
20179.81334 of 14296.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20165.21390 of 14252.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20157.11378 of 14404.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20148.71311 of 13905.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201311.01317 of 14036.1%☆☆☆☆☆
201222.21192 of 138814.1%★☆☆☆☆
201145.9852 of 138138.3%★★☆☆☆
201011.91263 of 13637.3%☆☆☆☆☆
200915.41211 of 135410.6%★☆☆☆☆
20086.51280 of 13243.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20076.41263 of 12932.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20068.21232 of 12763.4%☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202660.0147 of 51971.7%★★★★☆
202530.9417 of 56325.9%★☆☆☆☆
202440.2303 of 53343.2%★★☆☆☆
202350.8209 of 51459.3%★★★☆☆
202267.476 of 48584.3%★★★★☆
202145.5158 of 38559.0%★★★☆☆
201974.564 of 49787.1%★★★★☆
201850.7164 of 42161.0%★★★☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202628.91105 of 144723.6%★☆☆☆☆
202529.71087 of 145125.1%★☆☆☆☆
202437.6951 of 145534.6%★★☆☆☆
202341.6858 of 145941.2%★★☆☆☆
202231.41043 of 145828.5%★☆☆☆☆
202124.01115 of 144022.6%★☆☆☆☆
201935.5983 of 142431.0%★★☆☆☆
201815.21275 of 14059.3%☆☆☆☆☆

Gifted and Talented

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202635.0675 of 7439.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202537.8611 of 71013.9%★☆☆☆☆
202439.9579 of 66913.5%★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202654.6407 of 98158.5%★★★☆☆
202541.0594 of 96138.2%★★☆☆☆
202444.6528 of 95144.5%★★☆☆☆
202359.4309 of 91566.2%★★★☆☆
202266.1215 of 89375.9%★★★★☆
202139.7494 of 84341.4%★★☆☆☆
201960.4300 of 86565.3%★★★☆☆
201829.5674 of 85120.8%★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202648.6712 of 143450.3%★★★☆☆
202545.9784 of 143745.4%★★☆☆☆
202456.7567 of 145060.9%★★★☆☆
202354.8602 of 143758.1%★★★☆☆
202253.9583 of 136657.3%★★★☆☆
202122.11101 of 132917.2%★☆☆☆☆
201957.5530 of 136161.1%★★★☆☆
201824.51110 of 133216.7%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202641.8847 of 145141.6%★★☆☆☆
202535.1989 of 145031.8%★★☆☆☆
202436.8955 of 146434.8%★★☆☆☆
202339.4930 of 146136.3%★★☆☆☆
202247.1763 of 146447.9%★★☆☆☆
202118.01218 of 144415.7%★☆☆☆☆
201944.4839 of 143041.3%★★☆☆☆
201820.21216 of 141313.9%★☆☆☆☆

Native American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202664.47 of 2975.9%★★★★☆
202570.06 of 3080.0%★★★★☆
202470.93 of 2889.3%★★★★★
202358.411 of 2962.1%★★★☆☆
202263.16 of 2979.3%★★★★☆
202142.819 of 2832.1%★★☆☆☆
201964.410 of 2763.0%★★★☆☆
201832.419 of 2832.1%★★☆☆☆
Middle school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202650.6393 of 77849.5%★★☆☆☆
202525.6584 of 77324.5%★☆☆☆☆
202447.9413 of 79347.9%★★☆☆☆
202341.6443 of 78443.5%★★☆☆☆
202230.6557 of 78629.1%★☆☆☆☆
202113.6661 of 74110.8%★☆☆☆☆
201924.9595 of 73719.3%★☆☆☆☆
201811.8622 of 69110.0%★☆☆☆☆
201712.8620 of 69410.7%★☆☆☆☆
20167.7645 of 6926.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201512.2626 of 70511.2%★☆☆☆☆
20149.4587 of 6276.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201314.8591 of 67312.2%★☆☆☆☆
201212.6605 of 6628.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201122.7552 of 64814.8%★☆☆☆☆
201013.4590 of 6407.8%☆☆☆☆☆
200921.1538 of 63014.6%★☆☆☆☆
200816.4541 of 62012.7%★☆☆☆☆
200718.8538 of 60611.2%★☆☆☆☆
200615.1539 of 5989.9%★☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202553.1215 of 54660.6%★★★☆☆
202462.4151 of 56073.0%★★★★☆
202335.7360 of 55935.6%★★☆☆☆
202253.5206 of 55062.5%★★★☆☆
201926.1428 of 51917.5%★☆☆☆☆
201812.9469 of 4945.1%☆☆☆☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202122.8436 of 4788.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201927.6412 of 50418.3%★☆☆☆☆
201810.2475 of 4750.0%☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202677.134 of 36390.6%★★★★★
202564.970 of 37181.1%★★★★☆
202479.726 of 35692.7%★★★★★
202387.615 of 31895.3%★★★★★
202272.133 of 31289.4%★★★★☆
202139.8131 of 23644.5%★★☆☆☆
201920.0205 of 2112.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201842.871 of 15153.0%★★★☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202649.9370 of 73149.4%★★☆☆☆
202529.8533 of 73327.3%★☆☆☆☆
202448.5381 of 73848.4%★★☆☆☆
202338.0450 of 73138.4%★★☆☆☆
202226.5560 of 73323.6%★☆☆☆☆
202115.9621 of 70612.0%★☆☆☆☆
201919.8592 of 68413.5%★☆☆☆☆
201810.0615 of 6566.3%☆☆☆☆☆

Gifted and Talented

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202656.6252 of 46545.8%★★☆☆☆
202527.9416 of 4589.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202446.2326 of 46129.3%★☆☆☆☆
202354.8259 of 45242.7%★★☆☆☆
202126.8402 of 44810.3%★☆☆☆☆
201945.4308 of 41626.0%★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202669.0128 of 56677.4%★★★★☆
202548.0279 of 56250.4%★★★☆☆
202469.8110 of 56480.5%★★★★☆
202376.182 of 55385.2%★★★★☆
202252.1241 of 54155.5%★★★☆☆
202119.1469 of 52210.2%★☆☆☆☆
201933.6359 of 49327.2%★☆☆☆☆
201820.9415 of 47212.1%★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202661.0229 of 72568.4%★★★☆☆
202540.3436 of 72940.2%★★☆☆☆
202460.2254 of 74365.8%★★★☆☆
202352.1320 of 73556.5%★★★☆☆
202247.6328 of 68952.4%★★★☆☆
202120.4547 of 63313.6%★☆☆☆☆
201934.0466 of 63927.1%★☆☆☆☆
201818.6537 of 60411.1%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202649.0377 of 73648.8%★★☆☆☆
202522.2587 of 73319.9%★☆☆☆☆
202445.8403 of 75146.3%★★☆☆☆
202343.5416 of 74744.3%★★☆☆☆
202233.3508 of 74832.1%★★☆☆☆
202111.4652 of 7118.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201928.1540 of 69722.5%★☆☆☆☆
201813.0598 of 66510.1%★☆☆☆☆

Native American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202680.54 of 2181.0%★★★★☆
202541.011 of 2147.6%★★★☆☆
202465.46 of 2171.4%★★★★☆
202362.26 of 1866.7%★★★★☆
202262.97 of 2065.0%★★★☆☆
202152.98 of 2365.2%★★★★☆
201955.112 of 2450.0%★★★☆☆
201831.419 of 2317.4%★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202670.462 of 50087.6%★★★★☆
202536.0300 of 47837.2%★★☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202522.3541 of 64916.6%★☆☆☆☆
201939.3404 of 62435.3%★★☆☆☆
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
Native American (2026)76th percentile+42 vs school
English Language Learner (2026)72nd percentile+38 vs school
Hispanic (2026)59th percentile+25 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)50th percentile+16 vs school
Male (2026)42nd percentile+8 vs school
Female (2026)24th percentile-10 vs school
Gifted and Talented (2026)9th percentile-25 vs school
Middle school
English Language Learner (2026)91st percentile+41 vs school
Special Education (2026)88th percentile+38 vs school
Native American (2026)81st percentile+31 vs school
Hispanic (2026)77th percentile+28 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)68th percentile+19 vs school
African American (2025)61st percentile+36 vs school
Female (2026)49th percentile~ school
Male (2026)49th percentile~ school
Gifted and Talented (2026)46th percentile-4 vs school
White (2025)17th percentile-8 vs school
Disabled (2021)9th percentile~ school
By subject vs North Carolina (2025-2026) ?
Science77%+9 vs state
Mathematics57%-3 vs state
Reading45%-11 vs state

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In the 2024-25 school year, 779 students attended Magnolia Elementary.

Students who attend Magnolia Elementary usually go on to attend:

High : PSRC Early College at RCC

Students at Magnolia Elementary are 46% Hispanic, 39% American Indian, 6% White, 5% African American, 4% Two or more races.

Magnolia Elementary ranks 985th of 1492 North Carolina elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

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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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