Summary:
Zip code 28318 contains just one elementary school: Clement Elementary, a PK–5 school in Autryville, NC, that belongs to the Sampson County Schools district. With 367 students and a 15.8:1 student-teacher ratio, it is a small school serving a student body that is almost entirely economically disadvantaged; 99.18% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Because only one elementary school is present, comparisons among schools in this zip code are really comparisons of this school against district and statewide benchmarks.
The school stands out as a high performer inside a lower-performing district, consistently outpacing both the district and the state on EOG tests. In 2025–26, its combined EOG proficiency was 67.7%, compared with 58.8% for Sampson County Schools and 61.0% for North Carolina; in 2024–25, it posted 67.3% versus 53.8% and 57.4%. The school has earned 3- and 4-star state ratings and ranked in the 69th percentile of North Carolina elementary schools for 2025–26. Chronic absenteeism is also notably low — just 17.4% of students versus 25.3% for the district and 24.2% statewide.
The school’s clearest strengths are math and science. In 2025–26, math proficiency reached 74.9% and 5th-grade science hit 75.0%, while the state averages were 63.6% and 67.7%. Reading is the relative soft spot at 58.1% — still above the state’s 56.2%, but closer to the average than math or science. Year-over-year grade-level trends are mixed: 3rd-grade math climbed by 9.4 points and 5th-grade science by 7.8 points, while 4th-grade math and 4th- and 5th-grade reading fell. Despite stable overall scores, the school’s statewide rank slipped from the 78th to the 69th percentile as other schools across North Carolina also improved — a sign the school must keep raising achievement, not just hold steady.
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