Laurel Hill Elementary

Summary:

Laurel Hill Elementary is a public elementary school in Laurel Hill, North Carolina, serving 662 students in grades PK-5. The school is part of the Scotland County Schools district, which is ranked 203 out of 242 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Laurel Hill Elementary faces significant challenges, with academic performance generally lower than state and district averages across all grade levels and subject areas. For example, the school's 3rd-grade math proficiency rate was 61.5% in 2023-2024, compared to the state average of 62.7% and the district average of 50.8%. The school has consistently ranked in the bottom quarter of North Carolina elementary schools, with a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger for the past several years. Interestingly, the school performs relatively well for its Native American student population, ranking 5th out of 28 North Carolina elementary schools in 2023-2024 for this subgroup.

Compared to nearby schools in the Scotland County Schools district, such as Wagram Elementary, Sycamore Lane Primary, Sycamore Lane Elementary, and South Johnson Elementary, Laurel Hill Elementary's performance is generally lower, with these nearby schools having higher academic proficiency rates and better statewide rankings. The high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch at Laurel Hill Elementary, over 99%, suggests that the school faces significant socioeconomic challenges that may be impacting academic achievement.


Detail:

Public PK, KG-5

 11340 Old Wire Road
       Laurel Hill, NC  28351


(910) 462-2111

District: Scotland County Schools

SchoolDigger Rank:
1150th of 1,505 North Carolina Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $11,677 Help


Students who attend Laurel Hill Elementary usually attend:

Middle:    Carver Middle
High:    Scotland High School

Student/teacher ratio:  13.1 Help
Number of students:  659

Racial breakdown:

African American:
42.9%
White:
26.6%
American Indian:
17.6%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  99.5% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Laurel Hill Elementary ranks worse than 76.4% of elementary schools in North Carolina. It also ranks first among 3 ranked elementary schools in the Scotland County Schools District! (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 27.52. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Laurel Hill Elementary has the largest elementary school student body size in the Scotland County Schools District. Student population at Laurel Hill Elementary is diverse. Racial makeup is: African American (42.9%), White (26.6%), American Indian (17.6%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 99.5% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the highest percentage in the Scotland County Schools District. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Laurel Hill Elementary is 13.1. 1 elementary schools in the Scotland County Schools District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Laurel Hill Elementary is $11,677, which is the lowest among 3 elementary schools in the Scotland County Schools District!
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Laurel Hill Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Laurel Hill Elementary 1150th of 1505 North Carolina public elementary schools. (See Laurel Hill Elementary in the ranking list.)

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Scotland County Schools:

SchoolDigger ranks Scotland County Schools 203rd of 242 North Carolina school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Laurel Hill Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Laurel Hill Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2006 79.31 185th 1276 85.5%
2007 83.72 107th 1293 91.7%
2008 69.98 349th 1324 73.6%
2009 76.67 265th 1354 80.4%
2010 86.12 103rd 1363 92.4%
2011 85.41 121st 1381 91.2%
2012 83.17 142nd 1388 89.8%
2013 80.97 211th 1403 85.0%
2014 84.85 171st 1390 87.7%
2015 87.68 128th 1440 91.1%
2016 81.98 194th 1425 86.4%
2017 76.07 303rd 1429 78.8%
2018 71.73 370th 1434 74.2%
2019 31.92 1067th 1473 27.6%
2021 16.46 1284th 1489 13.8%
2022 22.14 1223rd 1514 19.2%
2023 25.12 1172nd 1502 22.0%
2024 27.52 1150th 1505 23.6%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Laurel Hill Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 40.01 72nd 103 30.1%
2021 9.46 96th 97 1.0%
2022 18.99 116th 133 12.8%
2023 35.23 106th 154 31.2%
2024 16.48 143rd 159 10.1%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Laurel Hill Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2024 25.91 672nd 801 16.1%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Laurel Hill Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 78.74 170th 1332 87.2%
2019 44.84 793rd 1361 41.7%
2021 16.07 1223rd 1329 8.0%
2022 20.69 1205th 1366 11.8%
2023 29.79 1091st 1437 24.1%
2024 37.57 954th 1450 34.2%
See the entire list of Best North Carolina Elementary Schools for Low Socio Economic Status Students!

Rank History for Female students at Laurel Hill Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 70.77 380th 1405 73.0%
2019 30.72 1066th 1424 25.1%
2021 19.14 1211th 1440 15.9%
2022 23.89 1190th 1458 18.4%
2023 20.76 1240th 1459 15.0%
2024 28.16 1111th 1455 23.6%
See the entire list of Best North Carolina Elementary Schools for Female Students!

Rank History for Disabled students at Laurel Hill Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 71.38 140th 897 84.4%
2019 39.73 529th 878 39.7%
2021 54.64 212th 646 67.2%
2022 27.47 499th 634 21.3%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at Laurel Hill Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 37.11 559th 612 8.7%
2023 52.90 389th 582 33.2%
2024 50.22 468th 669 30.0%
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Rank History for Male students at Laurel Hill Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 69.99 385th 1413 72.8%
2019 34.84 1024th 1430 28.4%
2021 15.02 1274th 1444 11.8%
2022 21.81 1196th 1464 18.3%
2023 31.34 1062nd 1461 27.3%
2024 27.67 1130th 1464 22.8%
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Rank History for African American students at Laurel Hill Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 70.48 188th 927 79.7%
2019 35.04 667th 949 29.7%
2021 19.82 817th 896 8.8%
2022 22.24 813th 927 12.3%
2023 27.59 726th 933 22.2%
2024 32.41 681st 924 26.3%
See the entire list of Best North Carolina Elementary Schools for African American Students!

Rank History for Native American students at Laurel Hill Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 93.47 1st 28 96.4%
2019 61.79 12th 27 55.6%
2021 42.40 21st 28 25.0%
2022 38.67 20th 29 31.0%
2023 62.27 9th 29 69.0%
2024 67.66 5th 28 82.1%
See the entire list of Best North Carolina Elementary Schools for Native American Students!

Rank History for White students at Laurel Hill Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 56.29 536th 1178 54.5%
2019 29.31 942nd 1183 20.4%
2021 16.75 1074th 1172 8.4%
2022 38.90 778th 1194 34.8%
2023 27.00 958th 1183 19.0%
2024 38.21 777th 1166 33.4%
See the entire list of Best North Carolina Elementary Schools for White Students!

Data source: test scores: North Carolina Dept of Public Instruction, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Laurel Hill Elementary Test Scores
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Data source: North Carolina Dept of Public Instruction

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Enrollment information for Laurel Hill Elementary

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 251 119 0 2 44 n/a n/a 0 416
1989 249 133 0 3 41 n/a n/a 0 426
1990 257 123 5 2 62 n/a n/a 0 449
1991 300 128 0 3 30 n/a n/a 0 461
1992 285 134 0 2 39 n/a n/a 18 478
1993 285 118 0 2 34 n/a n/a 15 454
1994 314 109 0 1 37 n/a n/a 15 476
1995 360 116 0 1 62 n/a n/a 0 539
1996 360 116 0 1 62 n/a n/a 0 539
1997 369 121 0 0 84 n/a n/a 0 574
1998 395 108 0 0 78 n/a n/a 3 584
1999 388 124 0 0 110 n/a n/a 0 622
2000 376 154 0 3 88 n/a n/a 0 621
2001 364 141 0 5 109 n/a n/a 0 619
2002 334 140 0 3 107 n/a n/a 0 584
2003 334 140 0 3 107 n/a n/a 0 584
2004 317 113 0 1 114 n/a n/a 0 545
2005 292 122 3 3 98 n/a n/a 0 518
2006 324 108 8 5 107 n/a n/a 0 552
2007 288 92 10 6 97 n/a n/a 4 497
2008 302 78 11 7 103 n/a n/a 7 508
2009 271 86 5 5 105 n/a n/a 0 472
2010 277 96 5 4 97 n/a n/a 0 479
2011 248 77 4 15 84 0 34 0 462
2012 272 94 1 13 93 0 37 0 510
2013 273 99 3 7 80 0 33 0 495
2014 259 99 1 13 82 0 40 0 494
2015 273 107 0 10 79 0 34 0 503
2016 284 102 0 13 91 0 38 0 528
2017 284 100 0 25 120 0 36 0 565
2018 261 112 1 15 106 0 42 0 537
2019 274 285 2 26 131 0 54 0 772
2020 266 265 2 28 144 0 58 0 763
2021 232 269 2 21 147 0 63 0 734
2022 198 262 1 20 133 0 56 0 670
2023 194 267 2 16 128 0 55 0 662
2024 175 283 2 22 116 0 61 0 659

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Laurel Hill Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 416 21.0 19.8 40.1
1989 426 21.0 20.2 51.2
1990 449 21.0 21.3 47.2
1991 461 21.0 21.9 46
1992 478 27.0 17.7 34.9
1993 454 28.0 16.2 44.4
1994 476 29.0 16.4 48.2
1995 539 37.0 14.6 45.1
1996 539 37.0 14.6 45.1
1997 574 39.0 14.7 45.3
1998 584 42.0 13.9 43.9
1999 622 42.0 14.8 61.9
2000 621 41.0 15.1 59.6
2001 619 41.0 15.1 61.6
2002 584 41.0 14.2 69.7
2003 584 41.0 14.2 69.7
2004 545 41.0 13.3 74.3
2005 518 41.0 12.6 75.3
2006 552 41.0 13.5 71.7
2007 497 n/a n/a 70.2
2008 508 37.0 13.7 n/a
2009 472 41.5 11.4 69.9
2010 479 38.1 12.6 71.6
2011 462 35.7 12.9 71.4
2012 510 38.0 13.4 74.9
2013 495 36.0 13.7 81.6
2014 494 33.2 14.8 77.1
2015 503 35.0 14.3 99.4
2016 528 37.0 14.2 99.4
2017 565 36.8 15.3 99.5
2018 537 39.5 13.5 99.4
2019 772 53.2 14.5 99.6
2020 763 54.1 14.0 99.6
2021 734 54.5 13.4 99.6
2022 670 55.0 12.1 99.6
2023 662 50.9 13.0 99.5
2024 659 50.0 13.1 99.5

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Laurel Hill Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 416 21.0 19.8 40.1
1989 426 21.0 20.2 51.2
1990 449 21.0 21.3 47.2
1991 461 21.0 21.9 46
1992 478 27.0 17.7 34.9
1993 454 28.0 16.2 44.4
1994 476 29.0 16.4 48.2
1995 539 37.0 14.6 45.1
1996 539 37.0 14.6 45.1
1997 574 39.0 14.7 45.3
1998 584 42.0 13.9 43.9
1999 622 42.0 14.8 61.9
2000 621 41.0 15.1 59.6
2001 619 41.0 15.1 61.6
2002 584 41.0 14.2 69.7
2003 584 41.0 14.2 69.7
2004 545 41.0 13.3 74.3
2005 518 41.0 12.6 75.3
2006 552 41.0 13.5 71.7
2007 497 n/a n/a 70.2
2008 508 37.0 13.7 n/a
2009 472 41.5 11.4 69.9
2010 479 38.1 12.6 71.6
2011 462 35.7 12.9 71.4
2012 510 38.0 13.4 74.9
2013 495 36.0 13.7 81.6
2014 494 33.2 14.8 77.1
2015 503 35.0 14.3 99.4
2016 528 37.0 14.2 99.4
2017 565 36.8 15.3 99.5
2018 537 39.5 13.5 99.4
2019 772 53.2 14.5 99.6
2020 763 54.1 14.0 99.6
2021 734 54.5 13.4 99.6
2022 670 55.0 12.1 99.6
2023 662 50.9 13.0 99.5
2024 659 50.0 13.1 99.5

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Laurel Hill Elementary

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $1,806 (15.5%) $9,872 (84.5%) $11,677

Data source: North Carolina Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Laurel Hill Elementary

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 1067th of 1473 Elementary schoolsRanks 1172nd of 1502 Elementary schools
 5.6%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade Mathematics (Laurel Hill Elementary)54.340.4
 13.9%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Scotland County Schools)51.240.6
 10.6%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (North Carolina)64.361.1
 3.2%
3rd Grade Reading (Laurel Hill Elementary)50.428.4
 22%
   3rd Grade Reading (Scotland County Schools)38.933.6
 5.3%
   3rd Grade Reading (North Carolina)56.848
 8.8%
4th Grade Mathematics (Laurel Hill Elementary)42.356.9
 14.6%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Scotland County Schools)32.934.9
 2%
   4th Grade Mathematics (North Carolina)57.355.3
 2%
4th Grade Reading (Laurel Hill Elementary)47.442.2
 5.2%
   4th Grade Reading (Scotland County Schools)40.237.3
 2.9%
   4th Grade Reading (North Carolina)57.355.3
 2%
5th Grade Mathematics (Laurel Hill Elementary)45.835.3
 10.5%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Scotland County Schools)40.837.3
 3.5%
   5th Grade Mathematics (North Carolina)60.255.9
 4.3%
5th Grade Reading (Laurel Hill Elementary)41.736.3
 5.4%
   5th Grade Reading (Scotland County Schools)34.132.1
 2%
   5th Grade Reading (North Carolina)54.648
 6.6%
5th Grade Science (Laurel Hill Elementary)73.347.1
 26.2%
   5th Grade Science (Scotland County Schools)65.543.8
 21.7%
   5th Grade Science (North Carolina)72.665.3
 7.3%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students772662
 14.2%
African American285267
 6.3%
American Indian131128
 2.3%
Asian22
Hispanic2616
 38.5%
Pacific Islander00
White274194
 29.2%
Two or More Races5455
 1.9%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients99.6%99.5%
 0.1%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Laurel Hill Elementary

Laurel Hill Elementary ranks in the bottom 23.6% of North Carolina elementary schools.

In the 2023-24 school year, 659 students attended Laurel Hill Elementary.

Students at Laurel Hill Elementary are 43% African American, 27% White, 18% American Indian, 9% Two or more races, 3% Hispanic.

Students who attend Laurel Hill Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Carver Middle
High : Scotland High School


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