Public Schools of Robeson County
Public school district based in Lumberton, North Carolina. NCES district ID 3703930; state ID NC-780.
District totals on this page are sums of the school records in the 2024–25 Common Core of Data. They can differ from totals the district reports itself, which may include students or staff not assigned to a school. Why.
Operating schoolsDefinition
37
Enrollment (sum of schools)Definition
20,856
Teachers (FTE, sum of schools)Definition
1,275.6
Students per teacher FTEDefinition
16.3
Charter schoolsDefinition
0
Enrollment by grade
| Group | Students | Bar |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-Kindergarten | 438 | |
| Kindergarten | 1,610 | |
| Grade 1 | 1,512 | |
| Grade 2 | 1,626 | |
| Grade 3 | 1,576 | |
| Grade 4 | 1,468 | |
| Grade 5 | 1,530 | |
| Grade 6 | 1,528 | |
| Grade 7 | 1,506 | |
| Grade 8 | 1,522 | |
| Grade 9 | 2,021 | |
| Grade 10 | 1,664 | |
| Grade 11 | 1,468 | |
| Grade 12 | 1,370 | |
| Grade 13 | 17 | |
| Ungraded | 0 |
Students by race/ethnicity
| Group | Share | Bar |
|---|---|---|
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 36.7% | |
| Asian | 0.6% | |
| Black or African American | 22.5% | |
| Hispanic/Latino | 22.9% | |
| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0.2% | |
| Two or more races | 7.4% | |
| White | 9.8% |
Race/ethnicity categories are those states report to NCES. Shares describe the district as a whole, not any one school or student.
Students by sex
| Group | Share | Bar |
|---|---|---|
| Female | 49.0% | |
| Male | 51.0% |
Schools in this district
Sorted by enrollment (a size measure, not a ranking). Locale mix: Town 9, Rural 28.
| School | Grades | Type | Students | Teacher FTE | Students / FTE | Locale |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lumberton Senior High Lumberton | 9–12 | Regular | 1,894 | 115.6 | 16.4 | Town: Distant |
| Purnell Swett High Pembroke | 9–12 | Regular | 1,583 | 87.0 | 18.2 | Rural: Fringe |
| Saint Pauls High Saint Pauls | 9–12 | Regular | 1,142 | 63.1 | 18.1 | Rural: Distant |
| Red Springs High Red Springs | 9–12 | Regular | 867 | 48.0 | 18 | Rural: Distant |
| Fairmont High Fairmont | 9–12 | Regular | 780 | 58.1 | 13.4 | Rural: Distant |
| Magnolia Elementary Lumberton | PK–8 | Regular | 779 | 47.3 | 16.5 | Rural: Fringe |
| Prospect Elementary Maxton | PK–8 | Regular | 775 | 52.0 | 14.9 | Rural: Distant |
| Saint Pauls Elementary Saint Pauls | PK–4 | Regular | 710 | 42.4 | 16.7 | Rural: Distant |
| Pembroke Elementary Pembroke | PK–5 | Regular | 703 | 44.4 | 15.8 | Town: Distant |
| Saint Pauls Middle Saint Pauls | 5–8 | Regular | 678 | 37.9 | 17.9 | Rural: Distant |
| Lumberton Junior Lumberton | 6–8 | Regular | 655 | 38.9 | 16.8 | Town: Distant |
| Pembroke Middle Pembroke | 6–8 | Regular | 645 | 37.9 | 17 | Town: Distant |
| Littlefield Middle Lumberton | 4–8 | Regular | 632 | 32.2 | 19.7 | Rural: Distant |
| Parkton Elementary Parkton | PK–8 | Regular | 592 | 28.9 | 20.5 | Rural: Fringe |
| Red Springs Middle Red Springs | 5–8 | Regular | 572 | 38.9 | 14.7 | Rural: Distant |
| East Robeson Primary Lumberton | PK–3 | Regular | 556 | 33.9 | 16.4 | Rural: Fringe |
| Peterson Elementary Red Springs | PK–4 | Regular | 539 | 35.9 | 15 | Rural: Distant |
| Rowland Norment Elementary Lumberton | PK–3 | Regular | 495 | 28.1 | 17.6 | Town: Distant |
| L Gilbert Carroll Lumberton | 4–5 | Regular | 494 | 25.9 | 19.1 | Town: Distant |
| Piney Grove Elementary Lumberton | PK–6 | Regular | 452 | 29.3 | 15.4 | Rural: Fringe |
| Union Chapel Elementary Pembroke | PK–6 | Regular | 442 | 29.4 | 15 | Rural: Distant |
| Long Branch Elementary Lumberton | PK–4 | Regular | 428 | 23.1 | 18.5 | Rural: Distant |
| Rex-Rennert Elementary Shannon | PK–5 | Regular | 395 | 24.7 | 16 | Rural: Distant |
| W H Knuckles Lumberton | PK–3 | Regular | 382 | 25.8 | 14.8 | Town: Distant |
| Deep Branch Elementary Lumberton | PK–6 | Regular | 374 | 23.5 | 15.9 | Rural: Fringe |
| Tanglewood Elementary Lumberton | PK–3 | Regular | 355 | 21.1 | 16.8 | Town: Distant |
| Union Elementary Rowland | PK–6 | Regular | 351 | 22.4 | 15.7 | Rural: Distant |
| South Robeson Middle School Rowland | 6–8 | Regular | 344 | 22.3 | 15.4 | Rural: Distant |
| Rosenwald Elementary Fairmont | PK–4 | Regular | 343 | 21.4 | 16 | Rural: Distant |
| Oxendine Elementary Maxton | PK–6 | Regular | 301 | 17.0 | 17.7 | Rural: Distant |
| Orrum Middle Orrum | 5–8 | Regular | 294 | 19.2 | 15.3 | Rural: Distant |
| Fairgrove Elementary School Fairmont | PK–5 | Regular | 291 | 20.0 | 14.5 | Rural: Distant |
| Townsend Elementary Maxton | PK–5 | Regular | 280 | 17.3 | 16.2 | Rural: Distant |
| PSRC Early College at RCC Lumberton | 9–13 | Regular | 274 | 11.3 | 24.2 | Town: Distant |
| Fairmont Middle Fairmont | 5–8 | Regular | 253 | 21.2 | 11.9 | Rural: Distant |
| Southside Ashpole Elementary Rowland | PK–5 | Regular | 206 | 16.2 | 12.7 | Rural: Distant |
| Robeson Co Career Ctr Lumberton | Ungraded | Career and Technical | 0 | 14.0 | — | Rural: Distant |
Finance and graduation rates
District finance (NCES F-33, fiscal year 2023) and four-year graduation rates (ED Data Express, 2022–23) are being added. They will appear here with their own reporting years. See School Finance and Education Outcomes.
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Sources for this page
- NCES Common Core of Data (CCD), School Directory 2024–25, version 1a. File
ccd_sch_029_2425_w_1a_073025.zip, last checked 2026-11-06. - NCES CCD School Membership 2024–25, version 1a. File
ccd_sch_052_2425_l_1a_073025.zip, last checked 2026-11-06. - NCES CCD School Staff 2024–25, version 1a. File
ccd_sch_059_2425_l_1a_073025.zip, last checked 2026-11-06. - NCES EDGE Public School Geocodes 2024–25. File
EDGE_GEOCODE_PUBLICSCH_2425.zip, last checked 2026-11-06.
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