Sandhills Farm Life Elementary
Public elementary school, kindergarten to grade 5 · Carthage, North Carolina
Sandhills Farm Life Elementary in Carthage, North Carolina enrolled 379 students in 2024-25 with 22.5 full-time teachers, 16.9 students per teacher against the North Carolina elementary-school median of 14.7. It was not a Title I school in 2021-22; it takes part in the National School Lunch Program (2024-25).
NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22 · Title I status CCD 2021-22 · method
Enrollment fell 4% from 2022-23 to 2024-25; full-time teachers fell 15%
394 students in 2022-23, 378 students in 2023-24, 379 students in 2024-25. Full-time teachers went from 26.6 to 22.5.
The numbers as a table
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Per teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 394 | 26.6 | 14.8 |
| 2023-24 | 378 | 26.5 | 14.2 |
| 2024-25 | 379 | 22.5 | 16.9 |
16.9 students per teacher, a higher ratio than 87 of every 100 North Carolina elementary schools
Among the 1,442 North Carolina elementary schools that reported teachers for 2024-25 the median is 14.7; the national median for elementary schools is 14.6. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; the comparison counts schools with a 2024-25 teacher count and a ratio from 3 to 99 (lower values are reporting errors).
One counselor per 356 students in 2021-22
In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Sandhills Farm Life Elementary enrolled 356 students and had 1.0 counselor (full-time equivalent); it reported 11 out-of-school suspensions that year.
- Advanced Placement coursesNone
- Gifted and talented programYes
- Counselors (FTE)1.0, one per 356 of the 356 students enrolled in 2021-22
- Out-of-school suspensions11
- Chronically absent17.3% (2022-23)
Who attends
75.7% of students were White, 10.8% of two or more races, 6.1% Hispanic in 2024-25.
- White75.7%
- Two or more races10.8%
- Hispanic6.1%
- Black5.5%
- Asian0.8%
- American Indian0.5%
- Pacific Islander0.5%
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22; chronic absenteeism from EDFacts 2022-23; every count and the counselor ratio are for that school year. Who attends: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25, membership by race and ethnicity.
Elementary schools in Carthage
2 public elementary schools in Carthage report 2024-25 enrollment; Sandhills Farm Life Elementary is the largest.
| School | Students | Per teacher | Free lunch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandhills Farm Life Elementary | 379 | 16.9 | 26.4% |
| Carthage Elementary | 350 | 15.6 | 98.6% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25.
What to look at next about Sandhills Farm Life Elementary
- McDeeds Creek ElementaryThe nearest public elementary school, 4.3 miles away: 707 students, 18.5 per teacher (2024-25).4.3 mi
- Carthage ElementaryThe next nearest public elementary school, 4.8 miles away: 350 students, 15.6 per teacher (2024-25).4.8 mi
- Compare Sandhills Farm Life Elementary with McDeeds Creek ElementaryStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
- How much Moore County Schools spends per student$11,374 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$11,374
- The largest public schools in North CarolinaSandhills Farm Life Elementary is the number 960 by size of 1,451 North Carolina elementary schools open in 2024-25.#960 of 1,451
- North Carolina schools by students per teacher16.9 students per teacher here against the North Carolina median of 14.7 for elementary schools.16.9:1
- Find the school district for an addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (locations, enrollment, teachers); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23. Distances are straight lines between the schools' NCES coordinates, not travel routes.
Questions about Sandhills Farm Life Elementary
How many students attend Sandhills Farm Life Elementary?
379 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 394 in 2022-23. It is an elementary school in Carthage, NC.What is the student-teacher ratio at Sandhills Farm Life Elementary?
16.9 students per full-time teacher (2024-25); the North Carolina median for elementary schools is 14.7. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.Is Sandhills Farm Life Elementary a Title I school?
Sandhills Farm Life Elementary was not a Title I school in 2021-22, the last year NCES published school Title I status.What district is Sandhills Farm Life Elementary in?
Moore County Schools, NCES district ID 3703090. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 370309001325 are the district's.
Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.
Sources
Every federal file behind this record
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
- Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
- EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
- NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
- U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov
Source: NCES Common Core of Data Directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25
Source: Civil Rights Data Collection School-level files (AP, gifted, counselors, discipline) · 2021-22
District spending on the district page is from the NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23.