Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 5
Edward Best Elementary, Louisburg, NC
Enrollment and teachers
- Students
- 498
- Teachers (FTE)
- 35.0
- Students per teacher
- 14.2
- Grades
- PK to 5
This school's ratio is 1.3 lower than the district figure of 15.5. The North Carolina average across schools is 16.3. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.
School details
- Address
- 4011 NC 56 Hwy East, Louisburg, NC 27549
- Phone
- (919)853-2347
- District
- Franklin County Schools
- County
- Franklin County
- Level
- Elementary
- Type
- Regular
- Status
- Open
- Charter
- No
- Virtual
- No
- Locale
- Rural: Distant
- NCES school ID
- 370153000653
School meals
- Free lunch
- 495
- Reduced-price lunch
- 0
- Free or reduced-price lunch
- 49599.4% of enrollment.
- Community Eligibility Provision
- No
Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.
Related schools
Other elementary schools in Franklin County Schools
- Bunn Elementary 600 students
- Franklinton Elementary 470 students
- Long Mill Elementary 433 students
- Youngsville Elementary 425 students
- Louisburg Elementary 387 students
- Royal Elementary 349 students
- Laurel Mill Elementary 281 students
Elementary schools elsewhere in Louisburg
- Crosscreek Charter School Crosscreek Charter School
We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.