Best Elizabethtown Public Schools (2026)

For the 2026 school year, there are 5 public schools serving 1,782 students in Elizabethtown, NC (there are 1 private school, serving 127 private students). 93% of all K-12 students in Elizabethtown, NC are educated in public schools (compared to the NC state average of 93%).

The top-ranked public schools in Elizabethtown, NC are Emereau Bladen, Bladen Lakes Primary and Paul R. Brown Leadership Academy. Overall testing rank is based on a school's combined math and reading proficiency test score ranking.

Elizabethtown, NC public schools have an average math proficiency score of 26% (versus the North Carolina public school average of 51%), and reading proficiency score of 33% (versus the 50% statewide average). Schools in Elizabethtown have an average ranking of 1/10, which is in the bottom 50% of North Carolina public schools.

Minority enrollment is 68% of the student body (majority Black), which is more than the North Carolina public school average of 58% (majority Black and Hispanic).