Enrollment
342
Elementary
DISTRICT 425 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW HANOVER COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370333001392
A H Snipes Academy of Arts/Des
2150 Chestnut Street, Wilmington, NC 28405 · (910) 251-6175 · New Hanover County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL342 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 9% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded North Carolina public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
339 students
DISTRICT 72% · STATE 82%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 50 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 54 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 56 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 58 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 56 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (50) is 11% smaller than its 5th grade class (56).
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
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NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
22.9%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
40.9%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 23 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all North Carolina schools, those numbers are about 51 and 52.
Source: NC EOG / EOC. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
36.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.6%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% typical for North Carolina schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among North Carolina's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like A H Snipes Academy of Arts/Des
A H Snipes Academy of Arts/Des's state test result (36.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| A H Snipes Academy of Arts/Des this school | 342 | 99.1% | 36.6% |
| Clarke Elementary Henderson | 364 | 99.2% | 28.3% |
| C. G. Credle Elementary Oxford | 327 | 99.1% | 42.7% |
| Sunnyside Elementary Fayetteville | 362 | 96.1% | 50.8% |
| Zeb Vance Elementary Kittrell | 298 | 99.0% | 33.3% |
| William H Owen Elementary Fayetteville | 393 | 99.0% | 53.4% |
Matched among North Carolina elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where A H Snipes Academy of Arts/Des ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In New Hanover County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.6% | #1,171 of 1,297 | #21 of 25 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.9% | #1,123 of 1,296 | #22 of 25 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 22.9% | #1,262 of 1,300 | #24 of 25 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 342 | #1,075 of 1,485 | #21 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #178 of 1,377 | #8 of 27 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.2% | #863 of 1,379 | #12 of 27 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.1% | #573 of 1,414 | #8 of 27 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.8% | #677 of 937 | #20 of 22 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
342
-41 (-11%) vs 2020
-27% since 1990-91, when it was 468
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 10.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 342 | 26.9 | 12.7:1 | 99% (339) |
| 2023-24 | 354 | 35.5 | 10.0:1 | 99% (351) |
| 2022-23 | 377 | 36.5 | 10.3:1 | 99% (374) |
| 2020-21 | 383 | 36 | 10.6:1 | 99% (380) |
| 2017-18 | 371 | 37.3 | 10.0:1 | 99% (368) |
| 2015-16 | 448 | 36 | 12.4:1 | 99% (445) |
| 2010-11 | 482 | 42 | 11.5:1 | 93% (447) |
| 2000-01 | 399 | 38 | 10.5:1 | 77% (309) |
| 1990-91 | 468 | 20 | 23.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for A H Snipes Academy of Arts/Des.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (371 to 342); teachers down 28% (37.3 to 26.9).
About A H Snipes Academy of Arts/Des
Federal records list A H Snipes Academy of Arts/Des as an elementary school in Wilmington, North Carolina. The school counts 342 students across kindergarten through 5. The school's enrollment is 27% smaller than the 467 average for elementary schools in North Carolina.
New Hanover County Schools counts 42 schools and 24,791 students, including A H Snipes Academy of Arts/Des.
At 63%, Black students outnumber all other groups at A H Snipes Academy of Arts/Des combined. Smaller groups are 18% Hispanic, 11% White, and 8% multiracial. County-wide, 11% of New Hanover County residents are Black. The chance that two students picked at random at A H Snipes Academy of Arts/Des belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 55%.
A H Snipes Academy of Arts/Des's 26.9 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 12.7:1. For comparison, elementary schools in North Carolina average 14.9:1. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 99%. The rate at public schools in New Hanover County averages 67%, lower than here.
A H Snipes Academy of Arts/Des is graded D by allk12, scoring above 9% of North Carolina public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
A H Snipes Academy of Arts/Des is 12.0 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (36.6% versus 48.6%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in North Carolina.
A H Snipes Academy of Arts/Des is located in New Hanover County, where median household income is about $75,166, roughly 45% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 50 public schools in New Hanover County, with a combined enrollment of about 27,460.
The nearest public school is R Freeman Sch of Engineering, at about 0.5 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Of the 6 nearby schools with scores, including this one, A H Snipes Academy of Arts/Des is 2nd on average proficiency.
Locale: City: Mid-size. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The student count in 2024-25 was 342, 11% below the 383 of 2020-21. Students per teacher rose from 10.6 in 2020-21 to 12.7 in 2024-25.
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New Hanover County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
235,229
Census ACS
Median income
$75,166
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
45%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
50
27,460 students
Quick facts
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- Emsley A Laney HighHigh · 2,243 students
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- Charles P Murray MiddleMiddle · 907 students
Nearby schools
- R Freeman Sch of Engineering0.5 mi · 241
- New Hanover High0.7 mi · 1,437
- Forest Hills Global Elementary0.7 mi · 340
- The International School at Gregory1.0 mi · 514
- Williston Middle1.1 mi · 666
- Career Readiness Academy at Mosley PLC1.2 mi · 150
Frequently asked questions
About A H Snipes Academy of Arts/DesHow many students attend A H Snipes Academy of Arts/Des?
A H Snipes Academy of Arts/Des enrolls approximately 342 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does A H Snipes Academy of Arts/Des serve?
A H Snipes Academy of Arts/Des serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does A H Snipes Academy of Arts/Des have?
A H Snipes Academy of Arts/Des employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.7:1.
How diverse is A H Snipes Academy of Arts/Des?
A H Snipes Academy of Arts/Des reports a student body of 11% White, 18% Hispanic, 63% Black, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees A H Snipes Academy of Arts/Des?
A H Snipes Academy of Arts/Des is overseen by New Hanover County Schools in New Hanover County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.