Arthur W Edwards Elementary

Arthur W Edwards Elementary, a moderately sized K-5 school in Havelock, North Carolina, one of the schools within Craven County Board of Education, enrolls 489 students, covering grades K through 5.

Arthur W Edwards Elementary is one of 26 schools operated by Craven County Board of Education, a district that educates 12,152 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Arthur W Edwards Elementary logs that 56% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder consists of 21% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 10% Black. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 66%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.9:1. The state averages about 14.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 48% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Craven County runs at roughly 74%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Arthur W Edwards Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 64.0%, the actual is 50.5%, a residual of -13.5 points.

Around the school, Craven County reports that the typical household earns roughly $65,873 per year, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Craven County's 27 public schools (combined enrollment of about 12,526 students), Arthur W Edwards Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is W Jesse Gurganus Elementary, roughly 0.8 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Arthur W Edwards Elementary at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 56.9%.

Arthur W Edwards Elementary operates from a town-center location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Arthur W Edwards Elementary has fell 21%, going from 622 students in 2018 to 489 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 64% to 56%.

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