Ben D. Quinn Elementary

Located at 4275 M L King Jr Boulevard, in New Bern, North Carolina, Ben D. Quinn Elementary is a low-enrollment primary school that works with 312 students (grades K through 5), run under Craven County Board of Education. That puts it 33% below the typical public school in North Carolina, which averages around 467 students.

Across the 26 schools in Craven County Board of Education (12,152 students total), Ben D. Quinn Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Ben D. Quinn Elementary lists that the largest single group is White at 38%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school lists 30% Black, 12% Asian, 10% multiracial, 10% Hispanic. By comparison, Craven County as a whole is about 66% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.4:1. The state averages around 14.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 94% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Craven County's rate of about 74%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Ben D. Quinn Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.2%, the actual is 54.2%, a residual of +4.1 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Craven County put median household earnings sit near $65,873, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Craven County's 27 public schools (combined enrollment of about 12,526 students), Ben D. Quinn Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: New Bern High, around 1.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Ben D. Quinn Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Ben D. Quinn Elementary at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 58.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Five-year trend. Ben D. Quinn Elementary's enrollment has shrank 29% since 2018, when it stood at 441 (now 312). Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 50% to 38%. Class-load math has grew: from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 17.4:1 in 2025.

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