Enrollment
312
Elementary
DISTRICT 375 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CRAVEN COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION·NCES 370331002310
Ben D. Quinn Elementary
4275 M L King Jr Boulevard, New Bern, NC 28562 · (252) 514-6420 · Craven County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL312 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 48% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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
17.4:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
293 students
DISTRICT 76% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 9 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 41 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 42 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 59 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 59 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 53 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 49 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (41) is 16% smaller than its 5th grade class (49).
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
Test scores
NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
53.0%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
54.8%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 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
54.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.2%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 Ben D. Quinn Elementary
Ben D. Quinn Elementary's state test result (54.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ben D. Quinn Elementary this school | 312 | 93.9% | 54.2% |
| Tanglewood Elementary Lumberton | 355 | 99.2% | 60.6% |
| Shadybrook Elementary High Point | 319 | 99.1% | 63.1% |
| Millis Road Elementary Jamestown | 444 | 99.3% | 60.5% |
| Albert H Bangert Elementary New Bern | 446 | 98.9% | 69.8% |
| Southwest Primary Hickory | 292 | 99.0% | N/A |
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 Ben D. Quinn Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Craven County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.2% | #691 of 1,297 | #8 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.8% | #764 of 1,296 | #9 of 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #514 of 1,300 | #5 of 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 312 | #1,157 of 1,485 | #13 of 16 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.4:1 | #1,250 of 1,377 | #14 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.9% | #60 of 1,379 | #3 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.9% | #1,072 of 1,414 | #10 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -29.3% | #103 of 937 | #4 of 13 |
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
312
-121 (-28%) vs 2020
-35% since 2000-01, when it was 481
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 312 | 17.9 | 17.4:1 | 94% (293) |
| 2023-24 | 347 | 22.8 | 15.2:1 | 98% (340) |
| 2022-23 | 367 | 27.2 | 13.5:1 | 54% (199) |
| 2020-21 | 433 | 30 | 14.4:1 | 37% (159) |
| 2017-18 | 441 | 30 | 14.7:1 | 44% (192) |
| 2015-16 | 479 | 31 | 15.4:1 | 49% (234) |
| 2010-11 | 580 | 29 | 20.0:1 | 50% (288) |
| 2000-01 | 481 | 32 | 15.0:1 | 38% (181) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ben D. Quinn Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 29% (441 to 312); teachers down 40% (30 to 17.9).
About Ben D. Quinn Elementary
Ben D. Quinn Elementary is a public elementary school in New Bern, North Carolina. Students in kindergarten through 5 attend, and enrollment is 312 students. The school's enrollment is 33% smaller than the 467 average for elementary schools in North Carolina.
Ben D. Quinn Elementary is one of the 26 schools that make up Craven County Board of Education (12,152 students in total).
Federal enrollment data show White students as the largest group at Ben D. Quinn Elementary, at 38%. Other reported shares: 30% Black, 12% Asian, 10% multiracial, and 10% Hispanic. Craven County's residents are about 66% White, 28 points above the school's share. Pick two students at random and there is a 73% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teacher staffing is 17.9 full-time equivalents, or about 17.4 students per teacher. On average, elementary schools in North Carolina have 14.9:1, compared with 17.4:1 here. About 94% of students, or 293, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Craven County average 74%.
The allk12 Grade for Ben D. Quinn Elementary is B-. Compared with North Carolina public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 48% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Ben D. Quinn Elementary is 4.1 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (54.2% versus 50.2%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in North Carolina.
Craven County has these Census figures: the median household income is $65,873, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. In all, Craven County has 27 public schools and roughly 12,526 students.
The shortest distance from Ben D. Quinn Elementary to another public school is about 1.0 miles, to New Bern High. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, Ben D. Quinn Elementary is 6th among 8 schools close by.
Ben D. Quinn Elementary is coded as Town: Distant in federal locale data.
Enrollment at Ben D. Quinn Elementary dropped 28% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 433 to 312 students. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 14.4:1; by 2024-25 it was 17.4:1.
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Craven County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
102,612
Census ACS
Median income
$65,873
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
27
12,526 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Craven County Board of Education
- New Bern HighHigh · 1,637 students
- Havelock HighHigh · 1,014 students
- West Craven HighHigh · 751 students
- H J MacDonald MiddleMiddle · 632 students
- West Craven MiddleMiddle · 614 students
- Grover C Fields MiddleMiddle · 542 students
Other schools in New Bern
- New Bern HighHigh · 1,637 students
- H J MacDonald MiddleMiddle · 632 students
- West Craven MiddleMiddle · 614 students
- Grover C Fields MiddleMiddle · 542 students
- Creekside ElementaryElementary · 453 students
- Albert H Bangert ElementaryElementary · 446 students
Nearby schools
- New Bern High1.0 mi · 1,637
- Craven Virtual Academy1.7 mi · 117
- Craven Early College High2.1 mi · 221
- H J MacDonald Middle2.4 mi · 632
- Albert H Bangert Elementary2.6 mi · 446
- Trent Park Elementary3.0 mi · 390
Frequently asked questions
About Ben D. Quinn ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Ben D. Quinn Elementary?
Ben D. Quinn Elementary enrolls approximately 312 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Ben D. Quinn Elementary serve?
Ben D. Quinn Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Ben D. Quinn Elementary?
Approximately 17.4:1 students per teacher at Ben D. Quinn Elementary.
How diverse is Ben D. Quinn Elementary?
Ben D. Quinn Elementary reports a student body of 38% White, 10% Hispanic, 30% Black, 12% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Ben D. Quinn Elementary?
Ben D. Quinn Elementary is overseen by Craven County Board of Education in Craven County.
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