Carolina Forest Elementary

Carolina Forest Elementary, a reasonably sized elementary school in Jacksonville, North Carolina, operated by Onslow County Schools, works with 570 students, covering grades K through 5. By comparison, North Carolina's public schools average about 467 students each, so Carolina Forest Elementary sits 22% above that benchmark.

Onslow County Schools comprises 39 schools with combined enrollment of 27,397 students; Carolina Forest Elementary is among them.

On demographics, Carolina Forest Elementary reports that the most-represented group is White (36%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school lists 25% Black, 21% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 6% Asian. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 67%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 48% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Carolina Forest Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 64.2%, the actual is 66.0%, a residual of +1.8 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Onslow County) records that the typical household earns roughly $68,148 per year, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Carolina Forest Elementary is one of 42 public schools in Onslow County (combined enrollment of about 27,501 students).

The closest other public school is Jacksonville Commons Elem, roughly 1.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Carolina Forest Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Carolina Forest Elementary at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 49.7%.

Carolina Forest Elementary operates from a high-density location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 36%: 890 students in 2018 compared to 570 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 20% to 25% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 today.

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