Carver Heights Elementary

Located at 411 Bunche Drive, in Goldsboro, North Carolina, Carver Heights Elementary is a moderately sized K-5 school that hosts 407 students (grades 3 through 5), overseen by Wayne County Public Schools.

Carver Heights Elementary is one of 33 schools operated by Wayne County Public Schools, a district that teaches 17,150 students overall.

On demographics, Carver Heights Elementary shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (82%). Other groups include 10% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 4% White. The wider county runs roughly 30% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Carver Heights Elementary reports 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.7:1. The state averages around 14.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 99% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Carver Heights Elementary sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 48.5%; actual is 27.5%, a gap of -21.0 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Wayne County shows median household income runs about $59,733, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Carver Heights Elementary is one of 36 public schools in Wayne County (combined enrollment of about 18,481 students).

The closest other public school is Dillard Middle, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Carver Heights Elementary comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 55.3%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Carver Heights Elementary has ticked down 3%, going from 421 students in 2018 to 407 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 90% to 82% across the same window. Class-load math has widened: from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 15.7:1 in 2025.

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