Enrollment
283
Elementary
DISTRICT 576 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ONSLOW COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370345001419
Clyde Erwin Elementary
323 New River Dr, Jacksonville, NC 28540 · (910) 347-1261 · Onslow County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL283 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 21% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
12.0:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
175 students
DISTRICT 52% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 45 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 45 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 61 | 22% |
| Grade 3 | 44 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 42 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 46 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (45) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (46).
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
47.2%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
48.8%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 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
46.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.0%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 Clyde Erwin Elementary
Clyde Erwin Elementary's state test result (46.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clyde Erwin Elementary this school | 283 | 61.8% | 46.8% |
| Appalachian Academy at Middle Fork Walkertown | 295 | 71.9% | N/A |
| Grady Brown Elementary Hillsborough | 406 | 59.6% | 55.2% |
| Baileywick Road Elementary Raleigh | 352 | 58.5% | 46.0% |
| Wakefield Elementary Raleigh | 520 | 62.5% | 53.8% |
| Poe Elementary Raleigh | 324 | 49.1% | 61.4% |
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 Clyde Erwin Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Onslow County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.8% | #908 of 1,297 | #20 of 22 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.8% | #936 of 1,296 | #19 of 22 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.2% | #718 of 1,300 | #20 of 22 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 283 | #1,217 of 1,485 | #22 of 23 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.0:1 | #94 of 1,377 | #2 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.8% | #154 of 1,379 | #6 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.8% | #1,104 of 1,414 | #9 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -32.8% | #64 of 937 | #3 of 16 |
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
283
+55 (+24%) vs 2020
-64% since 1990-91, when it was 792
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
was 11.4:1
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 | 283 | 23.5 | 12.0:1 | 62% (175) |
| 2023-24 | 301 | 23 | 13.1:1 | 70% (211) |
| 2022-23 | 343 | 21 | 16.3:1 | 67% (231) |
| 2020-21 | 228 | 20 | 11.4:1 | 66% (150) |
| 2017-18 | 421 | 30 | 14.0:1 | 71% (298) |
| 2015-16 | 525 | 31 | 16.9:1 | 68% (355) |
| 2010-11 | 491 | 30 | 16.4:1 | 63% (310) |
| 2000-01 | 452 | 36 | 12.6:1 | 69% (312) |
| 1990-91 | 792 | 44 | 18.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Clyde Erwin Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 33% (421 to 283); teachers down 22% (30 to 23.5).
About Clyde Erwin Elementary
Clyde Erwin Elementary is a small elementary school in Jacksonville, North Carolina. It educates 283 students in kindergarten through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in North Carolina is about 467 students.
Onslow County Schools enrolls 27,397 students, and its 39 schools include Clyde Erwin Elementary.
By race and ethnicity, the largest group at Clyde Erwin Elementary is Hispanic (40%). Enrollment also includes 25% White, 23% Black, and 10% multiracial. The school's Hispanic share is 26 points above the 14% share among Onslow County residents. By the diversity index, Clyde Erwin Elementary comes in at 71%.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.0:1 at Clyde Erwin Elementary, with 23.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. Among elementary schools in North Carolina, the typical ratio is 14.9:1. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 62% of enrollment. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Onslow County is 51%.
The allk12 Grade for Clyde Erwin Elementary is C-. Compared with North Carolina public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 21% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Clyde Erwin Elementary is 60.0%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 46.8%.
Among Onslow County residents, median household income is about $68,148, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 26%, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Clyde Erwin Elementary is one of 42 public schools in Onslow County, which together enroll about 27,501 students.
Nearest public school: Z.E.C.A. School of Arts and Technology, about 0.2 miles away. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 54.4%; Clyde Erwin Elementary's is 46.8%, ranking 6th of 6.
Clyde Erwin Elementary is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000, a location NCES labels City: Small.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 283 was 24% higher than in 2020-21, when it was 228.
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Onslow County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
207,906
Census ACS
Median income
$68,148
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
42
27,501 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Onslow County Schools
- Jacksonville HighHigh · 1,441 students
- White Oak HighHigh · 1,252 students
- Swansboro HighHigh · 1,232 students
- Dixon HighHigh · 1,085 students
- Northside HighHigh · 1,067 students
- Swansboro MiddleMiddle · 1,052 students
Other schools in Jacksonville
- Jacksonville HighHigh · 1,441 students
- White Oak HighHigh · 1,252 students
- Northside HighHigh · 1,067 students
- Jacksonville Commons MiddleMiddle · 918 students
- Hunters Creek MiddleMiddle · 856 students
- Southwest HighHigh · 803 students
Nearby schools
- Z.E.C.A. School of Arts and Technology0.2 mi · 104
- New Bridge Middle0.8 mi · 482
- Bell Fork Elementary1.1 mi · 551
- Northwoods Elementary1.5 mi · 439
- Northwoods Park Middle1.9 mi · 633
- Onslow Early College1.9 mi · 189
Frequently asked questions
About Clyde Erwin ElementaryHow large is Clyde Erwin Elementary?
Clyde Erwin Elementary enrolls approximately 283 students in grades KG-05.
Is Clyde Erwin Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Clyde Erwin Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Clyde Erwin Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Clyde Erwin Elementary is approximately 12.0:1 (24 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Clyde Erwin Elementary?
At Clyde Erwin Elementary, the student body is approximately 25% White, 40% Hispanic, 23% Black, 0% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is Clyde Erwin Elementary in?
Clyde Erwin Elementary is part of Onslow County Schools.
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