College Park Elementary

Set in Wilmington, North Carolina, College Park Elementary is a reasonably sized elementary-level community, one of the schools within New Hanover County Schools. It enrolls 470 students across grades K through 5.

Within New Hanover County Schools, which oversees 42 schools and 24,791 students, College Park Elementary is one campus in the system.

On demographics, College Park Elementary logs that the largest single group is Black at 37%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder is composed of 33% Hispanic, 20% White, 8% multiracial, 2% Asian. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 11%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.9:1 average. Around 99% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, New Hanover County runs at roughly 67%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, College Park Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 48.5%; this one delivers 35.7%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for New Hanover County indicate median household income runs about $75,166, 45% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. College Park Elementary is one of 50 public schools in New Hanover County (combined enrollment of about 27,460 students).

Nearest neighbor: Isaac M Bear Early College High School, around 1.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around College Park Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts College Park Elementary at 5th of 5; the average score across the group is 66.1%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at College Park Elementary has grew 7%, going from 439 students in 2018 to 470 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 32% to 20% across the same window.

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