Total enrollment
12,152
-612 (-5%) vs SY 2020-21
26 schools in Craven County Board of Education
North Carolina · 12,152 students · 4 cities
Public-school families inside Craven County Board of Education pick from 26 schools serving the district's roughly 12,152 K-12 students (15 elementary, 5 middle, and 5 high).
4-year change in Craven County Board of Education
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
26
+1 (+4%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
How Craven County Board of Education ranks
Among districts| Measure | This district | In North Carolina | In the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.7% | #53 of 112 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 12,152 | #29 of 116 | #727 of 9,234 |
| Number of schools ranked most first | 26 | #27 of 116 | N/A |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.4:1 | #98 of 116 | #7,361 of 9,044 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch share ranked highest first | 74.1% | #89 of 114 | #1,615 of 8,164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.7% | #21 of 111 | #439 of 6,853 |
Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to be ranked. Test proficiency is ranked within the state only, since each state gives a different test. Each rank links to the full list.
Inside Craven County Board of Education
State test results across the district's 25 scored schools run from Craven Early College High at 88.1% proficient to West Craven High at 29.8%, a gap of 58.2 points. That is the 21st widest gap among 104 North Carolina districts with four or more scored schools.
Since 2017-18, the 25 district schools that reported both years went from 13,954 to 12,035 students (down 14%) and from 890 to 690 full-time teachers (down 22%), as of 2024-25.
Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across each school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25; schools with fewer than 100 students and schools serving specialized populations are left out. Staffing figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data and count only schools that reported students and teachers in both years.
About Craven County Board of Education
Across 26 schools, Craven County Board of Education teaches about 12,152 students in North Carolina. By footprint it is a rural-scale district.
On the level-by-level breakdown, Craven County Board of Education covers 15 elementary, 5 middle, 5 high schools, and 1 combined or other.
On a per-school basis, Craven County Board of Education runs about 467 students per school, 18% meaningfully below the state mean of roughly 571.
Five-year track record. Total public-school enrollment in Craven County Board of Education has contracted 5% since SY 2020-21, moving from about 12,764 students to 12,152. Craven County Board of Education now counts 26 public schools, up from 25 in SY 2020-21.
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