Enrollment
340
Elementary
DISTRICT 425 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW HANOVER COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370333001374
Forest Hills Global Elementary
602 Colonial Drive, Wilmington, NC 28403 · (910) 251-6190 · New Hanover County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL340 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 8% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- DTest 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
10.7:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
337 students
DISTRICT 72% · 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 | 52 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 64 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 41 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 57 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 21% |
| Grade 5 | 56 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (52) is 7% smaller than its 5th grade class (56).
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · 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
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NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
23.7%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
45.1%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 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
34.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.6%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 Forest Hills Global Elementary
Forest Hills Global Elementary's state test result (34.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forest Hills Global Elementary this school | 340 | 99.1% | 34.9% |
| Ibraham Elementary Winston Salem | 357 | 99.2% | 32.6% |
| Edward D Sadler Jr Elementary School Gastonia | 374 | 99.2% | 32.6% |
| Liberty Drive Elementary Thomasville | 306 | 99.0% | 37.1% |
| Louisburg Elementary Louisburg | 387 | 99.2% | 41.4% |
| Burton Elementary Durham | 293 | 99.0% | 63.4% |
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 Forest Hills Global Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In New Hanover County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.9% | #1,193 of 1,297 | #24 of 25 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.1% | #1,033 of 1,296 | #19 of 25 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.7% | #1,254 of 1,300 | #23 of 25 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 340 | #1,082 of 1,485 | #22 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.7:1 | #28 of 1,377 | #1 of 27 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.1% | #473 of 1,379 | #9 of 27 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.1% | #576 of 1,414 | #9 of 27 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.6% | #297 of 937 | #7 of 22 |
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
340
-98 (-22%) vs 2020
-11% since 1990-91, when it was 382
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
was 12.2:1
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 | 340 | 31.7 | 10.7:1 | 99% (337) |
| 2023-24 | 355 | 31.2 | 11.4:1 | 99% (352) |
| 2022-23 | 338 | 29.8 | 11.3:1 | 99% (335) |
| 2020-21 | 438 | 36 | 12.2:1 | 99% (435) |
| 2017-18 | 423 | 32.4 | 13.1:1 | 95% (402) |
| 2015-16 | 517 | 37 | 14.0:1 | 98% (509) |
| 2010-11 | 466 | 28 | 16.6:1 | 62% (291) |
| 2000-01 | 420 | 29 | 14.5:1 | 50% (209) |
| 1990-91 | 382 | 23 | 16.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Forest Hills Global Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (423 to 340); teachers down 2% (32.4 to 31.7).
About Forest Hills Global Elementary
Forest Hills Global Elementary runs as a small elementary school in Wilmington, North Carolina. The school has 340 students in 2024-25 across kindergarten through 5. By comparison, elementary schools in North Carolina enroll about 467 students on average.
New Hanover County Schools has 24,791 students in 42 schools, and Forest Hills Global Elementary is one of those schools.
Black students make up 43% of enrollment at Forest Hills Global Elementary, the largest share of any group. Other reported shares: 38% Hispanic, 13% White, and 5% multiracial. That compares with about 11% Black among all New Hanover County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 65%.
Teacher count: 31.7 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 10.7:1. The average for elementary schools in North Carolina, 14.9:1, is higher. Roughly 99% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in New Hanover County is 67%.
Forest Hills Global Elementary earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 8% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 48.6% for Forest Hills Global Elementary. The school posts 34.9%, 13.6 points below the prediction.
For the population of New Hanover County, median household income comes to about $75,166, roughly 45% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. New Hanover County's 50 public schools enroll about 27,460 students and include Forest Hills Global Elementary.
A H Snipes Academy of Arts/Des sits about 0.7 miles from Forest Hills Global Elementary. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among the 6 closest schools with test data, this one included, Forest Hills Global Elementary ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes Forest Hills Global Elementary as City: Mid-size.
The school shrank from 438 students in 2020-21 to 340 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 12.2:1; by 2024-25 it was 10.7:1.
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New Hanover County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
235,229
Census ACS
Median income
$75,166
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
45%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
50
27,460 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in New Hanover County Schools
- Emsley A Laney HighHigh · 2,243 students
- John T Hoggard HighHigh · 2,082 students
- Eugene Ashley HighHigh · 1,893 students
- New Hanover HighHigh · 1,437 students
- Charles P Murray MiddleMiddle · 907 students
- Roland-Grise MiddleMiddle · 878 students
Other schools in Wilmington
- Emsley A Laney HighHigh · 2,243 students
- John T Hoggard HighHigh · 2,082 students
- Eugene Ashley HighHigh · 1,893 students
- New Hanover HighHigh · 1,437 students
- American Leadership Academy-CoastalCombined · 1,002 students
- Charles P Murray MiddleMiddle · 907 students
Nearby schools
- A H Snipes Academy of Arts/Des0.7 mi · 342
- R Freeman Sch of Engineering1.0 mi · 241
- New Hanover High1.2 mi · 1,437
- Career Readiness Academy at Mosley PLC1.2 mi · 150
- Wilmington School of the Arts1.2 mi · 297
- Williston Middle1.2 mi · 666
Frequently asked questions
About Forest Hills Global ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Forest Hills Global Elementary?
Forest Hills Global Elementary enrolls approximately 340 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Forest Hills Global Elementary serve?
Forest Hills Global Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Forest Hills Global Elementary?
Approximately 10.7:1 students per teacher at Forest Hills Global Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Forest Hills Global Elementary?
At Forest Hills Global Elementary, the student body is approximately 13% White, 38% Hispanic, 43% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Forest Hills Global Elementary?
Forest Hills Global Elementary is overseen by New Hanover County Schools in New Hanover County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.