Harkers Island Elementary

Harkers Island Elementary operates as a minimally staffed primary school in Harkers Island, North Carolina, overseen by Carteret County Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 95 students spanning grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 467 students per school, that is 80% leaner than typical.

Carteret County Public Schools comprises 17 schools with combined enrollment of 7,847 students; Harkers Island Elementary is among them.

Looking at the student body, Harkers Island Elementary records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (94%); the rest looks like 3% Hispanic, 3% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.9:1, putting Harkers Island Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. About 97% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Carteret County's rate of about 76%.

After controlling for student poverty, Harkers Island Elementary ranks in the top 10% of North Carolina public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 49.3%; Harkers Island Elementary posts 74.1%, +24.8 points above that line.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Carteret County) logs that median household earnings sit near $72,322, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Carteret County's 19 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,053 students), Harkers Island Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Down East Middle and Smyrna Elementary, roughly 4.6 miles away. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, Harkers Island Elementary comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 65.0%.

Harkers Island Elementary operates from a rural location.

Looking at the recent track record. Harkers Island Elementary's enrollment has declined 14% since 2018, when it stood at 110 (now 95). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 13.1:1 today.

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