Enrollment
95
Elementary
DISTRICT 374 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CARTERET COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 370063000254
Harkers Island Elementary
1163 Island Rd, Harkers Island, NC 28531 · (252) 728-3755 · Carteret County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL95 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 93% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
13.1:1
7 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
92 students
DISTRICT 85% · 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 | 14 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 9 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 21 | 22% |
| Grade 3 | 17 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 18 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 16 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (14) is 13% smaller than its 5th grade class (16).
Student demographics
12%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 40% · 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
73.9%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
65.2%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NC schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
74.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.3%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+24.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 49% typical for North Carolina schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 25 points, placing it in North Carolina's top 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 Harkers Island Elementary
Harkers Island Elementary's state test result (74.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harkers Island Elementary this school | 95 | 96.8% | 74.1% |
| Atlantic Elementary Atlantic | 88 | 95.5% | 72.3% |
| Riverside Elementary Newland | 98 | 96.9% | 43.2% |
| Sunny View Elementary School Mill Spring | 120 | 97.5% | 61.9% |
| Barnardsville Elementary Barnardsville | 125 | 97.6% | 72.5% |
| Hot Springs Elementary Hot Springs | 128 | 97.7% | 62.0% |
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 Harkers Island Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Carteret County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 95 | #1,468 of 1,485 | #9 of 10 |
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
95
-4 (-4%) vs 2020
-49% since 1990-91, when it was 186
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 11.0:1
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 | 95 | 7.3 | 13.1:1 | 97% (92) |
| 2023-24 | 111 | 9 | 12.3:1 | 64% (71) |
| 2022-23 | 117 | 9.4 | 12.4:1 | 97% (114) |
| 2020-21 | 99 | 9 | 11.0:1 | 97% (96) |
| 2017-18 | 110 | 6.9 | 16.0:1 | 45% (49) |
| 2015-16 | 126 | 9 | 14.0:1 | 59% (74) |
| 2010-11 | 139 | 12 | 11.6:1 | 48% (67) |
| 2000-01 | 166 | 15 | 11.1:1 | 39% (64) |
| 1990-91 | 186 | 11 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Harkers Island Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (110 to 95); teachers up 5% (6.9 to 7.3).
About Harkers Island Elementary
Harkers Island Elementary is an elementary school located in Harkers Island, North Carolina, in Carteret County. Students in kindergarten through 5 make up the school's enrollment of 95 students. Elementary schools in North Carolina average about 467 students, which makes this school 80% below average.
Harkers Island Elementary is among 17 schools run by Carteret County Public Schools, which serves 7,847 students.
Roughly 94% of students at Harkers Island Elementary are White. Smaller groups are 3% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 12%.
Staffing at Harkers Island Elementary comes to 7.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 13.1:1. The school's 13.1:1 compares with an average of 14.9:1 for elementary schools in North Carolina. On the income side, 97% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 21 points above the 76% average for public schools in Carteret County.
Harkers Island Elementary earns an A on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 93% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
The BeatsExpectations model predicts 49.3% for Harkers Island Elementary, given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The actual figure is 74.1%. The 24.8-point gap ranks in the top 10% of North Carolina schools.
Carteret County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $72,322 a year, roughly 35% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Harkers Island Elementary shares Carteret County with 18 other public schools.
Harkers Island Elementary is about 4.6 miles from Down East Middle and Smyrna Elementary, its nearest public school. Around the school, 5 other public schools are within ten miles. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Harkers Island Elementary ranks 1st on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is Rural: Distant, or in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
A 4% decline took enrollment from 99 in 2020-21 to 95 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio increased from 11.0:1 in 2020-21 to 13.1:1 in 2024-25.
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Carteret County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
69,148
Census ACS
Median income
$72,322
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
19
8,053 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Carteret County Public Schools
- West Carteret HighHigh · 1,095 students
- Croatan HighHigh · 1,019 students
- White Oak ElementaryElementary · 784 students
- Broad Creek MiddleMiddle · 722 students
- Newport ElementaryElementary · 621 students
- East Carteret HighHigh · 521 students
Nearby schools
- Down East Middle and Smyrna Elementary4.6 mi · 262
- Tiller School5.5 mi · 206
- Beaufort Middle5.8 mi · 260
- Beaufort Elementary5.9 mi · 346
- East Carteret High7.6 mi · 521
- Morehead City Middle11.1 mi · 506
Frequently asked questions
About Harkers Island ElementaryHow many students attend Harkers Island Elementary?
Harkers Island Elementary enrolls approximately 95 students in grades KG-05.
Is Harkers Island Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Harkers Island Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Harkers Island Elementary have?
Harkers Island Elementary employs 7 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Harkers Island Elementary?
Student demographics at Harkers Island Elementary are roughly 94% White, 3% Hispanic, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Harkers Island Elementary?
Harkers Island Elementary is overseen by Carteret County Public Schools in Carteret County.
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