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What's the one class at Havelock High every student should take?
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Enrollment
1,014
High
DISTRICT 766 · STATE 761
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CRAVEN COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION·NCES 370331000384
Havelock High
101 Webb Boulevard, Havelock, NC 28532 · (252) 444-5112 · Craven County
GRADES 09–12HIGH32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,014 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 47% of North Carolina public high schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
23.2:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 28.7:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
532 students
DISTRICT 76% · STATE 82%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 335 | 33% |
| Grade 10 | 220 | 22% |
| Grade 11 | 239 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 220 | 22% |
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
62.0%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
32.6%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 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
50.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.8%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 Havelock High
Havelock High's state test result (50.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Havelock High this school | 1,014 | 52.5% | 50.1% |
| White Oak High Jacksonville | 1,252 | 48.4% | 40.1% |
| Southwest High Jacksonville | 803 | 57.3% | 31.9% |
| Cape Fear High Fayetteville | 1,515 | 55.1% | 55.2% |
| Jacksonville High Jacksonville | 1,441 | 47.4% | 53.3% |
| Western Alamance High Elon | 1,138 | 49.5% | 48.5% |
Matched among North Carolina high 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 Havelock High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.1% | #209 of 468 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.6% | #257 of 464 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #179 of 448 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,014 | #184 of 598 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.2:1 | #386 of 473 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.7% | #112 of 474 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.5% | #374 of 527 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.8% | #188 of 277 |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,014
-39 (-4%) vs 2020
-9% since 1990-91, when it was 1,115
Student : Teacher
23.2:1
was 19.1:1
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 | 1,014 | 43.8 | 23.2:1 | 52% (532) |
| 2023-24 | 1,063 | 56.3 | 18.9:1 | 52% (555) |
| 2022-23 | 1,104 | 61.5 | 17.9:1 | 49% (542) |
| 2020-21 | 1,053 | 55 | 19.1:1 | 28% (297) |
| 2017-18 | 1,077 | 67.8 | 15.9:1 | 38% (404) |
| 2015-16 | 1,115 | 69 | 16.2:1 | 40% (443) |
| 2010-11 | 1,155 | 78 | 14.8:1 | 38% (444) |
| 2000-01 | 1,340 | 86 | 15.6:1 | 26% (348) |
| 1990-91 | 1,115 | 75 | 14.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Havelock High.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (1,077 to 1,014); teachers down 35% (67.8 to 43.8).
About Havelock High
Havelock High is a high school in Havelock, North Carolina, according to federal school records. School enrollment was 1,014 students in 2024-25, in grades 9 through 12. For comparison, high schools in North Carolina average about 761 students.
Craven County Board of Education has 26 schools; together they serve 12,152 students.
Federal enrollment data show White students as the largest group at Havelock High, at 48%. Beyond that, enrollment is 24% Black, 16% Hispanic, and 10% multiracial. The White share of the county population is higher, at 66%. Havelock High's diversity index is 68%, against a US figure of 70%.
The count of teachers at Havelock High is 43.8 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 23.2:1. That is 3.6 students per teacher above the 19.6:1 average for high schools in North Carolina. Around 52% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. That rate is below the 74% average among public schools in Craven County.
The allk12 Grade for Havelock High is B-. Compared with North Carolina public high schools, the school scored higher than 47% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Compared with North Carolina schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Havelock High's results are 12.7 points below predicted: 50.1% against 62.8%.
County data help place the school in context: in Craven County, the median household income is $65,873, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 28% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Craven County is home to 27 public schools and about 12,526 public school students.
Havelock Middle is located about 0.3 miles from Havelock High. The five-mile area around Havelock High holds at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 57.0%, higher than Havelock High's 50.1%.
Under the NCES locale system, Havelock High is Town: Distant.
Enrollment is down 4% from 2020-21, when Havelock High had 1,053 students, to 2024-25, when it had 1,014. The ratio of students to teachers went from 19.1:1 to 23.2:1 over the same years.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Havelock High covering things like sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Craven County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
102,612
Census ACS
Median income
$65,873
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
27
12,526 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Craven County Board of Education
- New Bern HighHigh · 1,637 students
- West Craven HighHigh · 751 students
- H J MacDonald MiddleMiddle · 632 students
- West Craven MiddleMiddle · 614 students
- Grover C Fields MiddleMiddle · 542 students
- Vanceboro-Farm Life ElementaryElementary · 494 students
Other schools in Havelock
- Arthur W Edwards ElementaryElementary · 489 students
- Tucker Creek MiddleMiddle · 478 students
- Roger Bell New Tech AcademyElementary · 408 students
- W Jesse Gurganus ElementaryElementary · 340 students
- Havelock MiddleMiddle · 313 students
- Havelock ElementaryElementary · 248 students
Nearby schools
- Havelock Middle0.3 mi · 313
- Early College EAST High0.4 mi · 208
- Havelock Elementary0.4 mi · 248
- Roger Bell New Tech Academy0.7 mi · 408
- Graham A Barden Elementary1.7 mi · 237
- Arthur W Edwards Elementary2.8 mi · 489
Frequently asked questions
About Havelock HighHow large is Havelock High?
Havelock High enrolls approximately 1,014 students in grades 09-12.
Is Havelock High an elementary, middle, or high school?
Havelock High is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Havelock High?
Approximately 23.2:1 students per teacher at Havelock High.
How diverse is Havelock High?
Havelock High reports a student body of 48% White, 16% Hispanic, 24% Black, 1% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Havelock High?
Havelock High is overseen by Craven County Board of Education in Craven County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.