Heyward C Bellamy Elem

Set in Wilmington, North Carolina, Heyward C Bellamy Elem is a mid-sized elementary-level community, run under New Hanover County Schools. It instructs 533 students across grades K through 5.

Within New Hanover County Schools, which oversees 42 schools and 24,791 students, Heyward C Bellamy Elem is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Heyward C Bellamy Elem records that 71% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder comes out to 17% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 5% Black, 2% Asian.

On the resource side, The school reports having 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.1:1. The state averages about 14.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 41% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, New Hanover County runs at roughly 67%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Heyward C Bellamy Elem performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 66.3%, the actual is 78.8%, a residual of +12.5 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for New Hanover County put median household earnings sit near $75,166, roughly 45% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Heyward C Bellamy Elem is one of 50 public schools in New Hanover County (combined enrollment of about 27,460 students).

Mary C Williams Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Heyward C Bellamy Elem ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 64.2%.

Heyward C Bellamy Elem operates from a suburban location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 18%: 648 students in 2018 compared to 533 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 9% to 17% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 today.

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