Enrollment
270
Elementary
DISTRICT 375 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CRAVEN COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION·NCES 370331000387
J.T. Barber Elementary
1700 Cobb Street, New Bern, NC 28560 · (252) 514-6460 · Craven County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL270 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 16% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- C-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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
260 students
DISTRICT 76% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 48 | 18% |
| Kindergarten | 33 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 38 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 38 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 44 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 38 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 31 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (33) is 6% larger than its 5th grade class (31).
Student demographics
61%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
35.8%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
39.5%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 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
40.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.4%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% 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 J.T. Barber Elementary
J.T. Barber Elementary's state test result (40.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| J.T. Barber Elementary this school | 270 | 96.3% | 40.4% |
| Glendale Acres Elementary Fayetteville | 251 | 98.8% | N/A |
| East Albemarle Elementary Albemarle | 261 | 98.9% | 24.8% |
| James Y Joyner Elementary Greensboro | 274 | 98.9% | 55.7% |
| Ashley Elementary Fayetteville | 180 | 98.3% | 51.1% |
| Triangle Lake Montessori Elem High Point | 390 | 99.2% | 52.7% |
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 J.T. Barber Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Craven County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.4% | #1,090 of 1,297 | #14 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.5% | #1,144 of 1,296 | #13 of 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.8% | #1,071 of 1,300 | #13 of 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 270 | #1,253 of 1,485 | #14 of 16 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #118 of 1,377 | #1 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.3% | #657 of 1,379 | #12 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.3% | #1,023 of 1,414 | #6 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.8% | #518 of 937 | #10 of 13 |
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
270
+34 (+14%) vs 2020
-31% since 1990-91, when it was 394
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 13.1:1
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 | 270 | 21.9 | 12.3:1 | 96% (260) |
| 2023-24 | 246 | 24.9 | 9.9:1 | 99% (243) |
| 2022-23 | 284 | 22.6 | 12.6:1 | 99% (281) |
| 2020-21 | 236 | 18 | 13.1:1 | 99% (233) |
| 2017-18 | 306 | 26 | 11.8:1 | 91% (279) |
| 2015-16 | 358 | 31 | 11.6:1 | 94% (337) |
| 2010-11 | 425 | 32 | 13.3:1 | 85% (363) |
| 2000-01 | 432 | 34 | 12.7:1 | 75% (325) |
| 1990-91 | 394 | 31 | 12.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for J.T. Barber Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (306 to 270); teachers down 16% (26 to 21.9).
About J.T. Barber Elementary
The public elementary school J.T. Barber Elementary is located in New Bern, North Carolina. The school reports 270 students in pre-K through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in North Carolina is about 467 students.
Craven County Board of Education is the district for J.T. Barber Elementary. It has 26 schools and 12,152 students.
By race and ethnicity, J.T. Barber Elementary is 59% Black. After that, the student body is 12% Asian, 11% Hispanic, 10% White, and 6% multiracial. Census figures show Craven County is about 20% Black. J.T. Barber Elementary has a diversity index of 61%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.3:1 at J.T. Barber Elementary, with 21.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina is higher than this school's figure. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 96%. For comparison, public schools in Craven County average 74%.
J.T. Barber Elementary is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 16% of North Carolina public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For J.T. Barber Elementary, the prediction is 49.4% and the result is 40.4%.
Within Craven County, median household income is about $65,873, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 28% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Federal data list 27 public schools in Craven County, with a combined enrollment of about 12,526.
The nearest other public school, Oaks Road Academy, is about 0.6 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. J.T. Barber Elementary is 7th of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
NCES describes the area around J.T. Barber Elementary as Town: Distant, meaning in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
J.T. Barber Elementary saw enrollment rise 14% between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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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
- Havelock HighHigh · 1,014 students
- West Craven HighHigh · 751 students
- H J MacDonald MiddleMiddle · 632 students
- West Craven MiddleMiddle · 614 students
- Grover C Fields MiddleMiddle · 542 students
Other schools in New Bern
- New Bern HighHigh · 1,637 students
- H J MacDonald MiddleMiddle · 632 students
- West Craven MiddleMiddle · 614 students
- Grover C Fields MiddleMiddle · 542 students
- Creekside ElementaryElementary · 453 students
- Albert H Bangert ElementaryElementary · 446 students
Nearby schools
- Oaks Road Academy0.6 mi · 352
- Grover C Fields Middle0.8 mi · 542
- Trent Park Elementary1.1 mi · 390
- H J MacDonald Middle2.0 mi · 632
- Craven Early College High2.1 mi · 221
- Craven Virtual Academy2.6 mi · 117
Frequently asked questions
About J.T. Barber ElementaryHow many students attend J.T. Barber Elementary?
J.T. Barber Elementary enrolls approximately 270 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does J.T. Barber Elementary serve?
J.T. Barber Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does J.T. Barber Elementary have?
J.T. Barber Elementary employs 22 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at J.T. Barber Elementary?
At J.T. Barber Elementary, the student body is approximately 10% White, 11% Hispanic, 59% Black, 12% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is J.T. Barber Elementary in?
J.T. Barber Elementary is part of Craven County Board of Education.
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