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Enrollment
506
Elementary
DISTRICT 576 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ONSLOW COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370345001931
Jacksonville Commons Elem
1121 Commons Drive North, Jacksonville, NC 28546 · (910) 347-1056 · Onslow County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL506 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 17% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
13.7:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
353 students
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 82%
Community
1
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 | 81 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 82 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 77 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 86 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 81 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 99 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (81) is 18% smaller than its 5th grade class (99).
Student demographics
75%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
44.1%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
49.4%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 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
44.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 Jacksonville Commons Elem
Jacksonville Commons Elem's state test result (44.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jacksonville Commons Elem this school | 506 | 69.8% | 44.6% |
| Northwoods Elementary Jacksonville | 439 | 72.2% | 49.5% |
| Summersill Elementary Jacksonville | 482 | 74.3% | 54.5% |
| South Elementary Mooresville | 466 | 63.3% | N/A |
| Blue Creek Elementary Jacksonville | 498 | 67.3% | 42.9% |
| Bell Fork Elementary Jacksonville | 551 | 74.0% | 48.2% |
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 Jacksonville Commons Elem ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Onslow County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.6% | #967 of 1,297 | #21 of 22 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.4% | #923 of 1,296 | #18 of 22 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.1% | #813 of 1,300 | #21 of 22 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 506 | #592 of 1,485 | #17 of 23 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #389 of 1,377 | #7 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.8% | #26 of 1,379 | #1 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 69.8% | #1,089 of 1,414 | #6 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.0% | #127 of 937 | #5 of 16 |
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
506
+88 (+21%) vs 2020
-42% since 2000-01, when it was 868
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 11.6:1
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 | 506 | 37 | 13.7:1 | 70% (353) |
| 2023-24 | 503 | 35 | 14.4:1 | 72% (360) |
| 2022-23 | 533 | 36.9 | 14.4:1 | 69% (367) |
| 2020-21 | 418 | 36 | 11.6:1 | 61% (255) |
| 2017-18 | 693 | 46 | 15.1:1 | 63% (435) |
| 2015-16 | 696 | 42 | 16.6:1 | 61% (422) |
| 2010-11 | 708 | 40 | 17.7:1 | 53% (373) |
| 2000-01 | 868 | 50 | 17.4:1 | 41% (357) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jacksonville Commons Elem.
Since 2017-18: students down 27% (693 to 506); teachers down 20% (46 to 37).
About Jacksonville Commons Elem
Jacksonville Commons Elem is an elementary school in Jacksonville, North Carolina, and it is part of Onslow County Schools. Students in kindergarten through 5 attend, and enrollment is 506 students.
Jacksonville Commons Elem is one of 39 schools in Onslow County Schools, which enrolls 27,397 students in total.
At Jacksonville Commons Elem, the largest share of students is White, at 33%. After that, the student body is 28% Black, 20% Hispanic, 16% multiracial, and 2% Asian. Census figures show Onslow County is about 67% White. The school's diversity index is 75%, meaning two students picked at random have a 75% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Dividing enrollment by its 37 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 13.7:1. That is 1.2 students per teacher below the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina. Jacksonville Commons Elem reports 70% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Public schools in Onslow County average 51%.
Jacksonville Commons Elem is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 17% of North Carolina public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
A school with Jacksonville Commons Elem's lunch-eligibility share in North Carolina is predicted to score 57.5%. Jacksonville Commons Elem scores 44.6%, 12.9 points below that line.
Onslow County has these Census figures: the median household income is $68,148, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 26%, and about 9% of people live in poverty. In all, Onslow County has 42 public schools and roughly 27,501 students.
The school nearest to Jacksonville Commons Elem is Jacksonville Commons Middle, at a distance of about 0.3 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. On average proficiency, Jacksonville Commons Elem is 7th of 8 nearby schools with test data.
Jacksonville Commons Elem has an NCES locale of City: Small.
Jacksonville Commons Elem's enrollment climbed from 418 in 2020-21 to 506 in 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio rose to 13.7:1, from 11.6:1.
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Onslow County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
207,906
Census ACS
Median income
$68,148
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
42
27,501 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Onslow County Schools
- Jacksonville HighHigh · 1,441 students
- White Oak HighHigh · 1,252 students
- Swansboro HighHigh · 1,232 students
- Dixon HighHigh · 1,085 students
- Northside HighHigh · 1,067 students
- Swansboro MiddleMiddle · 1,052 students
Other schools in Jacksonville
- Jacksonville HighHigh · 1,441 students
- White Oak HighHigh · 1,252 students
- Northside HighHigh · 1,067 students
- Jacksonville Commons MiddleMiddle · 918 students
- Hunters Creek MiddleMiddle · 856 students
- Southwest HighHigh · 803 students
Nearby schools
- Jacksonville Commons Middle0.3 mi · 918
- Northside High0.4 mi · 1,067
- Carolina Forest Elementary1.5 mi · 570
- Onslow Early College1.6 mi · 189
- Jacksonville High2.2 mi · 1,441
- Northwoods Elementary2.6 mi · 439
Frequently asked questions
About Jacksonville Commons ElemHow large is Jacksonville Commons Elem?
Jacksonville Commons Elem enrolls approximately 506 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Jacksonville Commons Elem serve?
Jacksonville Commons Elem serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Jacksonville Commons Elem?
Approximately 13.7:1 students per teacher at Jacksonville Commons Elem.
How diverse is Jacksonville Commons Elem?
Jacksonville Commons Elem reports a student body of 33% White, 20% Hispanic, 28% Black, 2% Asian, 16% Two or more.
Who oversees Jacksonville Commons Elem?
Jacksonville Commons Elem is overseen by Onslow County Schools in Onslow County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.