Jacksonville Commons Elem

As an average-sized elementary-level community in Jacksonville, North Carolina, Jacksonville Commons Elem educates 506 students from grades K through 5, one of the schools within Onslow County Schools.

Within Onslow County Schools, which oversees 39 schools and 27,397 students, Jacksonville Commons Elem is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Jacksonville Commons Elem reports that the most-represented group is White (33%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 28% Black, 20% Hispanic, 16% multiracial, 2% Asian. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 67%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.7:1. The state averages around 14.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 70% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Onslow County's rate of about 51%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Jacksonville Commons Elem sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 57.5%; this one delivers 44.6%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Onslow County indicate the typical household earns roughly $68,148 per year, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Onslow County's 42 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,501 students), Jacksonville Commons Elem is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Jacksonville Commons Middle, around 0.3 miles off. 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), Jacksonville Commons Elem ranks 7th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 51.9%.

Jacksonville Commons Elem operates from a metropolitan location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 27%: 693 students in 2018 compared to 506 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 36% to 28% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Members of the school community can share what they know.