Kenansville Elementary

Kenansville Elementary, a mid-sized K-5 school in Kenansville, North Carolina, part of Duplin County Schools, works with 599 students, covering grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, North Carolina's public schools average about 467 students each, so Kenansville Elementary sits 28% bigger than that benchmark.

Kenansville Elementary is one of 13 schools operated by Duplin County Schools, a district that educates 9,822 students overall.

Demographically, Kenansville Elementary records that the largest single group is White at 36%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school records 31% Hispanic, 29% Black, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Duplin County as a whole is about 54% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.6:1. The state averages about 14.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Kenansville Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 45.7%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Duplin County indicate median household earnings sit near $55,148, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. In all, Duplin County runs 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,822 students), of which Kenansville Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Duplin Early College High, roughly 1.3 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 5 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, Kenansville Elementary comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 41.1%.

Kenansville Elementary operates from an outlying location.

Over the past 7-year window. Kenansville Elementary's enrollment has ticked up 6% since 2018, when it stood at 566 (now 599). Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 25% to 31%. Class-load math has widened: from 12.2:1 in 2018 to 15.6:1 in 2025.

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