Morehead Elem at Camp Glenn

Morehead Elem at Camp Glenn operates as a compact elementary campus in Morehead City, North Carolina, part of Carteret County Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 253 students spanning grades 4 through 5. Compared to the state average of about 467 students per school, that is 46% leaner than typical.

Carteret County Public Schools runs 17 schools in total, collectively educating 7,847 students. Morehead Elem at Camp Glenn is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Morehead Elem at Camp Glenn lists that the largest single group is White, at 66% of enrollment; the rest looks like 17% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 6% Black. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 86%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.7:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.9:1, putting Morehead Elem at Camp Glenn tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 98% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Carteret County (around 76%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Morehead Elem at Camp Glenn performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.0%, the actual is 61.4%, a residual of +12.4 points.

In the area at large, Carteret County reports that the typical household earns roughly $72,322 per year, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Carteret County's 19 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,053 students), Morehead Elem at Camp Glenn is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Morehead City Middle, around 0.7 miles off. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Morehead Elem at Camp Glenn at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 61.3%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 15%: 296 students in 2018 compared to 253 in 2025.

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