Newport Elementary

Newport Elementary is a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school in Newport, North Carolina, one of the schools within Carteret County Public Schools. The school teaches 621 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, North Carolina's public schools average about 467 students each, so Newport Elementary sits 33% above that benchmark.

Carteret County Public Schools runs 17 schools in total, collectively educating 7,847 students. Newport Elementary is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Newport Elementary records that White students make up the majority at 70%. Beyond that, the school records 11% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 6% Black. By comparison, Carteret County as a whole is about 86% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Newport Elementary logs 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.9:1 average. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Carteret County (around 76%), the school's rate is north of typical.

With demographic context factored in, Newport Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 63.0%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Carteret County indicate median household earnings sit near $72,322, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Newport Elementary is one of 19 public schools in Carteret County (combined enrollment of about 8,053 students).

Newport Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.2 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Newport Elementary at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 59.1%.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Over the past 7-year window. Newport Elementary's enrollment has decreased 16% since 2018, when it stood at 738 (now 621).

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