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Which teacher or staff member at Newport Elementary deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
621
Elementary
DISTRICT 374 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CARTERET COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 370063000257
Newport Elementary
219 Chatham St, Newport, NC 28570 · (252) 223-4201 · Carteret County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL621 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 76% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
12.7:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
618 students
DISTRICT 85% · 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 | 99 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 90 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 96 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 119 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 117 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 100 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (99) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (100).
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 40% · 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
54.0%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
63.9%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 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
63.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 Newport Elementary
Newport Elementary's state test result (63.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newport Elementary this school | 621 | 99.5% | 63.0% |
| Springmore Elementary Shelby | 618 | 99.5% | 74.7% |
| South Topsail Elementary Hampstead | 618 | 99.5% | 68.9% |
| Granite Falls Elementary Granite Falls | 647 | 99.2% | 64.1% |
| Hudson Elementary Hudson | 665 | 97.0% | 59.8% |
| Brevard Elementary Brevard | 524 | 99.4% | 50.5% |
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 Newport Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Carteret County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #416 of 1,297 | #5 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.9% | #504 of 1,296 | #5 of 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #486 of 1,300 | #6 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 621 | #317 of 1,485 | #2 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #180 of 1,377 | #5 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.7% | #1,033 of 1,379 | #4 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.5% | #125 of 1,414 | #1 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.9% | #383 of 937 | #2 of 7 |
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
621
-62 (-9%) vs 2020
-29% since 1990-91, when it was 878
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 12.0:1
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 | 621 | 48.8 | 12.7:1 | 100% (618) |
| 2023-24 | 633 | 58.5 | 10.8:1 | 67% (423) |
| 2022-23 | 645 | 55.2 | 11.7:1 | 100% (642) |
| 2020-21 | 683 | 57 | 12.0:1 | 100% (680) |
| 2017-18 | 738 | 58.2 | 12.7:1 | 63% (466) |
| 2015-16 | 766 | 61 | 12.6:1 | 61% (470) |
| 2010-11 | 848 | 60 | 14.1:1 | 51% (431) |
| 2000-01 | 809 | 57 | 14.2:1 | 48% (390) |
| 1990-91 | 878 | 49 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Newport Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (738 to 621); teachers down 16% (58.2 to 48.8).
About Newport Elementary
Newport Elementary is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Newport, North Carolina. The school teaches pre-K through 5 and enrolls 621 students. That is 33% larger than the average of about 467 students for elementary schools in North Carolina.
Newport Elementary is a school in Carteret County Public Schools. The district has 17 schools and 7,847 students.
About 70% of the student body at Newport Elementary is White. Other students are 11% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, and 6% Black. By comparison, Carteret County residents are about 86% White. A diversity index of 48% means there is a 48% chance two randomly chosen students at Newport Elementary are from different groups.
The school's 48.8 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.7:1. The average for elementary schools in North Carolina is 14.9:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. At Newport Elementary, 100% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. For comparison, public schools in Carteret County average 76%.
Among North Carolina public elementary schools, Newport Elementary outscored 76%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 48.5% at Newport Elementary; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 63.0%.
Census data for Carteret County show median household income comes to about $72,322, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 35%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. There are 19 public schools in the county, enrolling about 8,053, Newport Elementary among them.
Newport Middle sits about 1.2 miles from Newport Elementary. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within ten miles. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Newport Elementary is 2nd on average proficiency.
The school is in a town some distance from an urbanized area, according to its NCES locale (Town: Distant).
Federal enrollment counts decreased from 683 (2020-21) to 621 (2024-25).
Newport Elementary has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Carteret County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
69,148
Census ACS
Median income
$72,322
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
19
8,053 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Carteret County Public Schools
- West Carteret HighHigh · 1,095 students
- Croatan HighHigh · 1,019 students
- White Oak ElementaryElementary · 784 students
- Broad Creek MiddleMiddle · 722 students
- East Carteret HighHigh · 521 students
- Morehead City MiddleMiddle · 506 students
Other schools in Newport
- Croatan HighHigh · 1,019 students
- Broad Creek MiddleMiddle · 722 students
- Bogue Sound ElementaryElementary · 416 students
- Newport MiddleMiddle · 346 students
Other Newport Elementary schools
7 other US public schools in 8 states are named Newport Elementary. Newport Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 8.
- Newport Elementary SchoolCROSBY, TX · 701 students
- NEWPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLNEWPORT, AR · 691 students
- Newport Elementary SchoolNewport, PA · 436 students
- Newport ElementaryNewport Beach, CA · 339 students
- NEWPORT ELEMENTARYNEWPORT, MN · 264 students
Nearby schools
- Newport Middle1.2 mi · 346
- Broad Creek Middle5.2 mi · 722
- Bridges School5.4 mi · 11
- West Carteret High5.6 mi · 1,095
- Morehead City Primary6.1 mi · 502
- Roger Bell New Tech Academy6.3 mi · 408
Frequently asked questions
About Newport ElementaryHow many students attend Newport Elementary?
Newport Elementary enrolls approximately 621 students in grades PK-05.
Is Newport Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Newport Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Newport Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Newport Elementary is approximately 12.7:1 (49 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Newport Elementary?
At Newport Elementary, the student body is approximately 70% White, 11% Hispanic, 6% Black, 0% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Is Newport Elementary public or private?
Newport Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Carteret County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.