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What advice would you give to incoming students at Ogden Elementary?
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Enrollment
619
Elementary
DISTRICT 425 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW HANOVER COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370333001385
Ogden Elementary
3637 Middle Sound Rd, Wilmington, NC 28411 · (910) 686-6464 · New Hanover County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL619 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 95% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats 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
15.9:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
18%
109 students
DISTRICT 72% · 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 | 97 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 88 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 109 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 104 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 115 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 106 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (97) is 8% smaller than its 5th grade class (106).
Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · 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
81.3%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
89.6%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 81 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 90 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
86.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
73.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 87% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 73% 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 Ogden Elementary
Ogden Elementary's state test result (86.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ogden Elementary this school | 619 | 17.6% | 86.9% |
| Topsail Annandale Elementary School Hampstead | 580 | 19.8% | 77.7% |
| Rock Springs Elementary Denver | 639 | 21.4% | 79.6% |
| Woodland Heights Elementary Mooresville | 594 | 16.7% | 79.0% |
| Porters Neck Elementary Wilmington | 666 | 22.4% | 75.0% |
| Masonboro Elementary Wilmington | 564 | 20.6% | 87.9% |
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 Ogden Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In New Hanover County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 86.9% | #24 of 1,297 | #3 of 25 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 89.6% | #27 of 1,296 | #3 of 25 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 81.3% | #38 of 1,300 | #3 of 25 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 619 | #319 of 1,485 | #2 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.9:1 | #997 of 1,377 | #25 of 27 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.0% | #1,342 of 1,379 | #25 of 27 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 17.6% | #1,374 of 1,414 | #26 of 27 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.2% | #583 of 937 | #18 of 22 |
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
619
+26 (+4%) vs 2020
+27% since 1990-91, when it was 488
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 619 | 38.8 | 15.9:1 | 18% (109) |
| 2023-24 | 607 | 40 | 15.2:1 | 16% (95) |
| 2022-23 | 641 | 38.5 | 16.7:1 | 16% (102) |
| 2020-21 | 593 | 39 | 15.2:1 | 11% (68) |
| 2017-18 | 689 | 39.2 | 17.6:1 | 14% (99) |
| 2015-16 | 692 | 37 | 18.7:1 | 16% (113) |
| 2010-11 | 684 | 40 | 17.1:1 | 14% (99) |
| 2000-01 | 531 | 35 | 15.2:1 | 24% (128) |
| 1990-91 | 488 | 21 | 23.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ogden Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (689 to 619); teachers down 1% (39.2 to 38.8).
About Ogden Elementary
Ogden Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Wilmington, North Carolina, administered by New Hanover County Schools. The school has 619 students in 2024-25 across kindergarten through 5. By comparison, elementary schools in North Carolina enroll about 467 students on average.
Federal data list 42 schools in New Hanover County Schools, with 24,791 students enrolled.
At Ogden Elementary, 87% of students are White. After that, the student body is 6% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. Census figures show New Hanover County is about 77% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Ogden Elementary scores 23%.
There are 38.8 full-time-equivalent teachers at Ogden Elementary, giving a ratio of 15.9:1. Elementary schools in North Carolina average 14.9:1, 1.1 fewer students per teacher than here. A total of 109 students, or 18%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in New Hanover County report 67%.
Ogden Elementary earns an A+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 95% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
Ogden Elementary sits between the top and bottom 10% of North Carolina schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 86.9% and a predicted 73.5%.
The school is in New Hanover County, where median household income comes to about $75,166, roughly 45% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. New Hanover County's 50 public schools enroll about 27,460 students and include Ogden Elementary.
Ogden Elementary's nearest public school is Dr Hubert Eaton Sr Elem (about 1.4 miles). The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On average proficiency, Ogden Elementary is 2nd of 8 nearby schools with test data.
Ogden Elementary is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
By 2024-25, enrollment had risen to 619, from 593 in 2020-21.
People who know Ogden Elementary can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
New Hanover County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
235,229
Census ACS
Median income
$75,166
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
45%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
50
27,460 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in New Hanover County Schools
- Emsley A Laney HighHigh · 2,243 students
- John T Hoggard HighHigh · 2,082 students
- Eugene Ashley HighHigh · 1,893 students
- New Hanover HighHigh · 1,437 students
- Charles P Murray MiddleMiddle · 907 students
- Roland-Grise MiddleMiddle · 878 students
Other schools in Wilmington
- Emsley A Laney HighHigh · 2,243 students
- John T Hoggard HighHigh · 2,082 students
- Eugene Ashley HighHigh · 1,893 students
- New Hanover HighHigh · 1,437 students
- American Leadership Academy-CoastalCombined · 1,002 students
- Charles P Murray MiddleMiddle · 907 students
Other Ogden Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 6 states are named Ogden Elementary. Ogden Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 7.
- Ogden Elementary SchoolChicago, IL · 819 students
- Ogden Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 584 students
- Ogden Elementary SchoolSAN ANTONIO, TX · 335 students
- Ogden Elementary SchoolOgden, IA · 321 students
- OGDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLVALLEY STREAM, NY · 295 students
Nearby schools
- Dr Hubert Eaton Sr Elem1.4 mi · 461
- M C S Noble Middle1.8 mi · 690
- John J Blair Elementary1.8 mi · 451
- Porters Neck Elementary2.5 mi · 666
- Murrayville Elementary3.3 mi · 573
- Wrightsville Beach Elem3.6 mi · 280
Frequently asked questions
About Ogden ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Ogden Elementary?
Ogden Elementary enrolls approximately 619 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Ogden Elementary serve?
Ogden Elementary serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Ogden Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Ogden Elementary is approximately 15.9:1 (39 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Ogden Elementary?
Ogden Elementary reports a student body of 87% White, 6% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Ogden Elementary in?
Ogden Elementary is part of New Hanover County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.