Ogden Elementary

Ogden Elementary is a medium-sized elementary-level community in Wilmington, North Carolina, operated by New Hanover County Schools. The school teaches 619 students in grades K through 5. That puts it 33% above the typical public school in North Carolina, which averages around 467 students.

Ogden Elementary is one of 42 schools operated by New Hanover County Schools, a district that works with 24,791 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Ogden Elementary shows that 87% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school logs 6% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 77% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.9:1 average. Roughly 18% of students at Ogden Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, New Hanover County runs at roughly 67%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Ogden Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 73.5%, the actual is 86.9%, a residual of +13.4 points.

Zooming out to the county, New Hanover County reports that median household income runs about $75,166, roughly 45% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Ogden Elementary is one of 50 public schools in New Hanover County (combined enrollment of about 27,460 students).

Nearest neighbor: Dr Hubert Eaton Sr Elem, around 1.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Ogden Elementary comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 65.4%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 10%: 689 students in 2018 compared to 619 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 17.6:1 in 2018 to 15.9:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Ogden Elementary typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.