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Enrollment
408
Elementary
DISTRICT 375 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CRAVEN COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION·NCES 370331002178
Roger Bell New Tech Academy
804 Fontana Boulevard, Havelock, NC 28532 · (252) 444-5133 · Craven County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL408 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 66% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
16.9:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
399 students
DISTRICT 76% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 29 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 52 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 60 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 64 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 74 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 63 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 66 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (52) is 21% smaller than its 5th grade class (66).
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
52.8%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
61.3%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 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
59.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.0%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 Roger Bell New Tech Academy
Roger Bell New Tech Academy's state test result (59.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roger Bell New Tech Academy this school | 408 | 97.8% | 59.7% |
| Northside Elementary Elizabeth City | 419 | 99.3% | 54.5% |
| Bladenboro Primary Bladenboro | 448 | 99.3% | 42.6% |
| Gray's Creek Elementary Hope Mills | 428 | 99.3% | 71.1% |
| Old Richmond Elementary Tobaccoville | 408 | 99.3% | 69.2% |
| Chocowinity Primary Chocowinity | 484 | 98.8% | 86.4% |
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 Roger Bell New Tech Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Craven County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.7% | #508 of 1,297 | #4 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.3% | #581 of 1,296 | #4 of 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.8% | #524 of 1,300 | #6 of 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 408 | #876 of 1,485 | #7 of 16 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.9:1 | #1,205 of 1,377 | #11 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.7% | #272 of 1,379 | #7 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.8% | #932 of 1,414 | #3 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +12.1% | #170 of 369 | N/A |
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
408
+19 (+5%) vs 2020
-37% since 1990-91, when it was 648
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
was 15.6:1
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 | 408 | 24.2 | 16.9:1 | 98% (399) |
| 2023-24 | 374 | 24.8 | 15.1:1 | 99% (371) |
| 2022-23 | 408 | 25.5 | 16.0:1 | 96% (390) |
| 2020-21 | 389 | 25 | 15.6:1 | 99% (386) |
| 2017-18 | 364 | 24 | 15.2:1 | 63% (228) |
| 2015-16 | 379 | 27 | 14.0:1 | 64% (242) |
| 2010-11 | 438 | 29 | 15.1:1 | 66% (288) |
| 2000-01 | 441 | 27 | 16.3:1 | 66% (289) |
| 1990-91 | 648 | 38 | 17.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Roger Bell New Tech Academy.
Since 2017-18: students up 12% (364 to 408); teachers up 1% (24 to 24.2).
About Roger Bell New Tech Academy
Students in Havelock, North Carolina, attend Roger Bell New Tech Academy, a mid-sized elementary school. Enrollment totals 408 students across pre-K through 5.
Roger Bell New Tech Academy is a school in Craven County Board of Education. The district has 26 schools and 12,152 students.
The student body at Roger Bell New Tech Academy has no majority group. White students lead at 46%. Enrollment also includes 25% Black, 18% multiracial, and 11% Hispanic. The school's White share is 21 points below the 66% share among Craven County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 69%.
Its staff includes 24.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 16.9 students per teacher. Across elementary schools in North Carolina, the average ratio is 14.9:1. Roger Bell New Tech Academy has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 98%. Among public schools in Craven County, the average eligibility rate is 74%.
Roger Bell New Tech Academy holds a B+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 66% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
After adjusting for student poverty, Roger Bell New Tech Academy lands between the top and bottom 10% of North Carolina schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 59.7%; the prediction is 49.0%.
For the population of Craven County, the median household earns about $65,873 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 28% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Roger Bell New Tech Academy shares Craven County with 26 other public schools.
About 0.7 miles separate Roger Bell New Tech Academy from the closest public school, Havelock High. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Roger Bell New Tech Academy places 4th out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
Its location is classified as Town: Distant by the National Center for Education Statistics.
A 5% rise took enrollment from 389 in 2020-21 to 408 in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio rising from 15.6:1 to 16.9:1.
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Craven County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
102,612
Census ACS
Median income
$65,873
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
27
12,526 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Craven County Board of Education
- New Bern HighHigh · 1,637 students
- Havelock HighHigh · 1,014 students
- West Craven HighHigh · 751 students
- H J MacDonald MiddleMiddle · 632 students
- West Craven MiddleMiddle · 614 students
- Grover C Fields MiddleMiddle · 542 students
Other schools in Havelock
- Havelock HighHigh · 1,014 students
- Arthur W Edwards ElementaryElementary · 489 students
- Tucker Creek MiddleMiddle · 478 students
- W Jesse Gurganus ElementaryElementary · 340 students
- Havelock MiddleMiddle · 313 students
- Havelock ElementaryElementary · 248 students
Nearby schools
- Havelock High0.7 mi · 1,014
- Havelock Middle1.0 mi · 313
- Early College EAST High1.1 mi · 208
- Havelock Elementary1.1 mi · 248
- Graham A Barden Elementary2.3 mi · 237
- Arthur W Edwards Elementary3.4 mi · 489
Frequently asked questions
About Roger Bell New Tech AcademyHow large is Roger Bell New Tech Academy?
Roger Bell New Tech Academy enrolls approximately 408 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Roger Bell New Tech Academy serve?
Roger Bell New Tech Academy serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Roger Bell New Tech Academy?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Roger Bell New Tech Academy is approximately 16.9:1 (24 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Roger Bell New Tech Academy?
Student demographics at Roger Bell New Tech Academy are roughly 46% White, 11% Hispanic, 25% Black, 0% Asian, 18% Two or more.
What district is Roger Bell New Tech Academy in?
Roger Bell New Tech Academy is part of Craven County Board of Education.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.