Sand Ridge Elementary

Sand Ridge Elementary operates as a mid-sized elementary campus in Hubert, North Carolina, operated by Onslow County Schools. Current enrollment sits at 527 students spanning grades K through 5.

Onslow County Schools runs 39 schools in total, collectively educating 27,397 students. Sand Ridge Elementary is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Sand Ridge Elementary lists that White students make up the majority at 62%. The remainder breaks down as 18% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, 7% Black.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Sand Ridge Elementary has 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.9:1 average. Around 62% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Onslow County (around 51%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Sand Ridge Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 59.9%, the actual is 65.0%, a residual of +5.1 points.

Zooming out to the county, Onslow County reports that median household earnings sit near $68,148, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Sand Ridge Elementary is one of 42 public schools in Onslow County (combined enrollment of about 27,501 students).

Swansboro High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 3.6 miles from this campus. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Sand Ridge Elementary comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 60.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Five-year trend. Sand Ridge Elementary's enrollment has ticked down 15% since 2018, when it stood at 617 (now 527). The White share of enrollment contracted from 71% to 62% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 today.

On the community side, the feed for Sand Ridge Elementary typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.