Stateside Elementary

Stateside Elementary is one of the mid-tier elementary campuss in Jacksonville, North Carolina, part of Onslow County Schools, with 579 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. That puts it 24% bigger than the typical public school in North Carolina, which averages around 467 students.

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

Demographically, Stateside Elementary reports that 52% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 21% Hispanic, 17% Black, 9% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 67%.

On the resource side, On paper, Stateside Elementary has 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 48% of students at Stateside Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Stateside Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 64.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 56.2%.

Across the wider county, Onslow County reports that median household earnings sit near $68,148, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Onslow County's 42 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,501 students), Stateside Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Summersill Elementary, around 3.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Stateside Elementary comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 54.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Stateside Elementary has fell 23%, going from 753 students in 2018 to 579 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 62% to 52% over that span.

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