Summersill Elementary

Located at 250 Summersill School Road, in Jacksonville, North Carolina, Summersill Elementary is a medium-sized elementary-level community that works with 482 students (grades pre-K through 5), part of Onslow County Schools.

Summersill Elementary is one of 39 schools operated by Onslow County Schools, a district that hosts 27,397 students overall.

On demographics, Summersill Elementary records that 42% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 26% Black, 18% Hispanic, 13% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 67%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.9:1 average. About 74% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Onslow County (around 51%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Summersill Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 56.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 54.5%.

In the area at large, census data for Onslow County shows median household earnings sit near $68,148, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Summersill Elementary is one of 42 public schools in Onslow County (combined enrollment of about 27,501 students).

Parkwood Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Summersill Elementary. On composite proficiency, Summersill Elementary comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 54.0%.

Summersill Elementary operates from a suburban location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Summersill Elementary has contracted 26%, going from 653 students in 2018 to 482 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 46% to 42% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.