Swansboro Elementary

Set in Swansboro, North Carolina, Swansboro Elementary is a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community, run under Onslow County Schools. It works with 592 students across grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 27% bigger than the state mean of about 467.

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

Looking at the student body, Swansboro Elementary records that White students make up the majority at 75%. The remainder looks like 11% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 3% Black.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 14.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 38% of students at Swansboro Elementary qualify 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 noticeably below typical.

With demographic context factored in, Swansboro Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 67.2%, the actual is 71.8%, a residual of +4.7 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Onslow County indicate median household income runs about $68,148, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Onslow County's 42 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,501 students), Swansboro Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Swansboro High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Swansboro Elementary comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 66.1%.

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

Trend over the last 7 years. Swansboro Elementary's enrollment has shrank 7% since 2018, when it stood at 635 (now 592). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 17.2:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.