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What's the most underrated thing about Swansboro Elementary that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
592
Elementary
DISTRICT 576 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ONSLOW COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370345001436
Swansboro Elementary
118 School Rd, Swansboro, NC 28584 · (910) 326-1501 · Onslow County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL592 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 74% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
14.6:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
226 students
DISTRICT 52% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 93 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 85 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 102 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 106 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 95 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 111 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (93) is 16% smaller than its 5th grade class (111).
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
64.7%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
75.2%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 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
71.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.2%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% 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 Swansboro Elementary
Swansboro Elementary's state test result (71.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swansboro Elementary this school | 592 | 38.2% | 71.8% |
| Mills River Elementary Mills River | 608 | 40.6% | 73.5% |
| Shawboro Elementary School Shawboro | 625 | 35.7% | 64.2% |
| Parkway Elementary Boone | 610 | 35.4% | 71.3% |
| Sherrills Ford Elementary Sherrills Ford | 633 | 42.3% | 67.9% |
| Northwest Elementary Lexington | 625 | 40.3% | 72.6% |
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 Swansboro Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Onslow County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.8% | #191 of 1,297 | #1 of 22 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.2% | #208 of 1,296 | #1 of 22 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.7% | #230 of 1,300 | #4 of 22 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 592 | #366 of 1,485 | #7 of 23 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #641 of 1,377 | #16 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.5% | #1,152 of 1,379 | #21 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 38.2% | #1,234 of 1,414 | #21 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.8% | #722 of 937 | #14 of 16 |
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
592
+28 (+5%) vs 2020
+15% since 1990-91, when it was 515
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 15.7:1
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 | 592 | 40.5 | 14.6:1 | 38% (226) |
| 2023-24 | 633 | 42.5 | 14.9:1 | 35% (221) |
| 2022-23 | 668 | 44.5 | 15.0:1 | 34% (224) |
| 2020-21 | 564 | 36 | 15.7:1 | 27% (153) |
| 2017-18 | 635 | 37 | 17.2:1 | 29% (185) |
| 2015-16 | 595 | 32 | 18.6:1 | 32% (192) |
| 2010-11 | 447 | 29 | 15.4:1 | 35% (158) |
| 2000-01 | 406 | 27 | 15.0:1 | 44% (179) |
| 1990-91 | 515 | 31 | 16.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Swansboro Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (635 to 592); teachers up 9% (37 to 40.5).
About Swansboro Elementary
Swansboro Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school located in Swansboro, North Carolina. The school covers kindergarten through 5 and reported 592 students in 2024-25. The school is 27% larger than the average for elementary schools in North Carolina.
Onslow County Schools enrolls 27,397 students in 39 schools, including Swansboro Elementary.
Federal enrollment data show Swansboro Elementary is 75% White. The remaining shares are 11% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 3% Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 42, compared with 70 nationally.
Swansboro Elementary has a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.6:1, with 40.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in North Carolina is about 14.9:1. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 38% at Swansboro Elementary. It compares with 51% for public schools in Onslow County.
On the allk12 Grade, Swansboro Elementary lands at B+, ahead of 74% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
Schools in North Carolina with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 67.2%. Swansboro Elementary scores 71.8%.
For Onslow County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $68,148, about 26% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. The county has 42 public schools and about 27,501 students.
The closest school to Swansboro Elementary is Swansboro High, located about 0.9 miles away. There are 5 more public schools inside five miles. Swansboro Elementary's average proficiency of 71.8% compares with 66.1% for its nearest scored neighbors.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Town: Fringe.
In 2020-21, Swansboro Elementary enrolled 564 students. By 2024-25, that number had grown to 592. Federal data show the ratio falling from 15.7:1 to 14.6:1.
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Onslow County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
207,906
Census ACS
Median income
$68,148
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
42
27,501 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Onslow County Schools
- Jacksonville HighHigh · 1,441 students
- White Oak HighHigh · 1,252 students
- Swansboro HighHigh · 1,232 students
- Dixon HighHigh · 1,085 students
- Northside HighHigh · 1,067 students
- Swansboro MiddleMiddle · 1,052 students
Other schools in Swansboro
- Swansboro HighHigh · 1,232 students
- Swansboro MiddleMiddle · 1,052 students
- Queens Creek ElementaryElementary · 706 students
Other Swansboro Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Swansboro Elementary. Swansboro Elementary is the largest of the 2.
- Swansboro ElementaryRichmond, VA · 172 students
Nearby schools
- Swansboro High0.9 mi · 1,232
- Queens Creek Elementary0.9 mi · 706
- Swansboro Middle1.0 mi · 1,052
- Sand Ridge Elementary4.1 mi · 527
- White Oak Elementary4.6 mi · 784
- Silverdale Elementary6.7 mi · 648
Frequently asked questions
About Swansboro ElementaryHow large is Swansboro Elementary?
Swansboro Elementary enrolls approximately 592 students in grades KG-05.
Is Swansboro Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Swansboro Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Swansboro Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Swansboro Elementary is approximately 14.6:1 (41 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Swansboro Elementary?
Swansboro Elementary reports a student body of 75% White, 11% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Swansboro Elementary public or private?
Swansboro Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Onslow County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.