Topsail Annandale Elementary School

Located at 17385 US Hwy 17, in Hampstead, North Carolina, Topsail Annandale Elementary School is a reasonably sized primary school that serves 580 students (grades pre-K through 4), operated by Pender County Schools. That puts it 24% above the typical public school in North Carolina, which averages around 467 students.

Pender County Schools comprises 19 schools with combined enrollment of 11,073 students; Topsail Annandale Elementary School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Topsail Annandale Elementary School lists that 87% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 7% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 2% Black. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 75%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.9:1, putting Topsail Annandale Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 20% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is lower than Pender County's rate of about 70%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Topsail Annandale Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 72.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 77.7%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Pender County put the typical household earns roughly $80,396 per year, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Pender County runs 19 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,073 students), of which Topsail Annandale Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Topsail Middle, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Topsail Annandale Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Topsail Annandale Elementary School comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 70.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 3%: 561 students in 2018 compared to 580 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 17.0:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.