Enrollment
390
Elementary
DISTRICT 375 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CRAVEN COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION·NCES 370331002179
Trent Park Elementary
2500 Educational Drive, New Bern, NC 28562 · (252) 514-6481 · Craven County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL390 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 54% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- B-Test 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
17.0:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
375 students
DISTRICT 76% · STATE 82%
Community
0
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 | 73 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 55 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 51 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 78 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 64 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is 14% larger than its 5th grade class (64).
Student demographics
78%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
50.2%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
56.3%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 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
56.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 Trent Park Elementary
Trent Park Elementary's state test result (56.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trent Park Elementary this school | 390 | 96.2% | 56.3% |
| Charles H. Parker Academic Center Charlotte | 472 | 99.4% | 54.7% |
| Shadybrook Elementary High Point | 319 | 99.1% | 63.1% |
| Irving Park Elementary Greensboro | 541 | 99.4% | 49.7% |
| Allen Jay Elementary High Point | 467 | 99.4% | 50.0% |
| Millis Road Elementary Jamestown | 444 | 99.3% | 60.5% |
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 Trent Park Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Craven County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.3% | #626 of 1,297 | #6 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.3% | #723 of 1,296 | #7 of 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.2% | #608 of 1,300 | #8 of 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 390 | #932 of 1,485 | #8 of 16 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.0:1 | #1,223 of 1,377 | #12 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 78.3% | #4 of 1,379 | #1 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.2% | #1,031 of 1,414 | #7 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.9% | #639 of 937 | #12 of 13 |
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
390
-14 (-3%) vs 2020
-32% since 1990-91, when it was 574
Student : Teacher
17.0:1
was 15.5:1
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 | 390 | 22.9 | 17.0:1 | 96% (375) |
| 2023-24 | 360 | 25.5 | 14.1:1 | 95% (342) |
| 2022-23 | 389 | 26 | 15.0:1 | 97% (378) |
| 2020-21 | 404 | 26 | 15.5:1 | 99% (401) |
| 2017-18 | 428 | 29.8 | 14.3:1 | 71% (303) |
| 2015-16 | 458 | 28 | 16.4:1 | 76% (350) |
| 2010-11 | 362 | 22 | 16.4:1 | 76% (275) |
| 2000-01 | 427 | 29 | 14.7:1 | 63% (271) |
| 1990-91 | 574 | 36 | 15.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Trent Park Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (428 to 390); teachers down 23% (29.8 to 22.9).
About Trent Park Elementary
Families in New Bern, North Carolina, are served by Trent Park Elementary, a low-enrollment elementary school. The school counts 390 students across kindergarten through 5.
Trent Park Elementary is one of the 26 schools that make up Craven County Board of Education (12,152 students in total).
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Trent Park Elementary. The largest is Black students, at 31%. Smaller groups are 22% Asian, 19% White, 16% Hispanic, and 13% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Craven County is roughly 20% Black. The school's diversity index is 78%, meaning two students picked at random have a 78% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 17.0:1, with 22.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is 2.2 students per teacher above the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 96% of enrollment. On average, public schools in Craven County report 74%.
Trent Park Elementary is graded B- by allk12, scoring above 54% of North Carolina public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Test results at Trent Park Elementary are 6.8 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (56.3% actual, 49.5% predicted).
Craven County has about 102,612 residents, and the median household income is $65,873, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Trent Park Elementary, Craven County has 26 other public schools.
Grover C Fields Middle is the public school closest to Trent Park Elementary, about 0.5 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Trent Park Elementary's average proficiency of 56.3% compares with 56.4% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The federal government classifies Trent Park Elementary's location as Town: Distant.
The school enrolled 390 students in 2024-25, 14 fewer than the 404 it had in 2020-21. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 15.5:1 in 2020-21 to 17.0:1 in 2024-25.
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Craven County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
102,612
Census ACS
Median income
$65,873
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
27
12,526 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Craven County Board of Education
- New Bern HighHigh · 1,637 students
- Havelock HighHigh · 1,014 students
- West Craven HighHigh · 751 students
- H J MacDonald MiddleMiddle · 632 students
- West Craven MiddleMiddle · 614 students
- Grover C Fields MiddleMiddle · 542 students
Other schools in New Bern
- New Bern HighHigh · 1,637 students
- H J MacDonald MiddleMiddle · 632 students
- West Craven MiddleMiddle · 614 students
- Grover C Fields MiddleMiddle · 542 students
- Creekside ElementaryElementary · 453 students
- Albert H Bangert ElementaryElementary · 446 students
Nearby schools
- Grover C Fields Middle0.5 mi · 542
- Craven Early College High1.1 mi · 221
- J.T. Barber Elementary1.1 mi · 270
- H J MacDonald Middle1.2 mi · 632
- Craven Virtual Academy1.5 mi · 117
- Oaks Road Academy1.5 mi · 352
Frequently asked questions
About Trent Park ElementaryHow many students attend Trent Park Elementary?
Trent Park Elementary enrolls approximately 390 students in grades KG-05.
Is Trent Park Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Trent Park Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Trent Park Elementary have?
Trent Park Elementary employs 23 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.0:1.
How diverse is Trent Park Elementary?
Trent Park Elementary reports a student body of 19% White, 16% Hispanic, 31% Black, 22% Asian, 13% Two or more.
Who oversees Trent Park Elementary?
Trent Park Elementary is overseen by Craven County Board of Education in Craven County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.