W Jesse Gurganus Elementary

W Jesse Gurganus Elementary is a K-5 school of compact scale in Havelock, North Carolina, run under Craven County Board of Education, hosting 340 students in grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 467 students per school, that is 27% leaner than typical.

Craven County Board of Education runs 26 schools in total, collectively educating 12,152 students. W Jesse Gurganus Elementary is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, W Jesse Gurganus Elementary records that 61% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 15% Hispanic, 14% multiracial, 9% Black.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, W Jesse Gurganus Elementary has 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.9:1, putting W Jesse Gurganus Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. About 46% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Craven County (around 74%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, W Jesse Gurganus Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 64.8%, the actual is 76.2%, a residual of +11.4 points.

In the area at large, census data for Craven County shows median household earnings sit near $65,873, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. W Jesse Gurganus Elementary is one of 27 public schools in Craven County (combined enrollment of about 12,526 students).

Arthur W Edwards Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around W Jesse Gurganus Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts W Jesse Gurganus Elementary at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 53.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at W Jesse Gurganus Elementary has contracted 11%, going from 384 students in 2018 to 340 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment shrank from 16% to 9% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 today.

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