West Carteret High

West Carteret High is a secondary school of mid-sized scale in Morehead City, North Carolina, run under Carteret County Public Schools, teacheing 1,095 students in grades 8 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 44% bigger than the state mean of about 761.

Carteret County Public Schools comprises 17 schools with combined enrollment of 7,847 students; West Carteret High is among them.

On the student-mix side, West Carteret High records that White students make up the majority at 70%; the rest comes out to 14% Hispanic, 7% Black, 7% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 86% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 23.2:1. The state averages around 19.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 99% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Carteret County's rate of about 76%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), West Carteret High tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 57.4%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Carteret County indicate median household earnings sit near $72,322, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Carteret County runs 19 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,053 students), of which West Carteret High is one.

Bridges School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), West Carteret High ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 64.1%.

West Carteret High operates from a town-based location.

Looking at the recent track record. West Carteret High's enrollment has shrank 13% since 2018, when it stood at 1,262 (now 1,095). Over the same period, the White share edged down from 76% to 70%. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 23.2:1 today.

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