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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at White Oak Elementary this year?
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Enrollment
784
Elementary
DISTRICT 374 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CARTERET COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 370063000260
White Oak Elementary
555 WB McLean Dr, Cape Carteret, NC 28584 · (252) 393-3990 · Carteret County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL784 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 76% 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
17.6:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
29%
231 students
DISTRICT 85% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 36 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 93 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 123 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 143 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 131 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 118 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 140 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (93) is 34% smaller than its 5th grade class (140).
Student demographics
25%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 40% · 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
69.3%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
77.3%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 77 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
74.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.8%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% 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 White Oak Elementary
White Oak Elementary's state test result (74.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| White Oak Elementary this school | 784 | 29.5% | 74.2% |
| St James Elementary Denver | 653 | 27.0% | 71.0% |
| Dixon Elementary Holly Ridge | 760 | 33.4% | 63.7% |
| Porters Neck Elementary Wilmington | 666 | 22.4% | 75.0% |
| Rock Springs Elementary Denver | 639 | 21.4% | 79.6% |
| New Dimensions Morganton | 569 | 33.0% | N/A |
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 White Oak Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Carteret County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 74.2% | #149 of 1,297 | #2 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 77.3% | #160 of 1,296 | #2 of 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.3% | #144 of 1,300 | #1 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 784 | #93 of 1,485 | #1 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.6:1 | #1,270 of 1,377 | #8 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 24.8% | #1,328 of 1,379 | #7 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 29.5% | #1,306 of 1,414 | #7 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.8% | #821 of 937 | #7 of 7 |
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
784
+55 (+8%) vs 2020
+39% since 1990-91, when it was 566
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 784 | 44.5 | 17.6:1 | 29% (231) |
| 2023-24 | 785 | 49.4 | 15.9:1 | 28% (222) |
| 2022-23 | 772 | 49.9 | 15.5:1 | 100% (769) |
| 2020-21 | 729 | 51 | 14.3:1 | 100% (726) |
| 2017-18 | 815 | 51.3 | 15.9:1 | 26% (210) |
| 2015-16 | 819 | 48 | 17.1:1 | 33% (270) |
| 2010-11 | 741 | 47 | 15.8:1 | 28% (206) |
| 2000-01 | 482 | 36 | 13.4:1 | 34% (166) |
| 1990-91 | 566 | 45 | 12.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for White Oak Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (815 to 784); teachers down 13% (51.3 to 44.5).
About White Oak Elementary
White Oak Elementary is a large elementary school with its address in Cape Carteret, North Carolina. Federal data show 784 students enrolled in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. Across elementary schools in North Carolina, the average enrollment is about 467.
The 17 schools in Carteret County Public Schools enroll 7,847 students altogether, White Oak Elementary among them.
White students are 86% of those enrolled at White Oak Elementary. The next largest groups are 6% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. That is in line with Carteret County, where about 86% of residents are White. A diversity index of 25% means there is a 25% chance two randomly chosen students at White Oak Elementary are from different groups.
There are about 17.6 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at White Oak Elementary, which has 44.5. Elementary schools in North Carolina have an average ratio of 14.9:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 29%. That is lower than the 76% average for public schools in Carteret County.
Among North Carolina public elementary schools, White Oak Elementary outscored 76%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
The model predicts 69.8% for a school in North Carolina with White Oak Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch share. White Oak Elementary posts 74.2%.
Census data for Carteret County show the median household earns about $72,322 a year, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Counting White Oak Elementary, Carteret County has 19 public schools.
Swansboro Elementary is about 4.6 miles away, making it the nearest public school. There are at least 8 more public schools inside ten miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts White Oak Elementary at 4th of 9.
The school's locale code, Town: Distant, means it is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
The school's student count increased 8% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. By 2024-25, the school had 17.6 students per teacher, compared with 14.3 in 2020-21.
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Carteret County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
69,148
Census ACS
Median income
$72,322
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
19
8,053 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Carteret County Public Schools
- West Carteret HighHigh · 1,095 students
- Croatan HighHigh · 1,019 students
- Broad Creek MiddleMiddle · 722 students
- Newport ElementaryElementary · 621 students
- East Carteret HighHigh · 521 students
- Morehead City MiddleMiddle · 506 students
Other White Oak Elementary schools
8 other US public schools in 5 states are named White Oak Elementary. White Oak Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 9.
- White Oak ElementaryApex, NC · 843 students
- White Oak ElementaryEdenton, NC · 488 students
- White Oak Elementary SchoolSugar Hill, GA · 722 students
- White Oak ElementaryMorris, IL · 722 students
- White Oak Elementary SchoolNewnan, GA · 712 students
Nearby schools
- Swansboro Elementary4.6 mi · 592
- Swansboro Middle5.3 mi · 1,052
- Queens Creek Elementary5.4 mi · 706
- Swansboro High5.4 mi · 1,232
- Croatan High6.4 mi · 1,019
- Bogue Sound Elementary6.4 mi · 416
Frequently asked questions
About White Oak ElementaryHow many students attend White Oak Elementary?
White Oak Elementary enrolls approximately 784 students in grades PK-05.
Is White Oak Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
White Oak Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at White Oak Elementary?
Approximately 17.6:1 students per teacher at White Oak Elementary.
How diverse is White Oak Elementary?
White Oak Elementary reports a student body of 86% White, 6% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is White Oak Elementary public or private?
White Oak Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Carteret County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.