Carteret County Public Schools

Summary:

The Carteret County Public Schools district in North Carolina consists of 17 schools, including 9 elementary schools, 4 middle schools, 4 high schools, and 1 alternative school. The district as a whole is ranked 33 out of 242 school districts in the state and is rated 4 out of 5 stars by SchoolDigger.

Within the district, a few schools stand out as high-performing. Croatan High School is ranked 112 out of 641 high schools in North Carolina, with a 4-star rating and strong test scores. Broad Creek Middle School is ranked 60 out of 773 middle schools in the state, with a 5-star rating and exceptional math and reading proficiency. Atlantic Elementary, a small school with 91 students, ranks 306 out of 1,490 elementary schools in North Carolina and has impressive math and science proficiency.

The district's high schools have a 4-year graduation rate of 87.7%, and the district generally outperforms the state average in most End-of-Course (EOC) and End-of-Grade (EOG) assessments, particularly in math and science. However, there is significant variation in school performance, with some schools, like Newport Middle, struggling to meet state averages. Additionally, there appears to be a correlation between higher free/reduced lunch rates and lower academic performance, as seen in schools like Harkers Island Elementary.

District Detail

107 Safrit Dr
Beaufort, NC 28516-9017

(252) 728-4583

SchoolDigger Rank:
33^rd of 242 North Carolina districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-12
Students: 7,847

Primary Schools: 9
Middle Schools: 4
High Schools: 4
Alternative Schools: 0

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				EOC Biology (2025)	EOC English II (2025)	EOC Math I (2025)	EOC Math III (2025)	EOG Mathematics (2025)						EOG Reading (2025)						EOG Science (2025)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	EOC Biology End of Course	EOC English II End of Course	EOC Math I End of Course	EOC Math III End of Course	EOG Mathematics 3rd Grade	EOG Mathematics 4th Grade	EOG Mathematics 5th Grade	EOG Mathematics 6th Grade	EOG Mathematics 7th Grade	EOG Mathematics 8th Grade	EOG Reading 3rd Grade	EOG Reading 4th Grade	EOG Reading 5th Grade	EOG Reading 6th Grade	EOG Reading 7th Grade	EOG Reading 8th Grade	EOG Science 5th Grade	EOG Science 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Atlantic Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	151 School Dr	Atlantic	28511	Carteret County	Carteret County Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(252) 225-3961	88	9	9.4	95.5%	82 (93.2%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (4.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.3%)	76	306^th of 1490 public elementary schools	79.5%		88.7	132^nd of 1505 public elementary schools	91.2%	174					63.6		82.4				36.4		70.6				88.2		$17,133	$1,662	$15,471
Beaufort Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	110 Carraway Dr	Beaufort	28516	Carteret County	Carteret County Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(252) 728-3316	346	27	12.7	99.1%	236 (68.2%)	41 (11.8%)	27 (7.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (11.8%)	77.1	293^rd of 1490 public elementary schools	80.3%		76.3	305^th of 1505 public elementary schools	79.7%	12					79.5	68.4	84.5				45.5	59.6	64.8				81.9		$11,123	$1,431	$9,692
Beaufort Middle	Public	6-8	100 Carraway Dr	Beaufort	28516	Carteret County	Carteret County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(252) 728-4520	260	22	12.0	98.8%	178 (68.5%)	26 (10.0%)	20 (7.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	35 (13.5%)	67.3	228^th of 773 public middle schools	70.5%		62.9	266^th of 793 public middle schools	66.5%	38								71.8	60.5	51.6				54.1	54.3	64.8		70.7	$10,973	$814	$10,160
East Carteret High	Public	9-12	3263 Hwy 70 E	Beaufort	28516	Carteret County	Carteret County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(252) 728-3514	521	30	17.3	97.7%	407 (78.1%)	39 (7.5%)	37 (7.1%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (6.5%)	79.1	138^th of 641 public high schools	78.5%		75.2	152^nd of 640 public high schools	76.3%	14	75.7	70.4	62.6	88.8															$11,795	$560	$11,235
Harkers Island Elementary	Public	K-5	1163 Island Rd	Harkers Island	28531	Carteret County	Carteret County Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(252) 728-3755	95	7	13.1	96.8%	89 (93.7%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (3.2%)	73.7	335^th of 1490 public elementary schools	77.5%		69.8	407^th of 1505 public elementary schools	73.0%	72					76.9	50.0	73.3				92.3	55.6	80.0				86.7		$13,268	$1,408	$11,860
Morehead City Middle	Public	6-8	400 Barbour Rd	Morehead City	28557	Carteret County	Carteret County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(252) 726-1126	506	34	15.0	99.4%	361 (71.3%)	24 (4.7%)	83 (16.4%)	11 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	26 (5.1%)	74.5	169^th of 773 public middle schools	78.1%		74.2	177^th of 793 public middle schools	77.7%	8								65.6	75.1	57.1				66.2	63.0	56.1		72.2	$9,647	$477	$9,170
Newport Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	219 Chatham St	Newport	28570	Carteret County	Carteret County Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(252) 223-4201	621	49	12.7	99.5%	437 (70.4%)	39 (6.3%)	68 (11.0%)	2 (0.3%)	4 (0.6%)	4 (0.6%)	67 (10.8%)	62.2	529^th of 1490 public elementary schools	64.5%		66.4	466^th of 1505 public elementary schools	69.0%	63					61.9	61.5	69.3				36.3	63.2	63.4				78.2		$10,259	$1,539	$8,720
Down East Middle and Smyrna Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	174 Marshallberg Rd	Smyrna	28579	Carteret County	Carteret County Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(252) 729-2301	262	22	11.9	98.9%	247 (94.3%)	2 (0.8%)	8 (3.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.9%)	71.2	371^st of 1490 public elementary schools	75.1%		66.5	464^th of 1505 public elementary schools	69.2%	93					75.0	77.8	78.6	62.1	52.8	44.9	83.3	72.2	71.4	51.7	69.8	55.1	78.6	57.1	$11,100	$1,229	$9,871
West Carteret High	Public	8-12	4700 Country Club Rd	Morehead City	28557	Carteret County	Carteret County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(252) 726-1176	1,095	47	23.1	99.0%	770 (70.3%)	75 (6.8%)	150 (13.7%)	13 (1.2%)	3 (0.3%)	10 (0.9%)	74 (6.8%)	57.3	249^th of 641 public high schools	61.2%		52.6	284^th of 640 public high schools	55.6%	35	65.7	61.3	45.4	64.9															$10,075	$730	$9,345
White Oak Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	555 WB McLean Dr	Cape Carteret	28584	Carteret County	Carteret County Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(252) 393-3990	784	45	17.6	29.5%	677 (86.4%)	10 (1.3%)	44 (5.6%)	12 (1.5%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (5.0%)	84	191^st of 1490 public elementary schools	87.2%		84.1	185^th of 1505 public elementary schools	87.7%	6					85.9	66.4	78.7				69.5	79.8	60.3				77.3		$8,636	$484	$8,153
Morehead Elementary at Camp Glenn	Public	4-5	3316 Arendell St	Morehead City	28557	Carteret County	Carteret County Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(252) 726-1131	253	19	13.6	97.6%	168 (66.4%)	15 (5.9%)	44 (17.4%)	5 (2.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (7.9%)	61	548^th of 1490 public elementary schools	63.2%		60.8	569^th of 1505 public elementary schools	62.2%	21						62.8	57.8					60.3	59.4				65.6		$10,861	$1,127	$9,734
Morehead City Primary	Public	PK, KG-3	4409 Country Club Rd	Morehead City	28557	Carteret County	Carteret County Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(252) 247-2448	502	42	11.9	98.4%	341 (67.9%)	30 (6.0%)	79 (15.7%)	9 (1.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (8.4%)								(n/a)					73.2						51.2								$10,820	$1,016	$9,804
Broad Creek Middle	Public	6-8	2382 Hwy 24	Newport	28570	Carteret County	Carteret County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(252) 247-3135	722	43	16.7	30.1%	595 (82.4%)	6 (0.8%)	82 (11.4%)	7 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	30 (4.2%)	89.5	60^th of 773 public middle schools	92.2%		88.9	73^rd of 793 public middle schools	90.8%	13								86.0	80.7	75.8				69.5	70.5	72.1		80.3	$8,447	$680	$7,767
Bogue Sound Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	3323 Hwy 24	Newport	28570	Carteret County	Carteret County Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(252) 393-1279	416	31	13.3	99.3%	319 (76.7%)	6 (1.4%)	61 (14.7%)	6 (1.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (5.5%)	86.3	154^th of 1490 public elementary schools	89.7%		78.8	265^th of 1505 public elementary schools	82.4%	111					82.8	71.4	85.4				62.5	70.1	69.5				84.1		$11,438	$1,048	$10,390
Croatan High	Public	9-12	1 Cougar Ln	Newport	28570	Carteret County	Carteret County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(252) 393-7022	1,019	44	23.4	27.9%	855 (83.9%)	9 (0.9%)	97 (9.5%)	16 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	41 (4.0%)	84.8	112^th of 641 public high schools	82.5%		83.6	119^th of 640 public high schools	81.4%	7	72.5	85.8	71.2	84.3															$9,671	$682	$8,989
Newport Middle	Public	6-8	500 E Chatham St	Newport	28570	Carteret County	Carteret County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(252) 223-3482	346	25	13.7	98.8%	230 (66.5%)	21 (6.1%)	53 (15.3%)	3 (0.9%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	37 (10.7%)	49.6	388^th of 773 public middle schools	49.8%		53	360^th of 793 public middle schools	54.6%	28								53.7	61.8	40.6				55.3	56.4	43.0		53.5	$11,529	$749	$10,780
Bridges School	Public	6-12	140 Vashti Dr	Morehead City	28557	Carteret County	Carteret County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(252) 808-3040	11	3	3.6	72.7%	7 (63.6%)	3 (27.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (9.1%)								(n/a)																			$50,386	$4,316	$46,070

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Tiller School	19.48 mi	1	23^rd
Hyde County Schools	26.01 mi	3	151^st
Arapahoe Charter School	28.61 mi	1
Pamlico County Schools	29.64 mi	4	84^th
Craven County Board of Education	30.54 mi	26	128^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the North Carolina Dept of Public Instruction.

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