Best Public Schools in Comfort, NC

The city of Comfort, North Carolina is home to a single public elementary school, Comfort Elementary, which serves grades PK-5 and has a total enrollment of 117 students. Comfort Elementary is part of the Jones County Schools district, which is ranked 108 out of 242 districts in the state and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Comfort Elementary appears to be a relatively strong-performing school within its district and the state of North Carolina. In the 2024-2025 school year, the school ranked 530 out of 1,490 North Carolina elementary schools, placing it in the top third of the state. The school's mathematics proficiency rates for 3rd, 4th, and 5th grades consistently exceed the district and state averages, and its reading proficiency rates for 4th and 5th grades also outperform the district and state averages. However, the school's 5th-grade science proficiency rate of 52.9% in 2024-2025 is significantly higher than the district average of 36.8%, but still below the state average of 62%.

Comfort Elementary has a student-teacher ratio of 13.7, which is lower than the state average, and its per-student spending for the 2018-2019 school year was $13,374, which is higher than the state average. Additionally, the school has a very high rate of 97.44% of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch in 2023-2024, indicating a high-poverty student population. These factors likely contribute to the school's academic success, as the higher per-student spending may allow for smaller class sizes and more resources for students, despite the challenges of serving a predominantly low-income student population.