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Schools in Zip Code 28532

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At a glance

Schools

4,488

Students

5-star school

Top rankedW Jesse Gurganus Elementary120^th of 1,492 North Carolina elementary schools

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Biggest riser

W Jesse Gurganus Elementary up 18 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Annunciation Catholic School 11.5 students per teacher

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1 school without a SchoolDigger rating (private or too few tested students)

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Summary:

Zip code 28532—covering Havelock, NC, and surrounding areas—contains 10 public schools in the Craven County Board of Education: five elementary schools, three middle schools, and two high schools. The district itself ranks in the middle of North Carolina’s districts, but these ten schools tell a far more dramatic story. Serving about 4,349 students total, the area includes clear standouts and several schools that are struggling significantly.

The strongest school in the zip code is W Jesse Gurganus Elementary, a 5-star school ranking in the 92nd percentile statewide, with math proficiency above 80% in every tested grade and the lowest chronic absenteeism in the area. Tucker Creek Middle is the top middle school, ranking in the 88th percentile, while Early College EAST High is the top high school with an 94.3% graduation rate and very high end-of-course scores. By contrast, three schools rank below the 25th percentile: Havelock Elementary (7th percentile), West Craven Middle (9th percentile), and Graham A Barden Elementary (11th percentile). Even within the same school type, outcomes are extremely uneven—Gurganus posts an average proficiency near 82% while Graham Barden and Havelock Elementary are below 40%. Roger Bell New Technical Academy is an exception to poverty trends: despite having the highest free/reduced lunch rate in the zip code (97.8%), it performs in the 42nd percentile and outranks several lower-poverty schools.

Chronic absenteeism closely tracks performance: the highest-achieving schools have absenteeism between 7% and 17%, while the lowest-performing schools report rates above 21% and as high as 26.7% at Havelock Middle. Math is a common weakness—Math I proficiency at Havelock High is just 25.6%, and several middle schools struggle sharply in 7th and 8th grade math. Havelock High still maintains a 90.2% graduation rate, but Havelock Elementary saw an alarming one-year drop in 5th grade proficiency, suggesting families should look beyond district-level rankings and examine individual school data closely.

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Ranking:

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				EOC Biology (2026)	EOC English II (2026)	EOC Math I (2026)	EOC Math III (2026)	EOG Mathematics (2026)						EOG Reading (2026)						EOG Science (2026)		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 (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	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
Graham A Barden Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	200 Cedar Drive	Havelock	28532	Craven County	Craven County Board of Education	No	No	No	Yes	(252) 444-5100	237	17	14.0	92.0%	101 (42.6%)	44 (18.6%)	61 (25.7%)	2 (0.8%)	1 (0.4%)	2 (0.8%)	26 (11.0%)	17	1334^th of 1492 public elementary schools	10.6%		26.1	1152^nd of 1490 public elementary schools	22.7%	182					63.0	24.2	15.4				37.0	33.3	50.0				46.2		$11,632	$1,529	$10,103
Havelock High	Public	9-12	101 Webb Boulevard	Havelock	28532	Craven County	Craven County Board of Education	No	No	No	No	(252) 444-5112	1,014	44	23.1	52.5%	487 (48.0%)	240 (23.7%)	166 (16.4%)	15 (1.5%)	4 (0.4%)	5 (0.5%)	97 (9.6%)	37.2	424^th of 662 public high schools	36.0%		42.3	360^th of 641 public high schools	43.8%	64	57.8	66.2	25.6	55.9															$9,356	$1,044	$8,312
Havelock Middle	Public	6-8	102 Middle School Lane	Havelock	28532	Craven County	Craven County Board of Education	No	No	No	Yes	(252) 444-5125	313	25	12.7	96.2%	125 (39.9%)	97 (31.0%)	42 (13.4%)	5 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	44 (14.1%)	26.7	594^th of 778 public middle schools	23.7%		31.6	531^st of 773 public middle schools	31.3%	63								45.7	34.3	34.0				39.1	45.8	46.2		64.5	$9,661	$1,260	$8,400
West Craven Middle	Public	6-8	515 NW Craven Middle School Rd	New Bern	28532	Craven County	Craven County Board of Education	No	No	No	Yes	(252) 514-6488	614	35	17.3	97.6%	257 (41.9%)	190 (30.9%)	110 (17.9%)	9 (1.5%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	45 (7.3%)	11.7	710^th of 778 public middle schools	8.7%		23.2	606^th of 773 public middle schools	21.6%	104								41.8	24.7	27.0				34.2	35.8	33.0		40.2	$8,848	$1,103	$7,746
Tucker Creek Middle	Public	6-8	200 Sermons Boulevard	Havelock	28532	Craven County	Craven County Board of Education	No	No	No	No	(252) 444-7200	478	30	15.8	44.6%	293 (61.3%)	51 (10.7%)	80 (16.7%)	4 (0.8%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	47 (9.8%)	84.8	93^rd of 778 public middle schools	88.0%		83.1	110^th of 773 public middle schools	85.8%	17								78.7	73.7	73.7				67.7	68.4	73.7		87.9	$9,904	$667	$9,237
Havelock Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	201 Cunningham Boulevard	Havelock	28532	Craven County	Craven County Board of Education	No	No	No	Yes	(252) 444-5106	248	20	12.6	93.5%	100 (40.3%)	58 (23.4%)	33 (13.3%)	6 (2.4%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	50 (20.2%)	12.9	1388^th of 1492 public elementary schools	7.0%		41.3	894^th of 1490 public elementary schools	40.0%	494					51.3	40.6	27.9				35.9	43.8	30.2				46.5		$12,745	$1,955	$10,790
Roger Bell New Technical Academy	Public	PK, KG-5	804 Fontana Boulevard	Havelock	28532	Craven County	Craven County Board of Education	No	No	No	Yes	(252) 444-5133	408	24	16.8	97.8%	186 (45.6%)	101 (24.8%)	45 (11.0%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	73 (17.9%)	42.5	869^th of 1492 public elementary schools	41.8%		58.5	591^st of 1490 public elementary schools	60.3%	278					76.4	54.3	49.2				38.2	45.7	52.5				74.6		$11,854	$1,590	$10,264
Arthur W Edwards Elementary	Public	K-5	200 Education Lane	Havelock	28532	Craven County	Craven County Board of Education	No	No	No	Yes	(252) 444-5140	489	33	14.8	48.5%	275 (56.2%)	48 (9.8%)	104 (21.3%)	4 (0.8%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.6%)	54 (11.0%)	27.7	1144^th of 1492 public elementary schools	23.3%		40.1	913^th of 1490 public elementary schools	38.7%	231					43.6	53.1	51.7				39.7	49.4	48.3				56.7		$9,857	$1,096	$8,761
W Jesse Gurganus Elementary	Public	K-5	535 Hwy 70 W	Havelock	28532	Craven County	Craven County Board of Education	No	No	No	Yes	(252) 444-5150	340	25	13.8	46.2%	207 (60.9%)	29 (8.5%)	50 (14.7%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.2%)	47 (13.8%)	89.6	120^th of 1492 public elementary schools	92.0%		88	138^th of 1490 public elementary schools	90.7%	18					92.1	90.5	81.0				76.3	76.2	67.2				87.9		$10,110	$977	$9,133
Early College EAST High	Public	9-12	104 Middle School Lane	Havelock	28532	Craven County	Craven County Board of Education	No	No	No	No	(252) 444-5194	208	6	37.1	27.4%	128 (61.5%)	21 (10.1%)	37 (17.8%)	6 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.0%)	14 (6.7%)	80.6	139^th of 662 public high schools	79.0%		85.4	108^th of 641 public high schools	83.2%	31	85.1	91.5	46.9	95.7															$7,531	$242	$7,289
Annunciation Catholic School	Private, Roman Catholic	PK, KG-8	246 E Main St	Havelock	28532	Craven County		(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(252) 447-3137	139	10	11.5		0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)

Cities Near Zip Code 28532

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Havelock	0.91 mi	9	206^th
Newport	7.45 mi	5	80^th
Arapahoe	9.45 mi	1
New Bern	11.5 mi	15	277^th
Morehead City	12.43 mi	5	119^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.

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMERS: Not all boundaries are included. We make every effort to ensure that boundaries are up-to-date. But it's important to note that these are approximations and are for general informational purposes only. To verify legal descriptions of boundaries or school locations, contact your local tax assessor's office and/or school district.