📍 219 Chatham Street, Newport, Carteret County, 28570
Newport Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Newport, Carteret County. The school has 645 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Carteret County Public Schools school district. It serves grades K–5 in a small-town setting. The school employs 55.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.7:1. 45% of students are proficient in reading. 48% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Newport Elementary enrolls 645 students across grades K–5. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 55.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 71% White, 11% Two or more races and 10% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 455 | 71% |
| Two or more races | 71 | 11% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 65 | 10% |
| Black or African American | 48 | 7.4% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 3 | <1% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
642 of the school's 645 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 642 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Newport Elementary is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Distant). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district NC-30, state senate district 2, state house district 13.
Newport Elementary is one of 18 schools in Carteret County Public Schools, based in Beaufort, North Carolina. The district serves 7,847 students district-wide and employs 588 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 645 students, Newport Elementary is larger than the district average of about 436 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant