📍 1700 Cobb Street, New Bern, Craven County, 28560
J T Barber Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in New Bern, Craven County. The school has 284 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Craven County Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a small-town setting. The school employs 22.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.6:1. 27% of students are proficient in reading. 22% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
J T Barber Elementary enrolls 284 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 55% male and 45% female. A teaching staff of 22.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 60% Black or African American, 12% Asian and 11% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 170 | 60% |
| Asian | 33 | 12% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 30 | 11% |
| White | 27 | 9.5% |
| Two or more races | 23 | 8.1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
281 of the school's 284 students (99%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 281 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.
J T Barber 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 3.
J T Barber Elementary is one of 26 schools in Craven County Board of Education, based in New Bern, North Carolina. The district serves 12,152 students district-wide and employs 793 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 284 students, J T Barber Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 467 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant
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