📍 2811 Oaks Road, New Bern, Craven County, 28560
Oaks Road Academy is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in New Bern, Craven County. The school has 387 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 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.1:1. 22% of students are proficient in reading. 12% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Oaks Road Academy enrolls 387 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 24 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 40% Black or African American, 25% Hispanic or Latino and 18% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 154 | 40% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 96 | 25% |
| White | 71 | 18% |
| Two or more races | 43 | 11% |
| Asian | 22 | 5.7% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
377 of the school's 387 students (97%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 377 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.
Oaks Road Academy 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.
Oaks Road Academy 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 387 students, Oaks Road Academy 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