📍 416 Edgewater Club Rd, Wilmington, New Hanover County, 28411
Porters Neck Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Wilmington, New Hanover County. The school has 605 pupils enrolled. It is part of the New Hanover County Schools school district. It serves grades K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 40.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.9:1. 65% of students are proficient in reading. 70% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Porters Neck Elementary enrolls 605 students across grades K–5. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 40.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 78% White, 9.6% Hispanic or Latino and 5.3% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 474 | 78% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 58 | 9.6% |
| Black or African American | 32 | 5.3% |
| Two or more races | 27 | 4.5% |
| Asian | 12 | 2% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
149 of the school's 605 students (25%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 140 qualify for free lunch and 9 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.
Porters Neck Elementary is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district NC-70, state senate district 9, state house district 20.
Porters Neck Elementary is one of 42 schools in New Hanover County Schools, based in Wilmington, North Carolina. The district serves 25,155 students district-wide and employs 1,734 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 605 students, Porters Neck Elementary is close to the district average of about 599 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large
Browse live education vacancies at or near Porters Neck Elementary.
Find vacancies →