📍 370 Folkstone Rd, Holly Ridge, Onslow County, 28445
Coastal Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Holly Ridge, Onslow County. The school has 822 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Onslow County Schools school district. It serves grades K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.1:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Coastal Elementary enrolls 822 students across grades K–5. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 51 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 73% White, 15% Hispanic or Latino and 7.5% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 600 | 73% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 121 | 15% |
| Two or more races | 62 | 7.5% |
| Black or African American | 23 | 2.8% |
| Asian | 8 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 6 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
255 of the school's 822 students (31%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 217 qualify for free lunch and 38 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.
Coastal Elementary is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Distant). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district NC-30, state senate district 6, state house district 15.
Coastal Elementary is one of 40 schools in Onslow County Schools, based in Jacksonville, North Carolina. The district serves 27,551 students district-wide and employs 1,736 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 822 students, Coastal Elementary is larger than the district average of about 689 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant