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Craven County Board of Education

New Bern, North Carolina · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

12,152
Students enrolled
26
Public schools
692
Classroom teachers (FTE)
17.6:1
Students per teacher

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 261
  • Kindergarten 840
  • Grade 1 901
  • Grade 2 949
  • Grade 3 886
  • Grade 4 903
  • Grade 5 896
  • Grade 6 824
  • Grade 7 885
  • Grade 8 907
  • Grade 9 1,242
  • Grade 10 934
  • Grade 11 880
  • Grade 12 776
  • Grade 13 68

By race/ethnicity

  • White 45%
  • Black or African American 25%
  • Hispanic/Latino 15%
  • Two or more races 9%
  • Asian 5%
  • Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander <1%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native <1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (fall membership), school year 2024-25. Race/ethnicity as reported by the state.

Free and reduced-price lunch

74% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 9,001 of 12,152 students in the district's schools
  • Free lunch 72%
  • Reduced-price lunch 2%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, school year 2024-25. Eligibility as reported by the state. Schools that serve free meals to every student may count all of them as eligible, so figures are not comparable from state to state.

Spending and revenue

$12,672 spent per student on day-to-day operations North Carolina median: $12,409 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $7,291
  • Support services $4,610
  • Other (food service, etc.) $770

Where the money comes from

  • Local 17%
  • State 60%
  • Federal 23%

Total revenue $164.1 milliontotal spending $169.9 million

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, School District Finance Survey (F-33), school year 2023-24. Day-to-day spending is NCES's current expenditures: it leaves out construction, equipment, debt and payments to charter or private schools. Per student is per fall enrollment of that year.

District details

Grades served

PK to 13

Locale (NCES)

Town: DistantStudents: 76% town, 24% rural

Total staff (FTE)

1,772

District office

3600 Trent Road, New Bern NC 28562

County

Craven County

Official website

NCES District ID

3703310

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About Craven County Board of Education

Description provided by the district or community — not part of the NCES dataset.

Our Mission-Craven County Schools, united with families and communities, will rigorously challenge all students to graduate from high school and be globally competitive for post-secondary education, work, and life in the 21st century.
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Public Schools in Craven County Board of Education (26)

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New Bern High

New Bern, NC · Grades 09–12 · 1,637 students · High

Havelock High

Havelock, NC · Grades 09–12 · 1,014 students · High

West Craven High

Vanceboro, NC · Grades 09–12 · 751 students · High

H J MacDonald Middle

New Bern, NC · Grades 06–08 · 632 students · Middle

West Craven Middle

New Bern, NC · Grades 06–08 · 614 students · Middle

Grover C Fields Middle

New Bern, NC · Grades 06–08 · 542 students · Middle

Vanceboro-Farm Life Elementary

Vanceboro, NC · Grades PK–05 · 494 students · Elementary

Arthur W Edwards Elementary

Havelock, NC · Grades KG–05 · 489 students · Elementary

Tucker Creek Middle

Havelock, NC · Grades 06–08 · 478 students · Middle

Creekside Elementary

New Bern, NC · Grades KG–05 · 453 students · Elementary

Albert H Bangert Elementary

New Bern, NC · Grades KG–05 · 446 students · Elementary

Brinson Memorial Elementary

New Bern, NC · Grades KG–05 · 446 students · Elementary

Bridgeton Elementary

New Bern, NC · Grades PK–05 · 415 students · Elementary

Roger Bell New Tech Academy

Havelock, NC · Grades PK–05 · 408 students · Elementary

Trent Park Elementary

New Bern, NC · Grades KG–05 · 390 students · Elementary

Oaks Road Academy

New Bern, NC · Grades PK–05 · 352 students · Elementary

W Jesse Gurganus Elementary

Havelock, NC · Grades KG–05 · 340 students · Elementary

James W Smith Elementary

Cove City, NC · Grades PK–05 · 325 students · Elementary

Havelock Middle

Havelock, NC · Grades 06–08 · 313 students · Middle

Ben D. Quinn Elementary

New Bern, NC · Grades KG–05 · 312 students · Elementary

J.T. Barber Elementary

New Bern, NC · Grades PK–05 · 270 students · Elementary

Havelock Elementary

Havelock, NC · Grades PK–05 · 248 students · Elementary

Graham A Barden Elementary

Havelock, NC · Grades PK–05 · 237 students · Elementary

Craven Early College High

New Bern, NC · Grades 09–13 · 221 students · High