Craven County Board of Education
Public school district based in New Bern, North Carolina. NCES district ID 3703310; state ID NC-250.
District totals on this page are sums of the school records in the 2024–25 Common Core of Data. They can differ from totals the district reports itself, which may include students or staff not assigned to a school. Why.
Operating schoolsDefinition
26
Enrollment (sum of schools)Definition
12,152
Teachers (FTE, sum of schools)Definition
690.1
Students per teacher FTEDefinition
Not shown: incomplete reporting
Charter schoolsDefinition
0
A district ratio is shown only when every school reported both enrollment and teachers. School-level ratios are in the table below.
Enrollment by grade
| Group | Students | Bar |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-Kindergarten | 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 |
Students by race/ethnicity
| Group | Share | Bar |
|---|---|---|
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 0.2% | |
| Asian | 4.6% | |
| Black or African American | 25.0% | |
| Hispanic/Latino | 15.1% | |
| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0.3% | |
| Two or more races | 9.3% | |
| White | 45.5% |
Race/ethnicity categories are those states report to NCES. Shares describe the district as a whole, not any one school or student.
Students by sex
| Group | Share | Bar |
|---|---|---|
| Female | 48.4% | |
| Male | 51.6% |
Schools in this district
Sorted by enrollment (a size measure, not a ranking). Locale mix: Town 20, Rural 6.
| School | Grades | Type | Students | Teacher FTE | Students / FTE | Locale |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Bern High New Bern | 9–12 | Regular | 1,637 | 59.4 | 27.6 | Town: Distant |
| Havelock High Havelock | 9–12 | Regular | 1,014 | 43.8 | 23.2 | Town: Distant |
| West Craven High Vanceboro | 9–12 | Regular | 751 | 35.5 | 21.2 | Rural: Distant |
| H J MacDonald Middle New Bern | 6–8 | Regular | 632 | 44.1 | 14.3 | Town: Distant |
| West Craven Middle New Bern | 6–8 | Regular | 614 | 35.4 | 17.3 | Rural: Distant |
| Grover C Fields Middle New Bern | 6–8 | Regular | 542 | 33.9 | 16 | Town: Distant |
| Vanceboro-Farm Life Elementary Vanceboro | PK–5 | Regular | 494 | 31.5 | 15.7 | Rural: Distant |
| Arthur W Edwards Elementary Havelock | K–5 | Regular | 489 | 32.9 | 14.9 | Town: Distant |
| Tucker Creek Middle Havelock | 6–8 | Regular | 478 | 30.3 | 15.8 | Town: Distant |
| Creekside Elementary New Bern | K–5 | Regular | 453 | 31.5 | 14.4 | Town: Distant |
| Albert H Bangert Elementary New Bern | K–5 | Regular | 446 | 25.5 | 17.5 | Town: Distant |
| Brinson Memorial Elementary New Bern | K–5 | Regular | 446 | 28.9 | 15.5 | Town: Distant |
| Bridgeton Elementary New Bern | PK–5 | Regular | 415 | 29.6 | 14 | Rural: Fringe |
| Roger Bell New Tech Academy Havelock | PK–5 | Regular | 408 | 24.2 | 16.9 | Town: Distant |
| Trent Park Elementary New Bern | K–5 | Regular | 390 | 22.9 | 17 | Town: Distant |
| Oaks Road Academy New Bern | PK–5 | Regular | 352 | 20.4 | 17.3 | Town: Distant |
| W Jesse Gurganus Elementary Havelock | K–5 | Regular | 340 | 24.6 | 13.8 | Rural: Fringe |
| James W Smith Elementary Cove City | PK–5 | Regular | 325 | 23.1 | 14.1 | Rural: Distant |
| Havelock Middle Havelock | 6–8 | Regular | 313 | 24.5 | 12.8 | Town: Distant |
| Ben D. Quinn Elementary New Bern | K–5 | Regular | 312 | 17.9 | 17.4 | Town: Distant |
| J.T. Barber Elementary New Bern | PK–5 | Regular | 270 | 21.9 | 12.3 | Town: Distant |
| Havelock Elementary Havelock | PK–5 | Regular | 248 | 19.7 | 12.6 | Town: Distant |
| Graham A Barden Elementary Havelock | PK–5 | Regular | 237 | 16.9 | 14 | Town: Distant |
| Craven Early College High New Bern | 9–13 | Regular | 221 | 6.4 | 34.4 | Town: Distant |
| Early College EAST High Havelock | 9–13 | Regular | 208 | 5.6 | 37.1 | Town: Distant |
| Craven Virtual Academy New Bern | 4–12 | Regular | 117 | Not reported | — | Town: Distant |
Finance and graduation rates
District finance (NCES F-33, fiscal year 2023) and four-year graduation rates (ED Data Express, 2022–23) are being added. They will appear here with their own reporting years. See School Finance and Education Outcomes.
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Sources for this page
- NCES Common Core of Data (CCD), School Directory 2024–25, version 1a. File
ccd_sch_029_2425_w_1a_073025.zip, last checked 2026-11-06. - NCES CCD School Membership 2024–25, version 1a. File
ccd_sch_052_2425_l_1a_073025.zip, last checked 2026-11-06. - NCES CCD School Staff 2024–25, version 1a. File
ccd_sch_059_2425_l_1a_073025.zip, last checked 2026-11-06. - NCES EDGE Public School Geocodes 2024–25. File
EDGE_GEOCODE_PUBLICSCH_2425.zip, last checked 2026-11-06.
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