Pender County Schools
Public school district based in Hampstead, North Carolina. NCES district ID 3703570; state ID NC-710.
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
19
Enrollment (sum of schools)Definition
11,073
Teachers (FTE, sum of schools)Definition
616.7
Students per teacher FTEDefinition
18.0
Charter schoolsDefinition
0
Enrollment by grade
| Group | Students | Bar |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-Kindergarten | 262 | |
| Kindergarten | 678 | |
| Grade 1 | 724 | |
| Grade 2 | 762 | |
| Grade 3 | 856 | |
| Grade 4 | 841 | |
| Grade 5 | 865 | |
| Grade 6 | 865 | |
| Grade 7 | 804 | |
| Grade 8 | 853 | |
| Grade 9 | 912 | |
| Grade 10 | 855 | |
| Grade 11 | 929 | |
| Grade 12 | 854 | |
| Grade 13 | 13 |
Students by race/ethnicity
| Group | Share | Bar |
|---|---|---|
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 0.4% | |
| Asian | 0.5% | |
| Black or African American | 10.6% | |
| Hispanic/Latino | 17.9% | |
| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0.1% | |
| Two or more races | 5.7% | |
| White | 64.8% |
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 | 48.0% | |
| Male | 52.0% |
Schools in this district
Sorted by enrollment (a size measure, not a ranking). Locale mix: Town 1, Rural 18.
| School | Grades | Type | Students | Teacher FTE | Students / FTE | Locale |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Topsail High Hampstead | 9–12 | Regular | 1,945 | 66.9 | 29.1 | Rural: Fringe |
| Surf City Elementary Hampstead | PK–5 | Regular | 857 | 51.0 | 16.8 | Rural: Fringe |
| Topsail Middle Hampstead | 5–8 | Regular | 837 | 44.8 | 18.7 | Rural: Fringe |
| Surf City Middle Hampstead | 6–8 | Regular | 752 | 40.7 | 18.5 | Rural: Fringe |
| Heide Trask High Rocky Point | 9–12 | Regular | 732 | 33.5 | 21.9 | Rural: Fringe |
| Pender High Burgaw | 9–12 | Regular | 648 | 29.2 | 22.2 | Rural: Distant |
| South Topsail Elementary Hampstead | PK–5 | Regular | 618 | 38.3 | 16.1 | Rural: Fringe |
| Topsail Annandale Elementary School Hampstead | PK–4 | Regular | 580 | 34.0 | 17 | Rural: Fringe |
| Cape Fear Elementary Rocky Point | PK–5 | Regular | 533 | 36.9 | 14.5 | Rural: Fringe |
| C.F. Pope Elementary Burgaw | PK–5 | Regular | 530 | 32.7 | 16.2 | Rural: Distant |
| North Topsail Elementary Hampstead | PK–5 | Regular | 529 | 33.3 | 15.9 | Town: Fringe |
| Malpass Corner Elementary Burgaw | PK–5 | Regular | 513 | 29.2 | 17.6 | Rural: Distant |
| Penderlea Elementary Willard | K–8 | Regular | 468 | 33.0 | 14.2 | Rural: Distant |
| Cape Fear Middle Rocky Point | 6–8 | Regular | 430 | 32.0 | 13.4 | Rural: Fringe |
| Rocky Point Elementary Rocky Point | PK–5 | Regular | 403 | 29.3 | 13.8 | Rural: Fringe |
| Burgaw Middle Burgaw | 6–8 | Regular | 236 | 23.0 | 10.3 | Rural: Distant |
| Pender Early College High Burgaw | 9–13 | Regular | 215 | 4.2 | 50.8 | Rural: Distant |
| West Pender Middle Burgaw | 6–8 | Regular | 209 | 17.0 | 12.3 | Rural: Distant |
| Pender Innovative Learning Academy Rocky Point | K–12 | Alternative | 38 | 7.7 | 4.9 | Rural: Fringe |
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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