Craven County Schools
Serves New Bern, Havelock, Trent Woods, River Bend, Vanceboro, Cove City, Dover and Bridgeton.
New Bern’s School Grade C+ better than 43% of North Carolina school districts
What stands out about Craven County Schools
- Its letter, C+: results better than 43% of North Carolina districts
- Graduation rate 6 pts below the state
- 17 students per teacher
- Debt of $3.7M, about $306 per student
What this district adds to its towns’ grade
C+: better than 43% of the 325 North Carolina school districts we grade. Each town’s School Grade weighs its districts by the students they test; spending and class size are shown but don’t count.
Where would my kid go?
The school path for New Bern. Grade by grade →
Test scores vs. NC
2021–22 · class of 2023100% of students in the tested grades sat the 2022 tests.
Reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute); the newest year for each measure.
Where the money goes
fiscal 2024Fiscal 2022–24 includes federal pandemic relief (ESSER).
U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances.
Down 4.8% since 2020–21.
Schools in the district
26 public schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with North Carolina’s other public schools.
District facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES school directory 2024–25 and district boundaries) and the U.S. Census Bureau’s school finance survey. Test scores and graduation: state results reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute). The letters are our own summary, graded within North Carolina.