Regular local school district · Carteret County
Carteret County Public Schools, NC: schools, enrollment and spending
Carteret County Public Schools runs 17 public schools with 7,847 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 15.8 students per teacher is about the same as the North Carolina figure of 16.3.
At a glance
- Schools
- 17
- Students
- 7,847
- Teachers (FTE)
- 498
- Students per teacher
- 15.8
- NC: 16.3 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 107 Safrit Dr, Beaufort, NC 28516
- Phone
- (252)728-4583
- County
- Carteret County
- Locale
- Town: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3700630
- State district ID
- NC-160
- School counselors (FTE)
- 26.0About 302 students per counselor.
Students per teacher compared
This district15.8
North Carolina16.3
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (7,843), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $94.6 million
- Federal revenue
- $11.2 million
- State revenue
- $55.6 million
- Local revenue
- $27.7 million
- Total spending
- $94.5 million
- Spending per pupil
- $12,052
- Salaries
- $51.5 million54.5% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $18.7 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 11.9%
- State: 58.8%
- Local: 29.3%
North Carolina overall
- Federal: 12.1%
- State: 61.7%
- Local: 26.2%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$12,052
North Carolina$11,869
United States$16,826
Schools in Carteret County Public Schools
By level: 4 high, 4 middle, 9 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Atlantic Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 88 | 9.8 |
| Beaufort Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 346 | 12.8 |
| Beaufort Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 260 | 12.4 |
| Bogue Sound Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 416 | 13.4 |
| Bridges School | High | 6 to 12 | 11 | 5.5 |
| Broad Creek Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 722 | 16.8 |
| Croatan High | High | 9 to 12 | 1,019 | 23.7 |
| Down East Middle and Smyrna Elementary | Elementary | PK to 8 | 262 | 12.5 |
| East Carteret High | High | 9 to 12 | 521 | 17.4 |
| Harkers Island Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 95 | 13.6 |
| Morehead City Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 506 | 15.3 |
| Morehead City Primary | Elementary | PK to 3 | 502 | 12.0 |
| Morehead Elementary at Camp Glenn | Elementary | 4 to 5 | 253 | 14.1 |
| Newport Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 621 | 12.9 |
| Newport Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 346 | 13.8 |
| West Carteret High | High | 8 to 12 | 1,095 | 23.3 |
| White Oak Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 784 | 17.8 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Carteret County
- Tiller School 206 students
More in North Carolina
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.