Morehead City Primary
4409 Country Club Road, Morehead City, NC, 28557-6213 - Map Map

School Overview:
Definition of Terms
Morehead City Primary
School Level Primary school
Grades Offered Grades PK - 3
County Carteret County, NC
Students & Faculty
Total Students 693 students
% Male / % Female 54%  /  46%
Total Classroom Teachers 62 teachers
Students by Grade
Pre-K - 35 students
Kind - 192 students
Grade 1 - 181 students
Grade 2 - 146 students
Grade 3 - 139 students
This School
(NC) School Average
Teacher : Student Ratio 1:11 1:15
Students by Ethnicity
This School
(NC) School Average
% American Indian n/a 2%
% Asian 1% 2%
% Hispanic 13% 10%
% Black 18% 33%
% White 68% 54%
Additional Student Information
This School
(NC) School Average
% Eligible for Free Lunch 35% 39%
% Eligible for Reduced Lunch 8% 7%
% Migrant Students Enrolled n/a n/a
School Performance:
(NC) Statewide Testing Performance
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School District:
School District Name Carteret County Public s School District
This School's Agency
(NC) District Average
Number of Schools Managed 17 7
Number of Students Managed 8,469 students 3,192 students
District Total Revenue $74,114,000 $27,390,000
District Expenditure $70,183,000 $27,412,000
District Revenue / Student $8,751 $8,581
District Expenditure / Student $8,287 $8,588
In the News:
  • Kindergartners get taste of Colonial Thanksgiving (Carteret County News-Times)
    posted on November 14, 2009 at 01:28:01 pm
    CHERYL BURKE BEAUFORT — From preparing a Colonial meal to churning butter and weaving, the Beaufort Historical Association’s Kindergarten Thanksgiving has given nearly 650 kindergartners in the last two weeks a taste of how Colonial residents prepared for Thanksgiving.
  • Community remembers 9/11 (Carteret County News-Times)
    posted on September 12, 2009 at 11:13:41 am
    CHERYL BURKE MOREHEAD CITY — St. Egbert Catholic School students somberly lowered the American flag to half-staff and placed a yellow bow on the flagpole Friday morning to honor the 2,751 victims killed eight years ago today during a series of terrorist attacks that began with the Twin Towers in New York City.
  • Parents Cry In Blues Room (News Channel 12 New Bern)
    posted on September 2, 2009 at 08:49:23 pm
    Tearful parents sent their kindergartners to school for the first time this week. One school gave those parents a special place to do all that "boo hooing." Morehead City Primary set up a "Blues Room" where parents could grab a tissue and talk with the school counselor if they needed too.
  • School employees rally for new year (Carteret County News-Times)
    posted on August 21, 2009 at 01:11:02 pm
    CHERYL BURKE MOREHEAD CITY — The last time county school employees filled the sanctuary of Glad Tidings Church was in November for a memorial service for the late County Schools Superintendent Brad Sneeden, who died Oct. 22, 2008.
  • Carteret County Schools meet ABC objectives (Jacksonville Daily News)
    posted on August 16, 2009 at 02:14:59 pm
    All 17 Carteret County schools met or exceeded expected growth objectives in North Carolina’s ABC’s report. “Additionally, 14 of the 17, or 82.4 percent, also qualified as High Growth schools for 2009, compared to only 39.4 percent across the state,” a Carteret County school news release stated.
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School Notes:
 
School Zip Code:
About This Zip Code (28557)
School Zip (28557)
(NC) State Average
Population (Approximate) 13,164 people 7,780,958 people
% (age 25+) w/College Degree 34% 24%
Population Average Age 43 years old 35 years old
Average Household size 2.2 persons 2.4 persons
Median Household Income $37,615 $39,726
Avg. # of Rooms in Household 5.4 rooms 5.3 rooms
Median Age of Housing Structure 29 years old 32 years old
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Median Value of Housing Unit
Zipcode (28557)


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Zillow Median Value of Housing Unit
% Owning / % Renting 68% / 32% 66% / 34%
School Map:
1. Newport Elementary School - 828 students - 5.5 mi. away - view location
2. Bogue Sound Elementary School - 416 students - 6.3 mi. away - view location
3. Beaufort Elementary School - 468 students - 6.9 mi. away - view location
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