Elementary · North Carolina

Cape Hatteras Elementary School

Cape Hatteras Elementary School, a public elementary school in Buxton, North Carolina: grades pre-k–5, 284 students, 11.5 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Dare County Schools.

Size and class size

Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students
284
Teachers (FTE)
24.6
Students per teacher
11.5
Grades
Pre-K–5
Elementary

Fewer students per teacher than 94% of elementary schools in North Carolina

Median 14.7 · 1,461 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 83% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Smaller than 82% of elementary schools in North Carolina

Median 455 · 1,469 schools compared

Smaller than 76% of elementary schools in the US

Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on North Carolina's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

North Carolina: 53%

47%proficient

+5.0 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 57% of elementary schools in North Carolina

Median 49% · 1,423 elementary schools compared

139 students tested, grades 3–8 · End-of-Grade Tests - Edition 5; proficient means Levels 2-4

Math

North Carolina: 57%

57%proficient

−2.8 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 53% of elementary schools in North Carolina

Median 58% · 1,423 elementary schools compared

139 students tested, grades 3–8 · End-of-Grade Tests - Edition 5; proficient means Levels 2-4

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades
Elementary · Grades Pre-K–5
Type
District school · Regular
Instruction
In person
Area
Remote rural area

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Dare County Schools.

Location

Address
47500 Middle Ridge, Buxton, NC 27920
Phone
(252)995-6196
City or town
Buxton

Nearby elementary schools

The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

No other public elementary schools within 25 miles.

Sources

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

NCES 370111002088