Graham A Barden Elementary

Summary:

Graham A Barden Elementary is a public elementary school in Havelock, North Carolina, serving students from pre-kindergarten to 5th grade as part of the Craven County Board of Education district.

While the school has a relatively diverse student population, it has experienced a significant decline in its academic performance and statewide ranking over the past several years. Graham A Barden Elementary's student achievement, as measured by proficiency rates on End-of-Grade (EOG) tests, is generally lower than the district and state averages. Additionally, the school has seen a substantial increase in the percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a growing population of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds. When compared to nearby schools, such as Creekside Elementary and W Jesse Gurganus Elementary, Graham A Barden Elementary consistently underperforms in student achievement and statewide rankings.

The school's diversity and smaller class sizes are positive attributes, but the overall performance lags behind many of its nearby counterparts, both within the Craven County district and in the neighboring Carteret County Public Schools district. Addressing the challenges of declining academic performance, increasing poverty rates, and achievement gaps among student subgroups will be crucial for improving the educational outcomes for the students at Graham A Barden Elementary.


Detail:

Public PK, KG-5

 200 Cedar Drive
       Havelock, NC  28532-2197


(252) 444-5100

District: Craven County Board of Education

SchoolDigger Rank:
1153rd of 1,505 North Carolina Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $11,632 Help


Students who attend Graham A Barden Elementary usually attend:

Middle:    Havelock Middle
High:    Havelock High

Student/teacher ratio:  12.6 Help
Number of students:  241

Racial breakdown:

White:
48.5%
Hispanic:
18.3%
African American:
17.4%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  73.9% Help


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Compare Details Graham A Barden Elementary ranks worse than 76.6% of elementary schools in North Carolina. It also ranks 13th among 15 ranked elementary schools in the Craven County Board of Education School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 27.46. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Graham A Barden Elementary has the smallest elementary school student body size in the Craven County Board of Education School District. Student population at Graham A Barden Elementary is diverse. Racial makeup is: White (48.5%), Hispanic (18.3%), African American (17.4%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 73.9% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Graham A Barden Elementary is 12.6, which is the 3rd best among 15 elementary schools in the Craven County Board of Education School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Graham A Barden Elementary is $11,632, which is the 6th highest among 15 elementary schools in the Craven County Board of Education School District.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Graham A Barden Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Graham A Barden Elementary 1153rd of 1505 North Carolina public elementary schools. (See Graham A Barden Elementary in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:


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Craven County Board of Education:

SchoolDigger ranks Craven County Board of Education 111th of 242 North Carolina school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Graham A Barden Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Graham A Barden Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2006 72.62 297th 1276 76.7%
2007 68.39 382nd 1293 70.5%
2008 62.84 500th 1324 62.2%
2009 56.66 673rd 1354 50.3%
2010 77.68 243rd 1363 82.2%
2011 66.13 493rd 1381 64.3%
2012 67.23 454th 1388 67.3%
2013 72.80 318th 1403 77.3%
2014 72.38 354th 1390 74.5%
2015 86.30 140th 1440 90.3%
2016 76.77 285th 1425 80.0%
2017 81.57 198th 1429 86.1%
2018 79.97 228th 1434 84.1%
2019 77.84 260th 1473 82.3%
2021 44.28 797th 1489 46.5%
2022 54.49 668th 1514 55.9%
2023 44.19 865th 1502 42.4%
2024 27.46 1153rd 1505 23.4%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Graham A Barden Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 87.95 61st 1332 95.4%
2019 92.16 36th 1361 97.4%
2021 61.58 392nd 1329 70.5%
2022 77.00 180th 1366 86.8%
2023 55.09 598th 1437 58.4%
2024 28.63 1151st 1450 20.6%
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Rank History for Female students at Graham A Barden Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 62.85 525th 1405 62.6%
2019 69.71 393rd 1424 72.4%
2021 38.20 859th 1440 40.3%
2022 45.93 782nd 1458 46.4%
2023 36.96 936th 1459 35.8%
2024 35.58 994th 1455 31.7%
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Rank History for Male students at Graham A Barden Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 90.33 87th 1413 93.8%
2019 80.57 210th 1430 85.3%
2021 50.57 677th 1444 53.1%
2022 60.10 568th 1464 61.2%
2023 49.71 752nd 1461 48.5%
2024 22.65 1206th 1464 17.6%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Graham A Barden Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 84.19 68th 851 92.0%
2022 46.15 458th 893 48.7%
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Rank History for White students at Graham A Barden Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 52.76 600th 1178 49.1%
2019 62.17 434th 1183 63.3%
2021 24.42 954th 1172 18.6%
2022 46.11 667th 1194 44.1%
2023 44.25 697th 1183 41.1%
2024 32.35 858th 1166 26.4%
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Data source: test scores: North Carolina Dept of Public Instruction, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Data source: North Carolina Dept of Public Instruction

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Reviews:
by a parent
Tuesday, February 14, 2017

Open Quote Staff is very unprofessional and do not return calls or give updates on childs performance. Close Quote


by a parent
Thursday, December 31, 2009

Open Quote It is hard to judge, since my first grader has only attended GAB, but we have mixed reviews. It is an older school that is in need of some upgrades (which are supposedly in the works). The teachers that my son has had have seemed to try hard, but they lean heavily on under qualified assistants due to the 22 to 1 student-to-teacher ratio. The school claims to have an accelerated program to help accelerated students, but all that my son has received is a trip to a higher grades to read and a couple extra worksheets sent home more than his peers. After multiple requests to keep my son engaged in school, there remains little change. I sympathize that some of the 21 other students need the attention to get to the necessary levels, but I don’t feel my son should be held back. Both years the solution has been suggested to move him to the next grade, but being the youngest in your grade through each year has a stigma too. It doesn’t seem too much to ask for my son, regardless of what level he came to GAB, to continue to learn and be engaged. Most of my fellow Marines dismiss it as the NC school system…seriously? Close Quote



Enrollment information for Graham A Barden Elementary

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 321 179 7 19 3 n/a n/a 0 529
1989 362 194 5 13 1 n/a n/a 0 575
1990 373 171 6 13 1 n/a n/a 0 564
1991 388 160 13 24 0 n/a n/a 0 585
1992 400 123 5 22 3 n/a n/a 0 553
1993 406 126 6 22 3 n/a n/a 0 563
1994 379 141 7 31 1 n/a n/a 0 559
1995 359 137 7 30 3 n/a n/a 0 536
1996 359 137 7 30 3 n/a n/a 0 536
1997 320 110 10 27 3 n/a n/a 0 470
1998 272 114 4 23 5 n/a n/a 0 418
1999 321 123 6 17 4 n/a n/a 0 471
2000 288 141 7 13 5 n/a n/a 0 454
2001 217 103 2 12 7 n/a n/a 0 341
2002 213 88 10 34 4 n/a n/a 0 349
2003 213 88 10 34 4 n/a n/a 0 349
2004 211 95 7 35 2 n/a n/a 0 350
2005 204 95 12 40 2 n/a n/a 0 353
2006 198 88 13 37 0 n/a n/a 0 336
2007 183 86 11 41 0 n/a n/a 30 351
2008 201 68 13 43 0 n/a n/a 25 350
2009 199 73 11 54 0 n/a n/a 0 337
2010 233 76 11 49 0 n/a n/a 0 369
2011 235 59 1 60 2 0 20 0 377
2012 268 57 2 64 1 2 21 0 415
2013 196 71 2 62 3 1 20 0 355
2014 186 71 2 60 2 1 27 0 349
2015 170 70 5 59 3 2 16 0 325
2016 163 59 4 57 4 2 22 0 311
2017 180 52 2 58 2 1 37 0 332
2018 162 44 2 61 1 1 24 0 295
2019 155 51 5 43 1 1 29 0 285
2020 120 36 6 40 0 0 52 0 254
2021 120 35 6 44 1 0 36 0 242
2022 139 38 4 57 2 0 38 0 278
2023 117 42 6 44 2 0 30 0 241

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Graham A Barden Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 529 28.0 18.8 47.6
1989 575 29.0 19.8 54.8
1990 564 33.0 17.0 50.5
1991 585 34.0 17.2 48.7
1992 553 29.0 19.0 32.5
1993 563 28.0 20.1 32.3
1994 559 33.0 16.9 33.6
1995 536 31.0 17.3 37.9
1996 536 31.0 17.3 37.9
1997 470 29.0 16.2 42.6
1998 418 28.0 14.9 35.2
1999 471 28.0 16.8 44.2
2000 454 28.0 16.2 52.9
2001 341 28.0 12.2 80.6
2002 349 26.0 13.4 64.2
2003 349 26.0 13.4 64.2
2004 350 26.0 13.5 69.4
2005 353 28.0 12.6 68.6
2006 336 30.0 11.2 56
2007 351 n/a n/a 65.4
2008 350 25.3 13.8 68.6
2009 337 26.7 12.6 58.8
2010 369 28.2 13.0 53.7
2011 377 29.2 12.9 58.6
2012 415 27.1 15.3 53
2013 355 26.1 13.6 63.1
2014 349 26.0 13.4 65
2015 325 25.0 13.0 57.5
2016 311 25.0 12.4 64.3
2017 332 24.8 13.3 30.1
2018 295 24.2 12.1 58.3
2019 285 22.3 12.7 64.6
2020 254 21.0 12.0 61.4
2021 242 18.0 13.4 45.5
2022 278 20.0 13.9 53.2
2023 241 19.0 12.6 73.9

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Graham A Barden Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 529 28.0 18.8 47.6
1989 575 29.0 19.8 54.8
1990 564 33.0 17.0 50.5
1991 585 34.0 17.2 48.7
1992 553 29.0 19.0 32.5
1993 563 28.0 20.1 32.3
1994 559 33.0 16.9 33.6
1995 536 31.0 17.3 37.9
1996 536 31.0 17.3 37.9
1997 470 29.0 16.2 42.6
1998 418 28.0 14.9 35.2
1999 471 28.0 16.8 44.2
2000 454 28.0 16.2 52.9
2001 341 28.0 12.2 80.6
2002 349 26.0 13.4 64.2
2003 349 26.0 13.4 64.2
2004 350 26.0 13.5 69.4
2005 353 28.0 12.6 68.6
2006 336 30.0 11.2 56
2007 351 n/a n/a 65.4
2008 350 25.3 13.8 68.6
2009 337 26.7 12.6 58.8
2010 369 28.2 13.0 53.7
2011 377 29.2 12.9 58.6
2012 415 27.1 15.3 53
2013 355 26.1 13.6 63.1
2014 349 26.0 13.4 65
2015 325 25.0 13.0 57.5
2016 311 25.0 12.4 64.3
2017 332 24.8 13.3 30.1
2018 295 24.2 12.1 58.3
2019 285 22.3 12.7 64.6
2020 254 21.0 12.0 61.4
2021 242 18.0 13.4 45.5
2022 278 20.0 13.9 53.2
2023 241 19.0 12.6 73.9

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Graham A Barden Elementary

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $1,529 (13.1%) $10,103 (86.9%) $11,632

Data source: North Carolina Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Graham A Barden Elementary

The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America. Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased. SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school. Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores, enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.

Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 260th of 1473 Elementary schoolsRanks 865th of 1502 Elementary schools
 39.9%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade Mathematics (Graham A Barden Elementary)7545.5
 29.5%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Craven County Board of Education)59.366.1
 6.8%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (North Carolina)64.361.1
 3.2%
3rd Grade Reading (Graham A Barden Elementary)72.948.5
 24.4%
   3rd Grade Reading (Craven County Board of Education)56.151.4
 4.7%
   3rd Grade Reading (North Carolina)56.848
 8.8%
4th Grade Mathematics (Graham A Barden Elementary)51.437.8
 13.6%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Craven County Board of Education)50.855.4
 4.6%
   4th Grade Mathematics (North Carolina)57.355.3
 2%
4th Grade Reading (Graham A Barden Elementary)7351.1
 21.9%
   4th Grade Reading (Craven County Board of Education)5659.5
 3.5%
   4th Grade Reading (North Carolina)57.355.3
 2%
5th Grade Mathematics (Graham A Barden Elementary)72.452.6
 19.8%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Craven County Board of Education)58.751
 7.7%
   5th Grade Mathematics (North Carolina)60.255.9
 4.3%
5th Grade Reading (Graham A Barden Elementary)82.857.9
 24.9%
   5th Grade Reading (Craven County Board of Education)56.347
 9.3%
   5th Grade Reading (North Carolina)54.648
 6.6%
5th Grade Science (Graham A Barden Elementary)93.163.2
 29.9%
   5th Grade Science (Craven County Board of Education)73.467.7
 5.7%
   5th Grade Science (North Carolina)72.665.3
 7.3%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students285241
 15.4%
African American5142
 17.6%
American Indian12
 100%
Asian56
 20%
Hispanic4344
 2.3%
Pacific Islander10
 100%
White155117
 24.5%
Two or More Races2930
 3.4%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients64.6%73.9%
 9.3%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Graham A Barden Elementary

Students who attend Graham A Barden Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Havelock Middle
High : Havelock High

In the 2022-23 school year, 241 students attended Graham A Barden Elementary.

Students at Graham A Barden Elementary are 49% White, 18% Hispanic, 17% African American, 12% Two or more races, 2% Asian.

Graham A Barden Elementary ranks in the bottom 23.4% of North Carolina elementary schools.


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