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For the 2025-26 school year, there are 5 public preschools serving 1,672 students in Carteret County, NC.

The top-ranked public preschools in Carteret County, NC are Atlantic Elementary School, Bogue Sound Elementary School and Down East Middle And Smyrna Elementary School. Overall testing rank is based on a school's combined math and reading proficiency test score ranking.

Carteret County, NC public preschools have an average math proficiency score of 64% (versus the North Carolina public pre school average of 51%), and reading proficiency score of 59% (versus the 46% statewide average). Pre schools in Carteret County have an average ranking of 10/10, which is in the top 5% of North Carolina public pre schools.

Minority enrollment is 25% of the student body (majority Hispanic), which is less than the North Carolina public preschool average of 59% (majority Black and Hispanic).