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For the 2025-26 school year, there are 14 public schools serving 5,480 students in Elizabeth City, NC (there are , serving 801 private students). 87% of all K-12 students in Elizabeth City, NC are educated in public schools (compared to the NC state average of 92%).

The top ranked public schools in Elizabeth City, NC are Elizabeth City Pasquotank Early College, Weeksville Elementary School and Northeast Academy Of Aerospace & Advtech. Overall testing rank is based on a school's combined math and reading proficiency test score ranking.

Elizabeth City, NC public schools have an average math proficiency score of 32% (versus the North Carolina public school average of 51%), and reading proficiency score of 39% (versus the 50% statewide average). Schools in Elizabeth City have an average ranking of 2/10, which is in the bottom 50% of North Carolina public schools.

Minority enrollment is 63% of the student body (majority Black), which is more than the North Carolina public school average of 57% (majority Black and Hispanic).