Forest Hills Global Elementary, Wilmington: zone, report card

Last checked Oct. 11, 2026. Sources: Forest Hills Global Elementary, New Hanover County Schools, the N.C. Department of Public Instruction’s 2025-26 accountability data and the federal NCES school directory.

Forest Hills Global Elementary School is a New Hanover County Schools elementary school for kindergarten through fifth grade on Colonial Drive in Wilmington’s Forest Hills neighborhood, inside the city limits.

Who to call

• Front office: 910-251-6190, 602 Colonial Drive, Wilmington, NC 28403
• School website: foresthills.nhcs.net
• Enrolling a new student: the district’s enrollment office, 910-251-2929. District main line: 910-254-4200.
• Buses: the district’s Transportation Department
• Which school serves my address: the district’s School Locator

Principal

Principal Diego Lehocky, according to the school’s website.

Enrollment and teachers

• Federal count: 340 students in the 2024-25 school year, with 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That is about 11 students per teacher. The 2023-24 count was 355.

State report card

North Carolina grades every public school from A to F. According to the N.C. Department of Public Instruction’s technical guide, 80% of the grade comes from an achievement score built on state tests and other indicators, and 20% from students’ academic growth, on a 15-point scale.

Forest Hills was on the state’s low-performing schools list in 2023-24 and 2024-25, and is not on the 2025-26 list.

From the state’s 2025-26 school assessment and indicator data:

• 43.1% of state tests taken at Forest Hills were at grade level or above, against 59.2% statewide.
• Reading, grades 3 to 5: 28.4% at grade level. Math: 57.4%. Fifth-grade science: 44.1%.

The grades come from the state’s School Performance Grades dashboard data. The state’s interactive school report card for Forest Hills covers 2024-25.

Attendance zone and feeder schools

Check any address on the district’s School Locator map or call the enrollment office at 910-251-2929. According to the zone map:

• Middle schools: most of the zone goes to Williston Middle; part goes to Myrtle Grove Middle.
• High schools: most of the zone goes to New Hanover High; part goes to John T. Hoggard High.

Calendar and bell times

The school day runs 7:40 a.m. to 2:35 p.m., according to the school’s website. Forest Hills follows the district’s traditional calendar. From the 2026-27 calendar (PDF), students are off on:

• Monday, Oct. 26: teacher workday
• Tuesday, Nov. 3: Election Day, teacher workday
• Wednesday, Nov. 11: Veterans Day
• Nov. 25-27: teacher workday, then Thanksgiving
• Dec. 21 to Jan. 1, 2027: winter break

More on Wilmington schools

• The school’s website and its page in the district’s school directory
• Our guide to the Forest Hills neighborhood
• Every public school in Wilmington
• Our Wilmington schools guide for enrollment documents and board meetings

Frequently asked questions

What grades does Forest Hills Global Elementary serve?

Kindergarten through fifth grade. Forest Hills Global is a New Hanover County Schools elementary school at 602 Colonial Drive, with 340 students in the federal 2024-25 count.

What is Forest Hills Global Elementary’s school performance grade?

Forest Hills earned a C, with a score of 56, in North Carolina’s 2025-26 school performance grades, up from a D (51) in 2024-25, and exceeded its growth target. It came off the state’s low-performing list this year.

Which middle and high school does Forest Hills feed into?

Most of the Forest Hills zone goes to Williston Middle and New Hanover High, according to the district’s school locator map. Parts go to Myrtle Grove Middle and Hoggard High.

What time does Forest Hills Global Elementary start?

The school’s website lists its hours as 7:40 a.m. to 2:35 p.m.