Porters Neck Elementary, 416 Edgewater Club Road: grades K-5, 666 students, a B (76) in North Carolina's 2025-26 school grades. Feeds Laney High.

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

Porters Neck Elementary School is a New Hanover County Schools elementary school for kindergarten through fifth grade on Edgewater Club Road, at the northeast edge of the Wilmington area. It has a Wilmington mailing address, but sits outside the city limits in unincorporated New Hanover County, in the Census Bureau’s Porters Neck area.

Who to call
Address 416 Edgewater Club Road, Wilmington, NC 28411
Phone 910-251-2975
Grades Kindergarten to 5
School day 7:40 a.m. to 2:35 p.m.
District New Hanover County Schools

Principal

Principal Benjamin Horne, according to the school’s website.

Enrollment and teachers

  • Federal count: 666 students in the 2024-25 school year, with 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That is about 16 students per teacher, and the most students of any district elementary school that year. The 2023-24 count was 655.

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.

School year Grade Score Growth
2025-26 B 76 Met
2024-25 B 75 Met
2023-24 B 77 Exceeded

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

  • 73.3% of state tests taken at Porters Neck were at grade level or above, against 59.2% statewide.
  • Reading, grades 3 to 5: 70.6% at grade level. Math: 75.4%. Fifth-grade science: 75.2%.

The grades come from the state’s School Performance Grades dashboard data. The state’s interactive school report card for Porters Neck 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, the whole Porters Neck zone goes on to Holly Shelter Middle, 3921 Roger Haynes Drive in Castle Hayne, and then to Emsley A. Laney High.

Calendar and bell times

The school day runs 7:40 a.m. to 2:35 p.m., according to the school’s website. Porters Neck 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

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Frequently asked questions

What grades does Porters Neck Elementary serve?

Kindergarten through fifth grade. Porters Neck is a New Hanover County Schools elementary school at 416 Edgewater Club Road, with 666 students in the federal 2024-25 count, the most of any elementary school in the district.

What is Porters Neck Elementary’s school performance grade?

Porters Neck earned a B, with a score of 76, in North Carolina’s 2025-26 school performance grades, against 75 in 2024-25.

Which middle and high school does Porters Neck feed into?

Holly Shelter Middle in Castle Hayne and Emsley A. Laney High. The whole Porters Neck zone goes to both, according to the district’s school locator map.

What time does Porters Neck Elementary start?

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