County / FIPS 37031
Carteret County
North Carolina
Carteret County runs 19 public schools reporting to NCES. It also has 1 Medicare-certified hospital reporting to CMS, of which 1 carry an overall star rating.
At a glance
Public schools
19
Hospitals
1
With a star rating
1
Land area
508
Federal money
Obligations recorded against a place of performance in Carteret County. An obligation is a legal commitment to pay, not cash out the door — outlays follow later, sometimes by years.
Obligations, FY2025
$711.4M
Per resident
$10,510
Change since FY2021
+22%
Fiscal years covered
5
▸ View as table
| Period | Obligations |
|---|---|
| 2021 | $585M |
| 2022 | $577M |
| 2023 | $619M |
| 2024 | $622M |
| 2025 | $711M |
Figures are nominal — not adjusted for inflation — because USAspending publishes them that way and adjusting them here would mean this site had edited a government figure. The per-resident figure divides by the 2020 decennial count, which is the population USAspending carries; a 2020 denominator against 2025 spending overstates per-head figures wherever a place has grown since. Carteret County ranks 678th of 3,233 on this measure in FY2025.
Hospitals in Carteret County
| Hospital | City | CMS rating |
|---|---|---|
| Carteret General Hospital | Morehead City |
Public schools in Carteret County
Enrollment is the most recent year NCES published.
| School | District | City | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atlantic Elementary | Carteret County Public Schools | Atlantic | 88 |
| Beaufort Elementary | Carteret County Public Schools | Beaufort | 378 |
| Beaufort Middle | Carteret County Public Schools | Beaufort | 258 |
| Bogue Sound Elementary | Carteret County Public Schools | Newport | 467 |
| Broad Creek Middle | Carteret County Public Schools | Newport | 710 |
| Croatan High | Carteret County Public Schools | Newport | 974 |
| Down East Middle and Smyrna Elementary | Carteret County Public Schools | Smyrna | 249 |
| East Carteret High | Carteret County Public Schools | Beaufort | 530 |
| Harkers Island Elementary | Carteret County Public Schools | Harkers Island | 117 |
| Morehead City Middle | Carteret County Public Schools | Morehead City | 482 |
| Morehead City Primary | Carteret County Public Schools | Morehead City | 545 |
| Morehead Elem at Camp Glenn | Carteret County Public Schools | Morehead City | 285 |
| Newport Elementary | Carteret County Public Schools | Newport | 645 |
| Newport Middle | Carteret County Public Schools | Newport | 378 |
| West Carteret High | Carteret County Public Schools | Morehead City | 1,146 |
| White Oak Elementary | Carteret County Public Schools | Cape Carteret | 772 |
| Tiller School | Tiller School | Beaufort | 195 |
| Marine Sci. and Tech. Early College Hs | Carteret County Public Schools | Morehead City | 49 |
| Bridges School | Carteret County Public Schools | Morehead City | 8 |