From Central NJ to Coastal NC

[mlhm5]

Is there a school system in Eastern NC that is comparable to Wake County?

[Daedalus-NC]

Originally Posted by mlhm5

Is there a school system in Eastern NC that is comparable to Wake County?

I defer to someone with more knowledge than I. We are retired and our kids have their own kids plus 1.5 more of the next generation!

[missynancy]

Originally Posted by mitak

I am from NJ too, by Philadelphia, and thinking about moving to the Wilmington area. When does the mosquito season really get bad? and when does it taper off?

don't know much about when mosquitos get bad - we have property and are planning on building sometime around Fall 2018 - but welcome to this club!! We are in south jersey - mt. laurel - tons of people from south jersey are buying into brunswick county!!

[LLN]

Originally Posted by mlhm5

Is there a school system in Eastern NC that is comparable to Wake County?

School systems are not a good comparison. Look at the schools for a location. Generally, the Wake County Schools will be superior, based on the number of college educated parents. However, there are schools in Eastern NC that compare well to individual schools, but district wide, there are others that are poor.

The NC DPI has a report card web site NC School Report Cards
where you can compare both district and school performance on a variety of metrics (disclosure, many of which are worthless), but if you want a quantitative comparison, you can get one, either district by district or school by school.

The site is somewhat tortuous to use. Good Luck

[BC1960]

Originally Posted by mlhm5

Is there a school system in Eastern NC that is comparable to Wake County?

There's no county in eastern NC that's comparable to Wake in regard to parental education levels, which is one if the primary drivers behind Wake schools being so "good". There are individual schools in eastern NC that are very good. Hoggard in Wilmington comes to mind.

[goldenage1]

Originally Posted by mlhm5

Is there a school system in Eastern NC that is comparable to Wake County?

No. We lack the population to support schools like Wake County. There are good schools in Hampstead and Newport and Wilmington. Just be in an affluent neighborhood, and you will be OK.