Best school districts near Seymour Johnson Air Force Base
The 16 districts within about an hour of base, ranked by academic proficiency. For a military family buying a home, the school zone is the decision — start here, then drill into the neighborhoods inside the district you want.
School-district quality
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EDFacts reading + math proficiency
Ranked by academic proficiency
Quality blends EDFacts reading + math proficiency (all grades). Affluence and size are shown as context, not folded into the score.
- 1Above averageWake Countyschool districtWake County · 163,404 students · 50 mi from baseRead56%Math50%Quality53
- 2AverageSampson Countyschool districtSampson County · 8,179 students · 34 mi from baseRead47%Math46%Quality47
- 3AverageJones Countyschool districtJones County · 1,101 students · 41 mi from baseRead46%Math38%Quality42
- 4AveragePitt Countyschool districtPitt County · 23,975 students · 37 mi from baseRead42%Math41%Quality42
- 5AverageCraven Countyschool districtCraven County · 13,410 students · 52 mi from baseRead45%Math35%Quality40
- 6AverageOnslow Countyschool districtOnslow County · 26,946 students · 52 mi from baseRead44%Math36%Quality40
- 7Below averageWilson Countyschool districtWilson County · 11,012 students · 25 mi from baseRead41%Math36%Quality39
- 8Below averageClinton Cityschool districtSampson County · 3,063 students · 31 mi from baseRead37%Math39%Quality38
- 9Below averageJohnston Countyschool districtJohnston County · 37,295 students · 26 mi from baseRead40%Math35%Quality38
- 10Below averageFranklin Countyschool districtFranklin County · 8,125 students · 54 mi from baseRead41%Math34%Quality38
- 11Below averageWayne Countyschool districtWayne County · 18,240 students · 3 mi from baseRead35%Math32%Quality34
- 12Below averageLenoir Countyschool districtLenoir County · 8,612 students · 19 mi from baseRead36%Math28%Quality32
- 13Below averageDuplin Countyschool districtDuplin County · 9,969 students · 28 mi from baseRead33%Math28%Quality31
- 14Below averageGreene Countyschool districtGreene County · 2,874 students · 19 mi from baseRead30%Math25%Quality28
- 15Below averageNash-Rocky Mountschool districtNash County · 15,237 students · 43 mi from baseRead31%Math23%Quality27
- 16Below averageEdgecombe Countyschool districtEdgecombe County · 5,773 students · 45 mi from baseRead25%Math23%Quality24