📍 500 Hopewell Rd, Rising Sun, Cecil County, 21911
Rising Sun Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Rising Sun, Cecil County. The school has 609 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Cecil County Public Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 40.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.0:1. 20% of students are proficient in reading. 22% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Rising Sun Elementary enrolls 609 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 40.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 89% White, 5.6% Hispanic or Latino and 4.1% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 543 | 89% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 34 | 5.6% |
| Two or more races | 25 | 4.1% |
| Black or African American | 3 | <1% |
| Asian | 3 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
264 of the school's 609 students (43%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 246 qualify for free lunch and 18 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Rising Sun Elementary is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district MD-10, state senate district 35.
Rising Sun Elementary is one of 29 schools in Cecil County Public Schools, based in Elkton, Maryland. The district serves 14,853 students district-wide and employs 1,104 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 609 students, Rising Sun Elementary is larger than the district average of about 512 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe
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