📍 513 E McCrae St, Grifton, Pitt County, 28530
Grifton is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Grifton, Pitt County. The school has 391 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Pitt County Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 30.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.9:1. 30% of students are proficient in reading. 23% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Grifton enrolls 391 students across grades Pre-K–8. The student body is 55% male and 45% female. A teaching staff of 30.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 41% Black or African American, 28% White and 27% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 161 | 41% |
| White | 108 | 28% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 104 | 27% |
| Two or more races | 16 | 4.1% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
388 of the school's 391 students (99%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 388 qualify for free lunch and 0 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.
Grifton is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Distant). 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 NC-30, state senate district 5, state house district 12.
Grifton is one of 39 schools in Pitt County Schools, based in Greenville, North Carolina. The district serves 24,470 students district-wide and employs 1,604 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 391 students, Grifton is smaller than the district average of about 627 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant