📍 559 Piney Creek Sch Road, Piney Creek, Alleghany County, 28663
Piney Creek Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Piney Creek, Alleghany County. The school has 185 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Alleghany County Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 13.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.9:1. 57% of students are proficient in reading. 47% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Piney Creek Elementary enrolls 185 students across grades Pre-K–8. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 13.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 88% White, 8.6% Hispanic or Latino and 2.7% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 163 | 88% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 16 | 8.6% |
| Two or more races | 5 | 2.7% |
| Black or African American | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
102 of the school's 185 students (55%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 90 qualify for free lunch and 12 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.
Piney Creek Elementary is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Remote). 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-50, state senate district 45, state house district 90.
Piney Creek Elementary is one of 4 schools in Alleghany County Schools, based in Sparta, North Carolina. The district serves 1,352 students district-wide and employs 114 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 185 students, Piney Creek Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 338 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Remote
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