📍 1500 Dudley Shoals Road, Granite Falls, Caldwell County, 28630
Dudley Shoals Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Granite Falls, Caldwell County. The school has 437 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Caldwell County Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 30.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.5:1. 41% of students are proficient in reading. 35% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Dudley Shoals Elementary enrolls 437 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 30.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 85% White, 7.3% Hispanic or Latino and 4.6% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 372 | 85% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 32 | 7.3% |
| Two or more races | 20 | 4.6% |
| Asian | 7 | 1.6% |
| Black or African American | 4 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
313 of the school's 437 students (72%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 279 qualify for free lunch and 34 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.
Dudley Shoals Elementary is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). 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 46, state house district 87.
Dudley Shoals Elementary is one of 24 schools in Caldwell County Schools, based in Lenoir, North Carolina. The district serves 10,667 students district-wide and employs 738 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 437 students, Dudley Shoals Elementary is close to the district average of about 444 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe
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