📍 60 N Highland Avenue, Granite Falls, Caldwell County, 28630
Granite Falls Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Granite Falls, Caldwell County. The school has 582 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Caldwell County Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 38.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.3:1. 59% of students are proficient in reading. 59% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Granite Falls Elementary enrolls 582 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 38.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 80% White, 11% Hispanic or Latino and 5.3% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 467 | 80% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 65 | 11% |
| Two or more races | 31 | 5.3% |
| Black or African American | 16 | 2.7% |
| Asian | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
329 of the school's 582 students (57%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 306 qualify for free lunch and 23 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.
Granite Falls Elementary is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Midsize). 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.
Granite Falls 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 582 students, Granite Falls Elementary is larger than the district average of about 444 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Midsize
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