📍 1350 Yadkin River Road, Lenoir, Caldwell County, 28645
Happy Valley Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Lenoir, Caldwell County. The school has 222 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Caldwell County Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 16.0 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.9:1. 52% of students are proficient in reading. 27% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Happy Valley Elementary enrolls 222 students across grades Pre-K–8. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 16.0 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 92% White, 3.6% Two or more races and 2.3% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 204 | 92% |
| Two or more races | 8 | 3.6% |
| Black or African American | 5 | 2.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 3 | 1.4% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
159 of the school's 222 students (72%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 153 qualify for free lunch and 6 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.
Happy Valley 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.
Happy Valley 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 222 students, Happy Valley Elementary is smaller than 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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