📍 630 Lower Creek Drive NE, Lenoir, Caldwell County, 28645
Lower Creek Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Lenoir, Caldwell County. The school has 392 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Caldwell County Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 25.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.3:1. 52% of students are proficient in reading. 47% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Lower Creek Elementary enrolls 392 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 25.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 76% White, 8.7% Hispanic or Latino and 6.9% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 296 | 76% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 34 | 8.7% |
| Black or African American | 27 | 6.9% |
| Two or more races | 27 | 6.9% |
| Asian | 6 | 1.5% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
222 of the school's 392 students (57%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 207 qualify for free lunch and 15 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.
Lower Creek Elementary is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). 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.
Lower Creek 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 392 students, Lower Creek 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: City - Small
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