📍 1425 Berkley Street SW, Lenoir, Caldwell County, 28645
Whitnel Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Lenoir, Caldwell County. The school has 300 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 24.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.2:1. 27% of students are proficient in reading. 17% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Whitnel Elementary enrolls 300 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 24.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 67% White, 20% Hispanic or Latino and 7% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 201 | 67% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 59 | 20% |
| Two or more races | 21 | 7% |
| Black or African American | 14 | 4.7% |
| Asian | 5 | 1.7% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
297 of the school's 300 students (99%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 297 qualify for free lunch and 0 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.
Whitnel 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.
Whitnel 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 300 students, Whitnel 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: City - Small