📍 2620 Balls Creek Road, Newton, Catawba County, 28658
Balls Creek Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Newton, Catawba County. The school has 679 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Catawba County Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–6 in a rural setting. The school employs 45.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.9:1. 51% of students are proficient in reading. 65% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Balls Creek Elementary enrolls 679 students across grades Pre-K–6. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 45.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 77% White, 10% Hispanic or Latino and 6.9% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 522 | 77% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 69 | 10% |
| Two or more races | 47 | 6.9% |
| Asian | 27 | 4% |
| Black or African American | 13 | 1.9% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
385 of the school's 679 students (57%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 348 qualify for free lunch and 37 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.
Balls Creek 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 At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 42, state house district 89.
Balls Creek Elementary is one of 28 schools in Catawba County Schools, based in Newton, North Carolina. The district serves 16,003 students district-wide and employs 1,019 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 679 students, Balls Creek Elementary is larger than the district average of about 572 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe
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