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Elizabeth Elementary

๐Ÿ“ 220 S Post Road, Shelby, Cleveland County, 28152

569
Pupils
12.9
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Elizabeth Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Shelby, Cleveland County. The school has 569 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Cleveland County Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-Kโ€“5 in a small-town setting. The school employs 44.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.9:1. 31% of students are proficient in reading. 30% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.

School details

School district
Cleveland County Schools

Enrollment & staffing

Elizabeth Elementary enrolls 569 students across grades Pre-Kโ€“5. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 44.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.9:1.

Male students
301 (53%)
Female students
268 (47%)
Teachers (FTE)
44.2
Student-teacher ratio
12.9:1
Grade span
Pre-Kโ€“5

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 55% Black or African American, 23% White and 12% Hispanic or Latino.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
Black or African American31155%
White13023%
Hispanic or Latino6912%
Two or more races549.5%
Asian5<1%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

566 of the school's 569 students (99%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 566 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.

School setting & status

Town, DistantGrades Pre-Kโ€“5Title I

Elizabeth Elementary is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Distant). 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 44, state house district 110.

School district: Cleveland County Schools

Elizabeth Elementary is one of 28 schools in Cleveland County Schools, based in Shelby, North Carolina. The district serves 14,504 students district-wide and employs 981 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 569 students, Elizabeth Elementary is close to the district average of about 518 students per school.

14,504
District students
28
Schools
981
Teachers (FTE)

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Academic Performance

31%
Reading proficient
30%
Math proficient
31%
Poverty rate

Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.

Technology & Programs

๐Ÿ“ถ Fiber internet ๐Ÿ“ก Campus Wi-Fi ๐Ÿ’ป Provides devices

Setting: Town - Distant

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