📍 600 Cleveland Avenue, Kings Mountain, Cleveland County, 28086
East Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Kings Mountain, Cleveland County. The school has 214 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Cleveland County Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–4 in a small-town setting. The school employs 18.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.4:1. 52% of students are proficient in reading. 67% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
East Elementary enrolls 214 students across grades Pre-K–4. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 18.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 48% White, 36% Black or African American and 8.9% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 102 | 48% |
| Black or African American | 76 | 36% |
| Two or more races | 19 | 8.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 16 | 7.5% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
209 of the school's 214 students (98%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 209 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.
East Elementary is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, 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 44, state house district 111.
East 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 214 students, East Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 518 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Fringe