📍 206 Carolina Avenue, Grover, Cleveland County, 28073
Grover Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Grover, Cleveland County. The school has 320 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Cleveland County Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–4 in a rural setting. The school employs 24.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.8:1. 52% of students are proficient in reading. 47% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Grover Elementary enrolls 320 students across grades Pre-K–4. The student body is 47% male and 53% female. A teaching staff of 24.9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 72% White, 14% Black or African American and 7.8% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 230 | 72% |
| Black or African American | 45 | 14% |
| Two or more races | 25 | 7.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 17 | 5.3% |
| Asian | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
317 of the school's 320 students (99%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 315 qualify for free lunch and 2 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.
Grover Elementary is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, 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 111.
Grover 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 320 students, Grover 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: Rural - Distant