📍 500 W Mountain Street, Kings Mountain, Cleveland County, 28086
West Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Kings Mountain, Cleveland County. The school has 290 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 22.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.8:1. 47% of students are proficient in reading. 42% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
West Elementary enrolls 290 students across grades Pre-K–4. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 22.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 67% White, 24% Black or African American and 4.1% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 193 | 67% |
| Black or African American | 69 | 24% |
| Two or more races | 12 | 4.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 9 | 3.1% |
| Asian | 4 | 1.4% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
174 of the school's 290 students (60%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 170 qualify for free lunch and 4 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.
West 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.
West 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 290 students, West 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