📍 1748 Charlotte Hwy, Mooresville, Iredell County, 28115
Shepherd Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Mooresville, Iredell County. The school has 711 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Iredell-Statesville Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 44.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.9:1. 55% of students are proficient in reading. 59% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Shepherd Elementary enrolls 711 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 44.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 67% White, 12% Hispanic or Latino and 8.9% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 479 | 67% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 85 | 12% |
| Two or more races | 63 | 8.9% |
| Black or African American | 59 | 8.3% |
| Asian | 22 | 3.1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
318 of the school's 711 students (45%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 290 qualify for free lunch and 28 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.
Shepherd 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 34, state house district 95.
Shepherd Elementary is one of 38 schools in Iredell-Statesville Schools, based in Statesville, North Carolina. The district serves 21,017 students district-wide and employs 1,255 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 711 students, Shepherd Elementary is larger than the district average of about 553 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe
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