📍 1012 S Lombard St, Clayton, Johnston County, 27520
West Clayton Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Clayton, Johnston County. The school has 761 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Johnston County Public Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 49.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.3:1. 34% of students are proficient in reading. 28% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
West Clayton Elementary enrolls 761 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 55% male and 45% female. A teaching staff of 49.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 38% Hispanic or Latino, 33% White and 20% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 288 | 38% |
| White | 248 | 33% |
| Black or African American | 156 | 20% |
| Two or more races | 60 | 7.9% |
| Asian | 8 | 1.1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
494 of the school's 761 students (65%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 438 qualify for free lunch and 56 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 Clayton Elementary is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Small). 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 11, state house district 26.
West Clayton Elementary is one of 48 schools in Johnston County Public Schools, based in Smithfield, North Carolina. The district serves 37,320 students district-wide and employs 2,398 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 761 students, West Clayton Elementary is close to the district average of about 778 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Small
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