📍 7507 NC Hwy 50 S, Benson, Johnston County, 27504
Meadow School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Benson, Johnston County. The school has 609 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Johnston County Public Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.5:1. 45% of students are proficient in reading. 43% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Meadow School enrolls 609 students across grades Pre-K–8. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 45 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 62% White, 30% Hispanic or Latino and 3.9% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 379 | 62% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 185 | 30% |
| Black or African American | 24 | 3.9% |
| Two or more races | 19 | 3.1% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
360 of the school's 609 students (59%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 333 qualify for free lunch and 27 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.
Meadow School 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 10, state house district 28.
Meadow School 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 609 students, Meadow School is smaller than the district average of about 778 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant