📍 311 W Richardson St, Selma, Johnston County, 27576
Selma Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Selma, Johnston County. The school has 754 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Johnston County Public Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a small-town setting. The school employs 70.0 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 10.8:1. 19% of students are proficient in reading. 26% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Selma Elementary enrolls 754 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 70.0 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 10.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 65% Hispanic or Latino, 21% Black or African American and 8.1% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 488 | 65% |
| Black or African American | 160 | 21% |
| White | 61 | 8.1% |
| Two or more races | 39 | 5.2% |
| Asian | 6 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
751 of the school's 754 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 751 qualify for free lunch and 0 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.
Selma 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 10, state house district 28.
Selma 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 754 students, Selma 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: Town - Fringe