📍 1161 Lynch Rd, Selma, Johnston County, 27576
Thanksgiving Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Selma, Johnston County. The school has 769 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Johnston County Public Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 49.0 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.7:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Thanksgiving Elementary enrolls 769 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 49.0 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 54% White, 21% Hispanic or Latino and 18% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 417 | 54% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 159 | 21% |
| Black or African American | 136 | 18% |
| Two or more races | 45 | 5.9% |
| Asian | 9 | 1.2% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
344 of the school's 769 students (45%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 317 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.
Thanksgiving 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 11, state house district 26.
Thanksgiving 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 769 students, Thanksgiving 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: Rural - Fringe
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