📍 4384 Hwy 41 West, Comfort, Jones County, 28585
Comfort Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Comfort, Jones County. The school has 110 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Jones County Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 8.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.9:1. 47% of students are proficient in reading. 52% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Comfort Elementary enrolls 110 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 8.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 71% White, 10% Hispanic or Latino and 10% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 78 | 71% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 11 | 10% |
| Two or more races | 11 | 10% |
| Black or African American | 10 | 9.1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
107 of the school's 110 students (97%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 107 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.
Comfort Elementary 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-30, state senate district 6, state house district 13.
Comfort Elementary is one of 5 schools in Jones County Schools, based in Trenton, North Carolina. The district serves 1,016 students district-wide and employs 82 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 110 students, Comfort Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 203 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant