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GW Carver Elementary

525 East C St, Kannapolis, Cabarrus County, 28083

524
Pupils
13.4
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

GW Carver Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Kannapolis, Cabarrus County. The school has 524 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Kannapolis City Schools school district. It serves grades K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.4:1. 23% of students are proficient in reading. 20% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.

School details

School district
Kannapolis City Schools

Enrollment & staffing

GW Carver Elementary enrolls 524 students across grades K–5. The student body is 47% male and 53% female. A teaching staff of 39 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.4:1.

Male students
244 (47%)
Female students
280 (53%)
Teachers (FTE)
39
Student-teacher ratio
13.4:1
Grade span
K–5

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 34% Black or African American, 32% Hispanic or Latino and 20% White.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
Black or African American17934%
Hispanic or Latino16932%
White10720%
Two or more races6112%
Asian61.1%
American Indian or Alaska Native2<1%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

521 of the school's 524 students (99%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 521 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.

School setting & status

Suburb, LargeGrades K–5Title I

GW Carver Elementary is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). 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-60, state senate district 36, state house district 82.

School district: Kannapolis City Schools

GW Carver Elementary is one of 8 schools in Kannapolis City Schools, based in Kannapolis, North Carolina. The district serves 5,377 students district-wide and employs 367 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 524 students, GW Carver Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 672 students per school.

5,377
District students
8
Schools
367
Teachers (FTE)

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Academic Performance

23%
Reading proficient
20%
Math proficient
31%
Poverty rate

Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.

Technology & Programs

📶 Fiber internet 📡 Campus Wi-Fi

Setting: Suburb - Large

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