📍 4000 Deep River Rd, Sanford, Lee County, 27330
Deep River Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Sanford, Lee County. The school has 473 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Lee County Schools school district. It serves grades K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 37.0 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.8:1. 30% of students are proficient in reading. 33% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Deep River Elementary enrolls 473 students across grades K–5. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 37.0 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 47% Hispanic or Latino, 30% White and 19% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 221 | 47% |
| White | 141 | 30% |
| Black or African American | 91 | 19% |
| Two or more races | 19 | 4% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
354 of the school's 473 students (75%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 330 qualify for free lunch and 24 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.
Deep River 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 At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 12, state house district 51.
Deep River Elementary is one of 16 schools in Lee County Schools, based in Sanford, North Carolina. The district serves 9,168 students district-wide and employs 653 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 473 students, Deep River Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 573 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant
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