📍 360 Center Church Road, Sanford, Lee County, 27330
Tramway Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Sanford, Lee County. The school has 545 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Lee County Schools school district. It serves grades K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 41.0 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.3:1. 47% of students are proficient in reading. 45% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Tramway Elementary enrolls 545 students across grades K–5. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 41.0 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 59% White, 25% Hispanic or Latino and 12% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 319 | 59% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 134 | 25% |
| Black or African American | 67 | 12% |
| Two or more races | 20 | 3.7% |
| Asian | 5 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
254 of the school's 545 students (47%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 227 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.
Tramway 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 12, state house district 51.
Tramway 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 545 students, Tramway Elementary is close to the district average of about 573 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe