📍 1701 Old Well Rd, Kinston, Lenoir County, 28504
Northwest Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Kinston, Lenoir County. The school has 478 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Lenoir County Public Schools school district. It serves grades K–5 in a small-town setting. The school employs 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.1:1. 25% of students are proficient in reading. 23% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Northwest Elementary enrolls 478 students across grades K–5. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 28 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 77% Black or African American, 9% White and 6.3% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 366 | 77% |
| White | 43 | 9% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 30 | 6.3% |
| Two or more races | 21 | 4.4% |
| Asian | 18 | 3.8% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
475 of the school's 478 students (99%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 475 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.
Northwest Elementary is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, 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-10, state senate district 7, state house district 12.
Northwest Elementary is one of 17 schools in Lenoir County Public Schools, based in Kinston, North Carolina. The district serves 8,331 students district-wide and employs 547 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 478 students, Northwest Elementary is close to the district average of about 490 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant
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