📍 200 School House Lane, Mars Hill, Madison County, 28754
Mars Hill Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Mars Hill, Madison County. The school has 500 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Madison County Schools school district. It serves grades K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 36.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.8:1. 51% of students are proficient in reading. 45% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Mars Hill Elementary enrolls 500 students across grades K–5. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 36.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 92% White, 5.8% Two or more races and 2.2% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 459 | 92% |
| Two or more races | 29 | 5.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 11 | 2.2% |
| Black or African American | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
264 of the school's 500 students (53%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 249 qualify for free lunch and 15 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.
Mars Hill 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 47, state house district 118.
Mars Hill Elementary is one of 7 schools in Madison County Schools, based in Marshall, North Carolina. The district serves 2,063 students district-wide and employs 170 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 500 students, Mars Hill Elementary is larger than the district average of about 295 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe
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