📍 100 John Roach Drive, Marion, McDowell County, 28752
Pleasant Gardens Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Marion, McDowell County. The school has 304 pupils enrolled. It is part of the McDowell County Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 22.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.6:1. 42% of students are proficient in reading. 32% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Pleasant Gardens Elementary School enrolls 304 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 59% male and 41% female. A teaching staff of 22.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 79% White, 15% Hispanic or Latino and 3% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 239 | 79% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 46 | 15% |
| Two or more races | 9 | 3% |
| Black or African American | 6 | 2% |
| Asian | 3 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
190 of the school's 304 students (63%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 176 qualify for free lunch and 14 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.
Pleasant Gardens Elementary School 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 85.
Pleasant Gardens Elementary School is one of 15 schools in McDowell County Schools, based in Marion, North Carolina. The district serves 5,792 students district-wide and employs 404 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 304 students, Pleasant Gardens Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 386 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe
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