📍 100 School Street, Mount Gilead, Montgomery County, 27306
Mount Gilead Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Mount Gilead, Montgomery County. The school has 213 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Montgomery County Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.4:1. 32% of students are proficient in reading. 27% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Mount Gilead Elementary enrolls 213 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 55% male and 45% female. A teaching staff of 13 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 46% Black or African American, 36% White and 7% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 98 | 46% |
| White | 77 | 36% |
| Two or more races | 15 | 7% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 13 | 6.1% |
| Asian | 8 | 3.8% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
186 of the school's 213 students (87%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 176 qualify for free lunch and 10 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.
Mount Gilead Elementary is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Remote). 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-80, state senate district 29, state house district 66.
Mount Gilead Elementary is one of 11 schools in Montgomery County Schools, based in Troy, North Carolina. The district serves 3,587 students district-wide and employs 220 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 213 students, Mount Gilead Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 326 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Remote
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