📍 6288 Pine Street, Bailey, Nash County, 27807
Bailey Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Bailey, Nash County. The school has 538 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Nash County Public Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 37.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.4:1. 28% of students are proficient in reading. 24% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Bailey Elementary enrolls 538 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 37.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 40% Hispanic or Latino, 36% White and 17% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 216 | 40% |
| White | 195 | 36% |
| Black or African American | 94 | 17% |
| Two or more races | 30 | 5.6% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
405 of the school's 538 students (75%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 367 qualify for free lunch and 38 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.
Bailey Elementary is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, 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 11, state house district 7.
Bailey Elementary is one of 30 schools in Nash County Public Schools, based in Nashville, North Carolina. The district serves 13,178 students district-wide and employs 852 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 538 students, Bailey Elementary is larger than the district average of about 439 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant