📍 5603 Red Oak Road, Red Oak, Nash County, 27868
Red Oak Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Red Oak, Nash County. The school has 222 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Nash County Public Schools school district. It serves grades K–2 in a rural setting. The school employs 12.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.2:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Red Oak Elementary enrolls 222 students across grades K–2. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 12.9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 47% White, 29% Black or African American and 14% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 104 | 47% |
| Black or African American | 65 | 29% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 30 | 14% |
| Two or more races | 16 | 7.2% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 6 | 2.7% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
132 of the school's 222 students (59%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 127 qualify for free lunch and 5 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.
Red Oak 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-10, state senate district 11, state house district 25.
Red Oak 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 222 students, Red Oak Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 439 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe