📍 255 Elementary School Road, Rocky Point, Pender County, 28457
Rocky Point Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Rocky Point, Pender County. The school has 399 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Pender County Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 37.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 10.7:1. 32% of students are proficient in reading. 42% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Rocky Point Elementary enrolls 399 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 37.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 10.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 44% Hispanic or Latino, 39% White and 12% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 177 | 44% |
| White | 157 | 39% |
| Black or African American | 46 | 12% |
| Two or more races | 19 | 4.8% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
361 of the school's 399 students (90%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 334 qualify for free lunch and 27 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.
Rocky Point 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-70, state senate district 8, state house district 16.
Rocky Point Elementary is one of 19 schools in Pender County Schools, based in Burgaw, North Carolina. The district serves 11,073 students district-wide and employs 664 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 399 students, Rocky Point Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 583 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe
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