📍 1333 Hurdle Mills Rd, Roxboro, Person County, 27573
South Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Roxboro, Person County. The school has 430 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Person County Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a small-town setting. The school employs 30.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.9:1. 32% of students are proficient in reading. 17% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet.
South Elementary enrolls 430 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 30.9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 46% Black or African American, 28% White and 19% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 198 | 46% |
| White | 122 | 28% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 80 | 19% |
| Two or more races | 28 | 6.5% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
427 of the school's 430 students (99%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 427 qualify for free lunch and 0 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.
South Elementary is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, 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 At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 22, state house district 2.
South Elementary is one of 12 schools in Person County Schools, based in Roxboro, North Carolina. The district serves 4,361 students district-wide and employs 300 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 430 students, South Elementary is larger than the district average of about 363 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant