📍 100 School Place, Tryon, Polk County, 28782
Tryon Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Tryon, Polk County. The school has 407 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Polk County Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a small-town setting. The school employs 30.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.4:1. 62% of students are proficient in reading. 67% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Tryon Elementary School enrolls 407 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 30.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 68% White, 16% Hispanic or Latino and 8.1% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 275 | 68% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 65 | 16% |
| Black or African American | 33 | 8.1% |
| Two or more races | 31 | 7.6% |
| Asian | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
404 of the school's 407 students (99%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 404 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.
Tryon Elementary School 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 47, state house district 113.
Tryon Elementary School is one of 7 schools in Polk County Schools, based in Columbus, North Carolina. The district serves 2,110 students district-wide and employs 170 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 407 students, Tryon Elementary School is larger than the district average of about 301 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant
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