📍 442 Hawthorne Ave, Rockingham, Richmond County, 28379
L J Bell Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Rockingham, Richmond County. The school has 476 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Richmond County Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a small-town setting. The school employs 33.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.4:1. 39% of students are proficient in reading. 31% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
L J Bell Elementary enrolls 476 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 33.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 48% White, 36% Black or African American and 6.9% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 227 | 48% |
| Black or African American | 170 | 36% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 33 | 6.9% |
| Two or more races | 33 | 6.9% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 8 | 1.7% |
| Asian | 5 | 1.1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
473 of the school's 476 students (99%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 473 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.
L J Bell 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-80, state senate district 25, state house district 66.
L J Bell Elementary is one of 15 schools in Richmond County Schools, based in Hamlet, North Carolina. The district serves 6,504 students district-wide and employs 423 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 476 students, L J Bell Elementary is close to the district average of about 434 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant
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