📍 400 North Green Street, Parkton, Robeson County, 28371
Parkton Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Parkton, Robeson County. The school has 581 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Public Schools of Robeson County school district. It serves grades Pre-K–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 30.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 18.9:1. 21% of students are proficient in reading. 13% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Parkton Elementary enrolls 581 students across grades Pre-K–8. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 30.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 18.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 30% Black or African American, 28% Hispanic or Latino and 23% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 172 | 30% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 164 | 28% |
| White | 136 | 23% |
| Two or more races | 55 | 9.5% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 51 | 8.8% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
578 of the school's 581 students (99%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 578 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.
Parkton 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 13, state house district 46.
Parkton Elementary is one of 37 schools in Public Schools of Robeson County, based in Lumberton, North Carolina. The district serves 21,301 students district-wide and employs 1,309 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 581 students, Parkton Elementary is close to the district average of about 576 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe