📍 105 Carolina Street, Maxton, Robeson County, 28364
Townsend Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Maxton, Robeson County. The school has 274 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Public Schools of Robeson County school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 16.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.7:1. 17% of students are proficient in reading. 14% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Townsend Elementary enrolls 274 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 16.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 61% Black or African American, 25% American Indian or Alaska Native and 5.1% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 168 | 61% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 69 | 25% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 14 | 5.1% |
| Two or more races | 10 | 3.6% |
| White | 8 | 2.9% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 4 | 1.5% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
271 of the school's 274 students (99%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 271 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.
Townsend Elementary is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, 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 13, state house district 47.
Townsend 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 274 students, Townsend Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 576 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant
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