📍 286 Learning Parkway, Forest City, Rutherford County, 28043
Forest City-Dunbar Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Forest City, Rutherford County. The school has 479 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Rutherford County Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a small-town setting. The school employs 36.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.0:1. 38% of students are proficient in reading. 47% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Forest City-Dunbar Elementary School enrolls 479 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 36.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 36% White, 30% Black or African American and 22% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 172 | 36% |
| Black or African American | 143 | 30% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 107 | 22% |
| Two or more races | 52 | 11% |
| Asian | 4 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
476 of the school's 479 students (99%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 476 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.
Forest City-Dunbar 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 112.
Forest City-Dunbar Elementary School is one of 18 schools in Rutherford County Schools, based in Forest City, North Carolina. The district serves 7,394 students district-wide and employs 565 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 479 students, Forest City-Dunbar Elementary School is larger than the district average of about 411 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant
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