📍 231 Toney Road, Bostic, Rutherford County, 28018
Sunshine Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Bostic, Rutherford County. The school has 190 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Rutherford County Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 16.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.3:1. 57% of students are proficient in reading. 62% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Sunshine Elementary School enrolls 190 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 57% male and 43% female. A teaching staff of 16.9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 98% White, 1.6% Two or more races and <1% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 186 | 98% |
| Two or more races | 3 | 1.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
186 of the school's 190 students (98%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 186 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.
Sunshine Elementary School 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 At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 47, state house district 112.
Sunshine 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 190 students, Sunshine Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 411 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant
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