📍 140 Old Caroleen Road, Forest City, Rutherford County, 28043
Rutherford Opportunity Center is an Alternative/PRU serving high age pupils, located in Forest City, Rutherford County. The school has 119 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Rutherford County Schools school district. It serves grades 6–12 in a small-town setting. The school employs 17.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 6.9:1. 15% of students are proficient in reading. 15% are proficient in maths. The four-year graduation rate is 72%. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Rutherford Opportunity Center enrolls 119 students across grades 6–12. The student body is 67% male and 33% female. A teaching staff of 17.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 6.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 64% White, 17% Black or African American and 12% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 76 | 64% |
| Black or African American | 20 | 17% |
| Two or more races | 14 | 12% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 9 | 7.6% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
116 of the school's 119 students (97%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 116 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.
Rutherford Opportunity Center 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.
Rutherford Opportunity Center 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 119 students, Rutherford Opportunity Center is smaller 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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