📍 223 Hobe Kiser Road, King, Stokes County, 27021
Poplar Springs Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in King, Stokes County. The school has 487 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Stokes County Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 28.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.0:1. 46% of students are proficient in reading. 54% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Poplar Springs Elementary School enrolls 487 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 28.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 86% White, 8.8% Hispanic or Latino and 2.3% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 418 | 86% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 43 | 8.8% |
| Two or more races | 11 | 2.3% |
| Black or African American | 8 | 1.6% |
| Asian | 7 | 1.4% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
279 of the school's 487 students (57%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 252 qualify for free lunch and 27 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.
Poplar Springs Elementary School 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-50, state senate district 30, state house district 91.
Poplar Springs Elementary School is one of 19 schools in Stokes County Schools, based in Danbury, North Carolina. The district serves 5,553 students district-wide and employs 378 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 487 students, Poplar Springs Elementary School is larger than the district average of about 292 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe
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