📍 1800 Shoals Road, Pinnacle, Surry County, 27043
Shoals Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Pinnacle, Surry County. The school has 245 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Surry County Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 20.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.1:1. 67% of students are proficient in reading. 77% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet.
Shoals Elementary enrolls 245 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 20.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 93% White, 3.3% Two or more races and 2.9% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 229 | 93% |
| Two or more races | 8 | 3.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 7 | 2.9% |
| Black or African American | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
125 of the school's 245 students (51%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 116 qualify for free lunch and 9 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.
Shoals 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-50, state senate district 30, state house district 91.
Shoals Elementary is one of 20 schools in Surry County Schools, based in Dobson, North Carolina. The district serves 7,318 students district-wide and employs 506 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 245 students, Shoals Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 366 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant