📍 5545 Jones Sausage Road, Garner, Wake County, 27529
East Garner Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Garner, Wake County. The school has 478 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Wake County Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 35.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.3:1. 25% of students are proficient in reading. 22% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, devices for students.
East Garner Elementary enrolls 478 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 35.9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 54% Black or African American, 33% Hispanic or Latino and 9% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 258 | 54% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 157 | 33% |
| White | 43 | 9% |
| Two or more races | 12 | 2.5% |
| Asian | 7 | 1.5% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
423 of the school's 478 students (88%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 388 qualify for free lunch and 35 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.
East Garner Elementary is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). 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-20, state senate district 15, state house district 33.
East Garner Elementary is one of 197 schools in Wake County Schools, based in Cary, North Carolina. The district serves 163,325 students district-wide and employs 10,663 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 478 students, East Garner Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 829 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large
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