📍 1769 Pikeville/Princeton Hwy, Pikeville, Wayne County, 27863
Northwest Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Pikeville, Wayne County. The school has 709 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Wayne County Public Schools school district. It serves grades K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 46.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.3:1. 43% of students are proficient in reading. 42% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Northwest Elementary enrolls 709 students across grades K–5. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 46.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 57% White, 21% Black or African American and 14% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 404 | 57% |
| Black or African American | 151 | 21% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 97 | 14% |
| Two or more races | 43 | 6.1% |
| Asian | 14 | 2% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
706 of the school's 709 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 706 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.
Northwest Elementary 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-10, state senate district 7, state house district 10.
Northwest Elementary is one of 33 schools in Wayne County Public Schools, based in Goldsboro, North Carolina. The district serves 17,150 students district-wide and employs 1,098 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 709 students, Northwest Elementary is larger than the district average of about 520 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe
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