📍 1248 School St, Wilkesboro, Wilkes County, 28697
Wilkesboro Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Wilkesboro, Wilkes County. The school has 370 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Wilkes County Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a small-town setting. The school employs 22.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.3:1. 42% of students are proficient in reading. 57% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Wilkesboro Elementary School enrolls 370 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 22.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 65% White, 19% Hispanic or Latino and 9.2% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 239 | 65% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 71 | 19% |
| Two or more races | 34 | 9.2% |
| Black or African American | 17 | 4.6% |
| Asian | 9 | 2.4% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
367 of the school's 370 students (99%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 367 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.
Wilkesboro Elementary School 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-50, state senate district 45, state house district 94.
Wilkesboro Elementary School is one of 22 schools in Wilkes County Schools, based in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina. The district serves 8,547 students district-wide and employs 567 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 370 students, Wilkesboro Elementary School is close to the district average of about 389 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant
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