📍 1400 Bloomtown Rd, East Bend, Yadkin County, 27018
Forbush Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in East Bend, Yadkin County. The school has 202 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Yadkin County Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.4:1. 52% of students are proficient in reading. 57% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Forbush Elementary enrolls 202 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 14 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 87% White, 8.4% Hispanic or Latino and 3.5% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 175 | 87% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 17 | 8.4% |
| Two or more races | 7 | 3.5% |
| Black or African American | 3 | 1.5% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
55 of the school's 202 students (27%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 51 qualify for free lunch and 4 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.
Forbush Elementary is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district NC At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 34, state house district 73.
Forbush Elementary is one of 14 schools in Yadkin County Schools, based in Yadkinville, North Carolina. The district serves 5,174 students district-wide and employs 342 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 202 students, Forbush Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 370 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe