📍 1011 Sinai Elementary Drive, Halifax, Halifax County, 24558
Sinai Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Halifax, Halifax County. The school has 220 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Halifax County Public Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 19.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.3:1. 47% of students are proficient in reading. 22% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Sinai Elementary enrolls 220 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 19.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 74% Black or African American, 14% White and 6.8% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 162 | 74% |
| White | 30 | 14% |
| Two or more races | 15 | 6.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 13 | 5.9% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
204 of the school's 220 students (93%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 204 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Sinai Elementary is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. 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 VA-50, state senate district 20, state house district 60.
Sinai Elementary is one of 11 schools in Halifax County Public Schools, based in Halifax, Virginia. The district serves 4,496 students district-wide and employs 379 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 220 students, Sinai Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 409 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe