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The most racially diverse public elementary schools in Rutherford County, North Carolina

Across Rutherford County, North Carolina, 9 public elementary schools are ranked here, ranked by the diversity index, the chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups. Forest City-Dunbar Elementary School leads the list at 72.8%, against a median of 38.8% across the ranked schools.

The table below is sortable and filterable, and the full list downloads as a CSV. Figures come from federal NCES enrollment data and, where applicable, state assessment results for 2024-25.

Schools ranked

Rutherford County, North Carolina

Top Diversity index

72.8%

Median Diversity index

38.8%

MOST DIVERSE · RUTHERFORD COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA

#	School	City	Students	Diversity index	% White	% Black	% Hispanic	% Asian
1	Forest City-Dunbar Elementary School	Forest City, NC	459	72.8%	30.5%(140)	35.1%(161)	19.4%(89)	1.7%(8)
2	Spindale Elementary School	Spindale, NC	337	64.7%	49.9%(168)	28.5%(96)	11.6%(39)	0.0%(0)
3	Forrest W. Hunt Elementary School	Forest City, NC	460	60.2%	57.6%(265)	8.0%(37)	20.0%(92)	0.4%(2)
4	Rutherfordton Elementary School	Rutherfordton, NC	397	47.6%	70.3%(279)	8.6%(34)	9.6%(38)	0.0%(0)
5	Ellenboro Elementary School	Ellenboro, NC	567	38.8%	77.1%(437)	6.3%(36)	7.4%(42)	0.0%(0)
6	Mt. Vernon-Ruth Elementary School	Forest City, NC	231	36.2%	78.8%(182)	3.5%(8)	6.5%(15)	0.4%(1)
7	Pinnacle Elementary School	Rutherfordton, NC	254	31.1%	82.3%(209)	5.5%(14)	8.7%(22)	0.0%(0)
8	Harris Elementary School	Forest City, NC	434	27.5%	84.6%(367)	1.1%(5)	8.5%(37)	0.2%(1)
9	Sunshine Elementary School	Bostic, NC	217	17.2%	90.8%(197)	0.0%(0)	4.6%(10)	0.0%(0)

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