James Love Elementary

Located at 309 James Love Road, in Shelby, North Carolina, James Love Elementary is a close-knit elementary school that instructs 376 students (grades pre-K through 5), overseen by Cleveland County Schools.

Cleveland County Schools comprises 28 schools with combined enrollment of 14,504 students; James Love Elementary is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, James Love Elementary records that the most-represented group is Black (53%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school reports 24% White, 15% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Cleveland County as a whole is about 18% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, James Love Elementary has 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.3:1. The state averages around 14.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 99% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, James Love Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 40.7%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Cleveland County put the typical household earns roughly $58,534 per year, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Cleveland County's 29 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,682 students), James Love Elementary is one campus in the mix.

North Shelby is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, James Love Elementary comes 5th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 44.2%.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Looking at the recent track record. James Love Elementary's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 378 (now 376). The Black share of enrollment declined from 71% to 53% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 today.

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