Enrollment
231
Elementary
DISTRICT 354 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RUTHERFORD COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370408001646
Mt. Vernon-Ruth Elementary School
2785 Hudlow Road, Forest City, NC 28043 · (828) 287-4792 · Rutherford County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL231 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 67% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded North Carolina public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.1:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
228 students
DISTRICT 97% · STATE 82%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 18 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 39 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 33 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 29 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 35 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 40 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 37 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (39) is 5% larger than its 5th grade class (37).
Student demographics
36%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
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NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
47.0%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
62.6%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all North Carolina schools, those numbers are about 51 and 52.
Source: NC EOG / EOC. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
60.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.7%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% typical for North Carolina schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among North Carolina's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Mt. Vernon-Ruth Elementary School
Mt. Vernon-Ruth Elementary School's state test result (60.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mt. Vernon-Ruth Elementary School this school | 231 | 98.7% | 60.2% |
| Silver Valley Elementary Lexington | 221 | 98.6% | 48.6% |
| Mount Pleasant Elementary School Ferguson | 237 | 98.7% | 47.8% |
| Rodgers Elementary Williamston | 219 | 98.6% | 63.9% |
| Nathanael Greene Elementary Liberty | 263 | 98.1% | 53.6% |
| Pinnacle Elementary School Rutherfordton | 254 | 96.5% | 61.9% |
Matched among North Carolina elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Mt. Vernon-Ruth Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Rutherford County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.2% | #492 of 1,297 | #9 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.6% | #547 of 1,296 | #9 of 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #731 of 1,300 | #9 of 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 231 | #1,327 of 1,485 | #8 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.6:1 | #1,273 of 1,377 | #6 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.2% | #1,215 of 1,379 | #6 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.7% | #781 of 1,414 | #1 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.1% | #446 of 937 | #5 of 6 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
231
+13 (+6%) vs 2020
+1% since 1990-91, when it was 228
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
was 13.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 231 | 13.1 | 17.6:1 | 99% (228) |
| 2023-24 | 244 | 18.2 | 13.4:1 | 98% (238) |
| 2022-23 | 235 | 18.9 | 12.4:1 | 99% (232) |
| 2020-21 | 218 | 16 | 13.6:1 | 99% (215) |
| 2017-18 | 269 | 17 | 15.9:1 | 98% (264) |
| 2015-16 | 311 | 18 | 17.3:1 | 99% (308) |
| 2010-11 | 300 | 18 | 16.7:1 | 65% (196) |
| 2000-01 | 159 | 13 | 12.2:1 | 52% (83) |
| 1990-91 | 228 | 16 | 14.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mt. Vernon-Ruth Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (269 to 231); teachers down 23% (17 to 13.1).
About Mt. Vernon-Ruth Elementary School
Mt. Vernon-Ruth Elementary School is a small elementary school in Forest City, North Carolina. Federal data show 231 students enrolled in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. Elementary schools in North Carolina average about 467 students, which makes this school 51% below average.
Rutherford County Schools operates 18 schools. Combined enrollment is 7,394 students.
The share of White students at Mt. Vernon-Ruth Elementary School is 79%, a majority. Other students are 11% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, and 3% Black. Census estimates put Rutherford County at about 82% White, close to the school's figure. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 36%.
There are about 17.6 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Mt. Vernon-Ruth Elementary School, which has 13.1. The school's 17.6:1 compares with an average of 14.9:1 for elementary schools in North Carolina. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 99%. That is in line with the 98% average for public schools in Rutherford County.
Mt. Vernon-Ruth Elementary School earns a B+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 67% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 48.7% at Mt. Vernon-Ruth Elementary School; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 60.2%.
Census data for Rutherford County show median household income comes to about $51,410, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 22%, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. The county has 20 public schools and about 9,205 students.
Among nearby public schools, R-S Central High School is closest at about 3.2 miles. Mt. Vernon-Ruth Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with 4 others within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 57.2% proficiency; Mt. Vernon-Ruth Elementary School posts 60.2%.
NCES lists the school's locale as Rural: Fringe. That means it sits in rural territory close to an urban area.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 6%, from 218 to 231. By 2024-25, the school had 17.6 students per teacher, compared with 13.6 in 2020-21.
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Rutherford County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
64,930
Census ACS
Median income
$51,410
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
20
9,205 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Rutherford County Schools
- R-S Central High SchoolHigh · 763 students
- East Rutherford High SchoolHigh · 623 students
- Chase High SchoolHigh · 596 students
- Ellenboro Elementary SchoolElementary · 567 students
- R-S Middle SchoolMiddle · 561 students
- East Rutherford Middle SchoolMiddle · 533 students
Other schools in Forest City
- Chase High SchoolHigh · 596 students
- Chase Middle SchoolMiddle · 484 students
- Forrest W. Hunt Elementary SchoolElementary · 460 students
- Forest City-Dunbar Elementary SchoolElementary · 459 students
- Harris Elementary SchoolElementary · 434 students
- Rutherford Opportunity CenterHigh · 82 students
Nearby schools
- R-S Central High School3.2 mi · 763
- R-S Middle School3.6 mi · 561
- Spindale Elementary School3.8 mi · 337
- Forest City-Dunbar Elementary School4.9 mi · 459
- Rutherford Early College High School5.3 mi · 208
- East Rutherford Middle School5.8 mi · 533
Frequently asked questions
About Mt. Vernon-Ruth Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Mt. Vernon-Ruth Elementary School?
Mt. Vernon-Ruth Elementary School enrolls approximately 231 students in grades PK-05.
Is Mt. Vernon-Ruth Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Mt. Vernon-Ruth Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Mt. Vernon-Ruth Elementary School have?
Mt. Vernon-Ruth Elementary School employs 13 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.6:1.
How diverse is Mt. Vernon-Ruth Elementary School?
Mt. Vernon-Ruth Elementary School reports a student body of 79% White, 6% Hispanic, 3% Black, 0% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Who oversees Mt. Vernon-Ruth Elementary School?
Mt. Vernon-Ruth Elementary School is overseen by Rutherford County Schools in Rutherford County.
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