Rex-Rennert Elementary

Rex-Rennert Elementary operates as a low-enrollment primary school in Shannon, North Carolina, one of the schools within Public Schools of Robeson County. Current enrollment sits at 395 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 36 schools in Public Schools of Robeson County (20,856 students total), Rex-Rennert Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Rex-Rennert Elementary logs that 59% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest consists of 22% Native American, 8% multiracial, 8% Black, 2% White. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 11%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Rex-Rennert Elementary lists 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.0:1. The state averages around 14.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 99% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Rex-Rennert Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.5%, the actual is 35.8%, a residual of -12.7 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Robeson County put the typical household earns roughly $41,978 per year, 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 21% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Robeson County runs 40 public schools (combined enrollment of about 21,625 students), of which Rex-Rennert Elementary is one.

Red Springs High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 5.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Rex-Rennert Elementary at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 35.7%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Rex-Rennert Elementary has shrank 6%, going from 420 students in 2018 to 395 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 48% to 59% across the same window.

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