South Johnson Elementary

South Johnson Elementary is one of the average-sized elementary-level communitys in Laurinburg, North Carolina, overseen by Scotland County Schools, with 654 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 40% above the state mean of about 467.

Within Scotland County Schools, which oversees 10 schools and 5,416 students, South Johnson Elementary is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, South Johnson Elementary records that the most-represented group is Black (52%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 19% Native American, 17% White, 6% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. By comparison, Scotland County as a whole is about 37% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.9:1, putting South Johnson Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 100% of students at South Johnson Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, South Johnson Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 48.4%; this one delivers 48.0%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Scotland County indicate median household earnings sit near $45,730, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 22%. In all, Scotland County runs 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,416 students), of which South Johnson Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Scotland Early College High, roughly 2.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around South Johnson Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts South Johnson Elementary at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 42.1%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

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