Etowah Elementary

Etowah Elementary, a cozy primary school in Etowah, North Carolina, operated by Henderson County Schools, works with 302 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, North Carolina's public schools average about 467 students each, so Etowah Elementary sits 35% below that benchmark.

Across the 23 schools in Henderson County Schools (12,619 students total), Etowah Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Etowah Elementary shows that 76% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 18% Hispanic, 5% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.9:1. The state averages around 14.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 53% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Henderson County runs at roughly 63%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Etowah Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 62.8%, the actual is 72.2%, a residual of +9.4 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Henderson County) records that median household income runs about $68,187, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Etowah Elementary is one of 25 public schools in Henderson County (combined enrollment of about 13,572 students).

Mills River Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 4.4 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 Etowah Elementary at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 69.5%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Over the past 7-year window. Etowah Elementary's enrollment has decreased 21% since 2018, when it stood at 384 (now 302).

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