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Etowah Elementary School

Serves grades PK - 5

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
320 Etowah School Road
Etowah, NC 28729
Phone
(828) 891-6560
District
Henderson County Schools
County
HENDERSON COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
318
Classroom Teachers
22

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to North Carolina

8

(10 is best)

Better than 73.9% of all NC schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

8

(10 is best)

Etowah Elementary School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 3

80 60 40 20 0
69%
54%
62%
48%
76%
61%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 4

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
54%
55%
55%
55%
53%
55%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 5

80 60 40 20 0
64%
52%
60%
48%
67%
56%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
15
15
15
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade pk 2 0.6%
Kindergarten 53 16.7%
Grade 1 50 15.7%
Grade 2 50 15.7%
Grade 3 49 15.4%
Grade 4 53 16.7%
Grade 5 61 19.2%
Total 318 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 79.9% 64.4% 46.6%
Black 1.3% 3.9% 26.2%
Hispanic 18.5% 29.4% 21.6%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.3% 1.3% 4.2%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 1.0% 1.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 50.3% 55.6% 59.0%
Free lunch eligible 46.9% 50.6% 56.8%
Reduced lunch eligible 3.5% 5.0% 2.3%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 116,469 10,698,973
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 312.3 217
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 4.6% 5.6%
5-19 YEARS OLD 15.8% 19.0%
20-44 YEARS OLD 26.4% 32.8%
45-64 YEARS OLD 27.1% 25.9%
65 OR OLDER 26.1% 16.7%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 49,494 4,105,232
Single Parent Households With Children 6.3% 8.6%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 91.6% 89.4%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 34.0% 33.9%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 12.7% 15.6%
$100,000 - $149,999 16.4% 15.9%
$75,000 - $99,999 14.4% 12.9%
$50,000 - $74,999 18.3% 17.3%
$30,000 - $49,999 16.6% 16.6%
$15,000 - $29,999 13.2% 12.3%
$15,000 or less 8.5% 9.4%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,672 $86,042,000 62.4%
Support Expenditures
Student $531 $6,847,000 5.0%
Staff $336 $4,338,000 3.1%
General Administration $109 $1,405,000 1.0%
School Administration $614 $7,920,000 5.7%
Operation $754 $9,726,000 7.1%
Transportation $270 $3,481,000 2.5%
Other $357 $4,598,000 3.3%
Total Support $2,971 $38,315,000 27.8%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,055 $13,601,000 9.9%
Total Expenditures $10,698 $137,958,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,564 $10,129,255,000 56.4%
Support Expenditures
Student $623 $960,884,000 5.4%
Staff $394 $608,502,000 3.4%
General Administration $179 $276,069,000 1.5%
School Administration $651 $1,005,083,000 5.6%
Operation $803 $1,239,070,000 6.9%
Transportation $337 $520,307,000 2.9%
Other $350 $540,157,000 3.0%
Total Support $3,338 $5,150,072,000 28.7%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,737 $2,680,931,000 14.9%
Total Expenditures $11,639 $17,960,258,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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