Sunshine Elementary School
Public elementary school, pre-kindergarten to grade 5 · Bostic, North Carolina
Sunshine Elementary School in Bostic, North Carolina enrolled 217 students in 2024-25 with 13.2 full-time teachers, 16.4 students per teacher against the North Carolina elementary-school median of 14.7. It ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22; it takes part in the National School Lunch Program (2024-25).
NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22 · Title I status CCD 2021-22 · method
Enrollment rose 14% from 2022-23 to 2024-25; full-time teachers fell 22%
190 students in 2022-23, 197 students in 2023-24, 217 students in 2024-25. Full-time teachers went from 16.9 to 13.2.
The numbers as a table
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Per teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 190 | 16.9 | 11.3 |
| 2023-24 | 197 | 12.5 | 15.7 |
| 2024-25 | 217 | 13.2 | 16.4 |
16.4 students per teacher, a higher ratio than 80 of every 100 North Carolina elementary schools
Among the 1,442 North Carolina elementary schools that reported teachers for 2024-25 the median is 14.7; the national median for elementary schools is 14.6. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; the comparison counts schools with a 2024-25 teacher count and a ratio from 3 to 99 (lower values are reporting errors).
One counselor per 350 students in 2021-22
In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Sunshine Elementary School enrolled 175 students and had 0.5 counselors (full-time equivalent); it reported 1 out-of-school suspensions that year.
- Advanced Placement coursesNone
- Gifted and talented programYes
- Counselors (FTE)0.5, one per 350 of the 175 students enrolled in 2021-22
- Out-of-school suspensions1
- Chronically absent32.6% (2022-23)
Who attends
90.8% of students were White, 4.6% Hispanic, 4.6% of two or more races in 2024-25.
- White90.8%
- Hispanic4.6%
- Two or more races4.6%
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22; chronic absenteeism from EDFacts 2022-23; every count and the counselor ratio are for that school year. Who attends: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25, membership by race and ethnicity.
What to look at next about Sunshine Elementary School
- Mt. Vernon-Ruth Elementary SchoolThe nearest public elementary school, 6.3 miles away: 231 students, 17.6 per teacher (2024-25).6.3 mi
- Ellenboro Elementary SchoolThe next nearest public elementary school, 7.3 miles away: 567 students, 18.7 per teacher (2024-25).7.3 mi
- Compare Sunshine Elementary School with Mt. Vernon-Ruth Elementary SchoolStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
- How much Rutherford County Schools spends per student$14,515 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$14,515
- The largest public schools in North CarolinaSunshine Elementary School is the number 1,328 by size of 1,451 North Carolina elementary schools open in 2024-25.#1,328 of 1,451
- North Carolina schools by students per teacher16.4 students per teacher here against the North Carolina median of 14.7 for elementary schools.16.4:1
- Find the school district for an addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (locations, enrollment, teachers); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23. Distances are straight lines between the schools' NCES coordinates, not travel routes.
Questions about Sunshine Elementary School
How many students attend Sunshine Elementary School?
217 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 190 in 2022-23. It is an elementary school in Bostic, NC.What is the student-teacher ratio at Sunshine Elementary School?
16.4 students per full-time teacher (2024-25); the North Carolina median for elementary schools is 14.7. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.Is Sunshine Elementary School a Title I school?
Sunshine Elementary School ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, the last year NCES published school Title I status.What district is Sunshine Elementary School in?
Rutherford County Schools, NCES district ID 3704080. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 370408001654 are the district's.
Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.
Sources
Every federal file behind this record
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
- Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
- EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
- NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
- U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov
Source: NCES Common Core of Data Directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25
Source: Civil Rights Data Collection School-level files (AP, gifted, counselors, discipline) · 2021-22
District spending on the district page is from the NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23.