Summary:
The city of Lake Toxaway, North Carolina has only one public elementary school, T.C. Henderson Elementary School, which serves grades PK-5 with a total enrollment of 129 students. The school is part of the Transylvania County Schools district, which is ranked 103 out of 242 school districts in North Carolina and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.
T.C. Henderson Elementary School generally outperforms the district and state averages in academic proficiency, particularly in 3rd and 4th grade Mathematics and 5th grade Science. In the 2024-2025 school year, the school's 3rd grade Mathematics proficiency rate was 71.4%, compared to 69.6% for the district and 64.1% for the state. Additionally, the school's 5th grade Science proficiency rate was 68.2%, exceeding the district's 54.7% and the state's 62%. However, the school's academic performance has fluctuated over the past few years, with some grades and subjects showing improvements while others have declined.
Despite the school's relatively strong academic performance, it faces significant socioeconomic challenges, with an extremely high percentage of 97.67% of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch in the 2023-2024 school year. This suggests that the school serves a predominantly low-income student population, which can present unique challenges in terms of educational resources, support, and student outcomes. While T.C. Henderson Elementary School is the only school in the Lake Toxaway area, the school and district should continue to monitor student progress and implement targeted interventions to ensure consistent and sustained improvement, particularly in areas where proficiency rates have declined or are lagging behind district and state averages.
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