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Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 5

Glenwood Elementary School, Marion, NC

Glenwood Elementary School is a public elementary school in Marion, part of McDowell County Schools. It enrolled 435 students in 2024-25, with 16.1 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
435
Teachers (FTE)
27.0
Students per teacher
16.1
Grades
PK to 5

This school's ratio is 0.9 higher than the district figure of 15.2. The North Carolina average across schools is 16.3. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school16.1
District15.2
North Carolina16.3
United States15.3

School details

Address
1545 Old Hwy 221 South, Marion, NC 28752
Phone
(828)738-4220
District
McDowell County Schools
County
McDowell County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Rural: Fringe
NCES school ID
370294001177
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
432
Reduced-price lunch
0
Free or reduced-price lunch
43299.3% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision
No

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in McDowell County Schools

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.