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Best Elementary Schools in Wade, NC

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School

211

Students

Top rankedDistrict No 7 Elementary753^rd of 1,490 North Carolina elementary schools

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Summary:

The city of Wade, North Carolina has only one elementary school, District No 7 Elementary, which serves grades PK-5 with a total enrollment of 230 students. The school faces significant challenges, with a declining statewide ranking from 254th in 2022-2023 to 753rd in 2024-2025, and its performance on state standardized tests in math and reading for grades 3-5 falling below the Cumberland County and North Carolina averages.

Despite the school's higher per-student spending of $11,671, which is above the state average, and a lower student-teacher ratio of 14.3, the academic performance remains a concern. The school serves a predominantly low-income population, with 96.96% of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch in the 2023-2024 school year. This socioeconomic challenge may be contributing to the school's struggles, and the effective allocation of resources to support student learning is an area that requires further investigation.

While the school's 5th-grade science proficiency rate of 66.7% was higher than the county and state averages, the overall trend of declining performance and mixed test scores suggests the need for a closer examination of the school's strategies and implementation to identify opportunities for improvement and better support for its students.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				EOG Mathematics (2025)			EOG Reading (2025)			EOG Science (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	EOG Mathematics 3rd Grade	EOG Mathematics 4th Grade	EOG Mathematics 5th Grade	EOG Reading 3rd Grade	EOG Reading 4th Grade	EOG Reading 5th Grade	EOG Science 5th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
District No 7 Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	5721 Smithfield Road	Wade	28395	Cumberland County	Cumberland County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(910) 483-0001	211	18	11.9	96.7%	136 (64.5%)	22 (10.4%)	32 (15.2%)	1 (0.5%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (8.5%)	49.4	753^rd of 1490 public elementary schools	49.5%		72.9	359^th of 1505 public elementary schools	76.1%	394	45.7	61.5	53.8	40.0	80.8	48.7	66.7	$11,671	$943	$10,728

Cities Near Wade

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Eastover	3 mi	2	25^th
Fayetteville	7.06 mi	70	312^th
Linden	7.17 mi	1
Autryville	9.07 mi	1	64^th
Stedman	10.4 mi	2	52^nd

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the North Carolina Dept of Public Instruction.

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