Summary:
Elementary schools in North West Hendricks Schools consist of three schools serving a combined 913 students: Pittsboro Elementary School (grades 3–5, 350 students), Pittsboro Primary School (PK–2, 332 students), and North Salem Elementary School (PK–5, 231 students). The two Pittsboro schools form a PK–2 / 3–5 split, while North Salem is a single PK–5 building. The district itself is elite, ranking 7th of 374 districts statewide at the 98th percentile with 5 stars.
Pittsboro Elementary School is the most consistent high performer, ranking 47th of 1,015 elementary schools in 2025–2026 (95th percentile, 5 stars) and holding between 42nd and 47th over three years. Its all-grade ELA is 74.63% and Math is 75.52%, both above district averages, and it has the lowest chronic absenteeism at 2.8%. North Salem Elementary School also earns 5 stars and ranks 85th of 1,015 (92nd percentile), with a standout 5th grade: 78.05% proficient in both ELA and Math, and 82.93% in Social Studies — the highest proficiency figure in the data set. However, its all-grade Science is 48.78%, 13.72 points below the district, and its rank has slipped from 45th in 2023–2024.
Attendance is a district-wide strength: chronic absenteeism is 2.8% at Pittsboro Elementary, 4.5% at North Salem, and 5.9% at Pittsboro Primary, all far below the state's 16.7%. Notably, North Salem has the smallest enrollment, lowest free/reduced-lunch rate (19.05%), highest per-student spending ($12,356), and lowest student-teacher ratio (13.9), yet Pittsboro Elementary posts the strongest overall results with the lowest spending ($11,432) and highest ratio (16.2). Pittsboro Primary School has no test-score or rank data in this extract because it serves PK–2; its main context is low absenteeism and the highest free/reduced-lunch rate at 25.3%.
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