Summary:
Boomer, North Carolina is served by a single school in this data set: Boomer-Ferguson Elementary School, a K–5 school with just 111 students. The school is part of Wilkes County Schools, a district that ranks 89th out of 246 in North Carolina (3 stars). Nearly every student at Boomer-Ferguson (97.3%) qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch, making it a very high-poverty school. The student–teacher ratio is 15.7, and the chronic absenteeism rate is 19.3% — better than the state average of 24.2%, but above the district's 16.9%.
Academically, Boomer-Ferguson has shown it can shine in certain areas. In 2024–2025, it beat both the district and state in 4th grade math (65.2% proficient), 5th grade math (64.7%), and 5th grade science (70.6%), despite its high poverty level. However, in 2025–2026 the school fell below district and state averages in all seven EOG tests, and its overall proficiency average slipped to 48.3% versus the district's 62.2%. The 5th grade cohort saw especially steep declines: math dropped from 64.7% to 42.9%, reading from 52.9% to 38.1%, and science from 70.6% to 47.6%. The school's state ranking has been volatile — 16th percentile in 2023–2024, up to 38th in 2024–2025, then back down to 23rd in 2025–2026 — which is typical for a school this small, where one class of 20–25 students can swing results dramatically.
For parents, the key takeaway is that Boomer-Ferguson has real strengths in upper-elementary math and science, but reading remains a persistent challenge; even in its strongest year, only 38.4% of students were proficient in reading, and it still trails the district by about 10 points. The school is the only elementary option in Boomer, so after 5th grade students transition to other Wilkes County schools. With its tiny enrollment and very high economic need, families should expect year-to-year variability and watch how individual cohorts perform rather than relying on any single year's rating.
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