Best Public Schools in Candor, NC

Summary:

The city of Candor, North Carolina has one public elementary school, Candor Elementary, which serves grades PK-5 with a total enrollment of 353 students. The school is part of the Montgomery County Schools district, which is ranked 192 out of 242 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Candor Elementary does not appear to be a standout school, as it has consistently ranked in the bottom 10% of North Carolina elementary schools for the past three years. The school's proficiency rates on standardized tests, such as the End-of-Grade (EOG) exams, are significantly below the state and district averages across all grade levels. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, only 12.1% of 5th-grade students at Candor Elementary were proficient or better in EOG Mathematics, compared to 36% for the Montgomery County Schools district and 59.3% for the state of North Carolina.

Additionally, Candor Elementary has a very high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, with 99.15% of students qualifying for this program in the 2023-2024 school year. The school's spending per student for the 2018-2019 school year was $9,774, and it had a student-teacher ratio of 16.2 to 1 in the 2023-2024 school year. These factors suggest that the school faces significant socioeconomic challenges and may need targeted interventions to improve student outcomes.

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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
Candor Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	414 S Main	Candor	27229	Montgomery County	Montgomery County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(910) 974-4582	368	22	16.7	99.2%	45 (12.2%)	55 (14.9%)	247 (67.1%)	4 (1.1%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (4.1%)	14	1364^th of 1490 public elementary schools	8.5%		11.2	1410^th of 1505 public elementary schools	6.3%	46	50.8	48.3	12.1	16.4	48.3	27.3	21.2	$9,774	$1,668	$8,107

Cities Near Candor

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Biscoe	7.68 mi	3	440^th
Troy	10.66 mi	5	368^th
Ellerbe	10.67 mi	2	323^rd
Mount Gilead	10.77 mi	2	429^th
Star	11.72 mi	1	118^th

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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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