Summary:
Lucama, North Carolina is served by two public schools — Lucama Elementary (PK-5) and Springfield Middle (6-8) — both part of Wilson County Schools, and while there is no high school in town, these two schools stand out as high-performing despite serving student populations where roughly 99% qualify for free/reduced lunch.
Both schools earned 5 stars for the 2025-2026 school year, ranking in the top 7% statewide among their school types. Lucama Elementary has been consistently elite, earning 5 stars in every reported year and posting an overall EOG proficiency average of about 83.1% in 2025-2026, with science at 91.2% in 5th grade. Springfield Middle has shown a major upward turnaround, jumping from 4 stars to 5 stars, with overall EOG proficiency rising from roughly 71.5% to 79.2% in one year. That improvement was driven by huge gains in 8th-grade math (up nearly 16 points) and 8th-grade science (up 30 points). Both schools have chronic absenteeism rates of 10.7% to 14.4% — about half the district and state rates — and in 2025-2026, every subject and grade level at both schools scored above both the Wilson County and North Carolina averages.
For parents, the key takeaway is that these are “beating the odds” schools where poverty does not define outcomes. Science is a clear strength at both schools, and math is stronger than reading overall. The relative area for improvement is reading, especially 3rd-grade reading at Lucama Elementary, which jumped from 54% to 70% proficiency in one year — a dramatic gain still worth watching. Because Lucama has no high school, this data only captures achievement through 8th grade, so the long-term picture of whether students sustain these gains after leaving Springfield Middle is not yet known.
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