Summary:
Micro, North Carolina has just one elementary school – Micro Elementary – serving grades PK-5 within Johnston County Public Schools. Because it is the only school, this is a single-school profile. The school is extremely high-poverty: 99.26% of students receive free or reduced-price lunch. It has earned a 3-star rating from the state three years running, but its statewide percentile rank has declined from the 58th to the 51st percentile, now placing it #730 of 1,492 schools.
Academic performance is mixed. In 2025-26, 4th graders were strong – 69.0% proficient in math and 67.2% in reading, beating both district and state averages. Science scores in 5th grade are also a reliable bright spot, with 72.3% proficiency versus 67.7% statewide. The biggest weakness is 5th grade reading: only 36.9% scored proficient in 2025-26, a steep drop from 55.9% the year before and far below the district's 56.4% and state's 55.3%. Looking at the same cohorts over time, the current 4th graders improved markedly since 3rd grade, while the current 5th graders improved in math but lost ground in reading.
Encouragingly, chronic absenteeism is 17.7% – meaningfully better than the district's 21.8% and the state's 24.2%. The student-teacher ratio is favorable at 13.8:1. The school's district is ranked #98 of 246 in North Carolina. All told, Micro Elementary is a high-poverty school with genuine strengths in 4th grade and science, clear instability across grade levels, and a specific literacy challenge in 5th grade. Parents should look closely at reading support for upper elementary students while recognizing the bright spots that exist.
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