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Best Public Schools in Alleghany County, NC

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Schools

1,352

Students

Top rankedPiney Creek Elementary348^th of 1,492 North Carolina elementary schools

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Piney Creek Elementary up 530 spots statewide this year

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				EOC Biology (2026)	EOC English II (2026)	EOC Math I (2026)	EOC Math III (2026)	EOG Mathematics (2026)						EOG Reading (2026)						EOG Science (2026)		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 (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	EOC Biology End of Course	EOC English II End of Course	EOC Math I End of Course	EOC Math III End of Course	EOG Mathematics 3rd Grade	EOG Mathematics 4th Grade	EOG Mathematics 5th Grade	EOG Mathematics 6th Grade	EOG Mathematics 7th Grade	EOG Mathematics 8th Grade	EOG Reading 3rd Grade	EOG Reading 4th Grade	EOG Reading 5th Grade	EOG Reading 6th Grade	EOG Reading 7th Grade	EOG Reading 8th Grade	EOG Science 5th Grade	EOG Science 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Alleghany High	Public	9-12	404 Trojan Avenue	Sparta	28675	Alleghany County	Alleghany County Schools	No	No	No	No	(336) 372-4554	395	34	11.6	99.2%	284 (71.9%)	4 (1.0%)	96 (24.3%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.5%)	7 (1.8%)	66.5	208^th of 662 public high schools	68.6%		50.8	289^th of 641 public high schools	54.9%	81	64.8	68.3	68.5	82.3															$13,265	$926	$12,339
Glade Creek Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	32 Glade Creek Sch Road	Ennice	28623	Alleghany County	Alleghany County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(336) 657-3388	236	17	14.0	98.7%	159 (67.4%)	0 (0.0%)	75 (31.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.8%)	43.8	849^th of 1492 public elementary schools	43.1%		23.3	1211^th of 1490 public elementary schools	18.7%	362					76.2	59.4	62.5	36.4	46.7	73.7	52.4	62.5	54.2	39.4	40.0	63.2	58.3	84.2	$12,782	$1,440	$11,341
Piney Creek Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	559 Piney Creek Sch Road	Piney Creek	28663	Alleghany County	Alleghany County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(336) 359-2988	198	14	14.3	98.5%	177 (89.4%)	1 (0.5%)	17 (8.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.5%)	73.7	348^th of 1492 public elementary schools	76.7%		42.1	878^th of 1490 public elementary schools	41.1%	530					70.6	75.0	65.0	75.9	73.3	81.3	72.2	66.7	65.0	58.6	60.0	68.8	75.0	87.5	$11,143	$1,164	$9,979
Sparta Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	450 N Main Street	Sparta	28675	Alleghany County	Alleghany County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(336) 372-8546	523	43	12.2	99.4%	326 (62.3%)	1 (0.2%)	183 (35.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	12 (2.3%)	30.6	1077^th of 1492 public elementary schools	27.8%		26.5	1143^rd of 1490 public elementary schools	23.3%	66					78.8	43.8	51.7	58.5	66.7	57.4	46.2	37.5	30.0	51.2	43.8	44.3	43.3	57.4	$12,210	$1,539	$10,671

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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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