The Exploris School

The Exploris School is the only school in this data set — a small K-8 school in downtown Raleigh, NC, enrolling 448 students with a student-teacher ratio of 11.7 — and it serves as the sole school in the same-named single-school district, The Exploris School. Although the state designates it as an elementary school, it serves kindergarten through eighth grade, and EOG results in this report cover grades 3 through 8.

Since 2023-2024, The Exploris School has risen from the 36th percentile with 2 stars to the 65th percentile with 3 stars in 2024-2025; its latest rank of 56th percentile with 3 stars is a step down from last year's peak but remains well above its earlier standing. The district, also named The Exploris School, ranks 47th out of 246 North Carolina districts, putting it in the 81st percentile with 4 stars. Upper grades are the clear strength: 8th grade proficiency beats state averages by 20.2 points in math (73.2% vs. 53.0%), by 22.5 points in reading (78.6% vs. 56.1%), and by 17.1 points in science (85.7% vs. 68.6%); science across grades 5 and 8 averages 79.6% versus 68.2% statewide.

Perhaps the most important pattern is a grade-level flip in math: 3rd grade proficiency is 17.7 points below the state, while 8th grade math is 20.2 points above it. Reading in grades 5 through 8 is consistently strong, but 3rd grade reading fell from 66.7% to 48.7% between 2024-2025 and 2025-2026, a one-year swing from 20 points above the state average to about 7 points below it. Chronic absenteeism affects 20.9% of students (statewide: 24.2%), so about one in five children is affected. Overall, this is a school with genuine middle-grade academic strengths in reading and science, but early-elementary math and reading results need close attention. The data set does not report free/reduced-price lunch or demographic breakdowns, so full context for these outcomes is limited.