Crosscreek Charter School

The data set for this area contains one school: Crosscreek Charter School in Louisburg, NC, an elementary-level school serving grades K–8 with 404 students and a 14.1 student-teacher ratio. As a single-school charter district, it operates under the same name (Crosscreek Charter School). Because no other schools are in this list, the most meaningful comparisons are drawn against North Carolina state averages. The school has earned a 2-star rating in each of the past three years; its statewide ranking improved from 993rd in 2024–25 to 953rd in 2025–26, still short of its 876th-place showing in 2023–24.

In 2025–26, the school's simple average proficiency across all reported End-of-Grade tests was 52.1%, up from 47.1% in 2024–25, but still about 7 points below the state average of 59.4%. Subject-level results show math at 53.7% (state: 59.9%), reading at 52.0% (state: 56.0%), and science at 47.7% — a 20.5-point deficit against the state's 68.2%. Chronic absenteeism is a bright spot: the school's 18.3% rate is well below the state's 24.2%, so attendance does not explain the academic gaps. Free and reduced-price lunch data was not reported, leaving the role of economic disadvantage unclear.

The most striking pattern is a middle-school strength that disappears by 8th grade. The school's 6th and 7th graders in 2025–26 exceeded state averages in both math and reading, highlighted by 7th-grade math at 82.5% versus 56.2% statewide and 7th-grade reading at 80.0% versus 56.3%. But 8th-grade proficiency falls sharply: math at 26.7% (state: 53.0%), reading at 37.8% (state: 56.1%), and science at 40.0% (state: 68.6%). Wide year-over-year swings — including 5th-grade reading jumping from 25.6% to 60.5% and 7th-grade reading jumping from 39.5% to 80.0% — suggest notable cohort volatility at a school where a single percentage point equals less than one student. The apparent drop from strong 7th-grade results to weak 8th-grade results points to a transition challenge between those grades.