Summary:
Located in Holly Springs, North Carolina, the Pine Springs Preparatory Academy district is home to two schools that share the same address but deliver starkly different results: Pine Springs Preparatory Academy, a K-8 school with 1,258 students, and Pine Springs Preparatory Remote Academy, a K-12 alternative school with 2,552 students. Together, the two campuses enroll 3,810 students. The district overall earns just 2 stars (ranking 157th of 246 districts), but that average obscures an unusually wide gap between the two schools.
Pine Springs Preparatory Academy is the district's standout, earning 5 stars and ranking 130th of roughly 1,500 schools statewide, placing it in the top 10% of North Carolina elementary and K-8 schools. It exceeds state averages in every grade and subject on EOG tests, posting about 76% proficiency in math, 78% in reading, and 87% in science. Standout results include 5th grade science at 91.9%, 6th grade reading at 81.9%, and 5th grade math at 87%. Its only notable weak spot is 8th grade math at 65.3% proficient, but that still beats the state's 53%.
By contrast, Pine Springs Preparatory Remote Academy is a high-need school struggling across nearly every measure. Its EOG proficiency averages around 30%, while high school EOC proficiency is just 20.3% compared with state averages near 59%. Math is the largest concern: only 7.7% of students pass Math I and just 10.7% of 8th graders are proficient in math. The reported graduation rate is 47%, far below the state's 88.8%. Even its strongest subject, reading, trails state averages in every grade. Notably, chronic absenteeism is actually low at 8.2% — better than the state's 24.2% and better than the K-8 campus's 12.2% — which suggests the Remote Academy's academic struggles stem from challenges beyond simple attendance.
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