Alamance Community School

Alamance Community School is the sole school in the Alamance Community School district, a K–8 school in Haw River, North Carolina, serving 736 students with a student-teacher ratio of 14.6.

This school shows a clear split between strong literacy and struggling math skills. In reading, Alamance Community School outpaces the state average in several grades, especially in 8th grade, where 71.9% of students are proficient versus 56.1% statewide, and in 7th grade, where 63.0% meet the bar versus 56.3% statewide. Third-grade reading also edges out the state average. However, math is a persistent weakness, with proficiency below the state average in every tested grade. The largest gaps appear in 6th grade (25.6% vs. 59.2% statewide), 3rd grade (42.7% vs. 66.4%), and 8th grade (34.4% vs. 53.0%). Science results are essentially even with state averages in both 5th and 8th grades, making science a bright spot relative to math. Overall, the school sits at the 33rd percentile in North Carolina, earning 2 stars for the 2025–2026 school year after a 1-star rating the prior year, with its rank hovering in the lower-middle tier for three years.

Grade-level changes from one year to the next reveal notable instability, though these reflect different groups of students. For example, 6th grade math plummeted from 57.0% to 25.6% proficiency, while 4th and 5th grade math improved sharply by roughly 21 points. Reading gains were strong in 7th grade (up 23 points) and 3rd grade (up 19 points), but 6th grade reading dropped by 17.5 points. Chronic absenteeism stands at 20.1%, which is better than the state’s 24.2% rate, a positive sign for attendance. For parents, the key takeaway is that this school delivers above-average reading results in the upper grades and holds its own in science, but math proficiency is a schoolwide concern, particularly during the middle-school transition grades of 6 and 8.