Summary:
The Aggie Academy district, located in Greensboro, NC, is served by a single elementary school — Aggie Academy — which enrolls just 85 students in grades 3 through 5 and draws from a high-poverty area where 96.47% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The school's state ranking has fluctuated over the past three years, climbing to the 57th percentile with a 3-star rating in 2023–24, dropping to the 31st percentile in 2024–25, and rebounding to the 42nd percentile in 2025–26, though it still carries a 2-star rating.
Looking at 2025–26 test results, the strongest performance by far is in 3rd grade math, where 87.5% of students scored proficient — 21.1 points above the state average. Reading in 3rd grade and both math and reading in 4th grade also exceed state averages. The current 4th grade class made dramatic year-over-year gains, with math proficiency jumping from 42.1% to 65.4% and reading proficiency rising from 50.0% to 69.2%. Fifth grade, however, is a significant area of concern: reading proficiency sits at just 35.3%, science at 47.1%, and math at 47.1%, all well below state averages by margins of roughly 16 to 21 points.
One clear positive is attendance. Despite the school's high poverty level, Aggie Academy's chronic absenteeism rate is just 15.2%, well below the state average of 24.2%, which suggests strong student engagement and family participation. Tracking the same cohort of students reveals a sharp drop in reading proficiency from 50.0% in 4th grade in 2024–25 to just 35.3% in 5th grade in 2025–26, pointing to the transition into 5th grade as the critical moment for intervention. Because enrollment is small, year-to-year swings should be interpreted cautiously, but the data clearly indicate that early-grade instruction is a genuine strength while 5th grade deserves targeted attention and support.
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