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The Academy of Moore County

Q: Is The Academy of Moore County a good school?

The Academy of Moore County ranks 156 th of 1492 North Carolina elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Public, Charter Grades K-5

156^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,492 North Carolina Elementary Schools

Better than 90% of North Carolina elementary schools

Summary

The Academy of Moore County is a K–5 elementary school in Aberdeen, NC, serving about 479 students and operating as its own single-school district rather than as part of Moore County Schools. The school has performed well for a decade, with statewide rankings ranging from 23rd in 2018-2019 to 220th in 2016-2017. Most recently, it ranked 156th out of 1,492 North Carolina elementary schools — the 90th percentile — down from 130th the year before, but still comfortably within the state's top 10%.

The school's biggest academic strength is reading. Third-grade reading proficiency is 86.6%, roughly 31 points above the state average, and 5th-grade reading sits nearly 25 points above. Math and science results also beat state averages in every grade, though nearby Pinehurst Elementary, McDeeds Creek Elementary, and STARS Charter post higher scores in upper-elementary math. Attendance is another major plus: only 7.7% of Academy students are chronically absent, versus 24.2% statewide. Military-connected families may find this school especially appealing, as it ranks 3rd out of 67 North Carolina schools for military-connected students, up from 11th two years earlier.

The contrast with nearby Aberdeen Elementary, just 3.5 miles away, could hardly be wider. Aberdeen ranks 1,182nd statewide and has a 37.4% chronic absenteeism rate, while the Academy ranks 156th with a rate of just 7.7%. Among nearby schools, only Pinehurst Elementary (57th) outperforms the Academy. The trend most worth watching is the school's performance with students from low-income families, which has slipped from a statewide ranking of 23rd in 2023-2024 to 306th in the latest year — still a 4-star result, but a notable decline. Protecting its early-reading advantage and reversing that low-income trend will be key to sustaining the school's overall success.

479

Students ?

16.5

Student/teacher ratio ?

15.1%

Free/discounted lunch ?

12588 HWY 15-501 South
Aberdeen, NC 28315

(910) 757-0401

District: The Academy of Moore County

Racial breakdown:

White:

69.3%

Two or more races:

11.7%

Hispanic:

11.3%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 92nd percentile in 2016 → 90th in 2026

Strengths

✓Test scores above the North Carolina average (79% vs 61% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 10% of North Carolina elementary schools

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school79%

North Carolina avg61%

156^th of 1,492

North Carolina public elementary schools ?

Top 10%▼ down 2 pts since 2016

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

14^th of 246The Academy of Moore County among North Carolina districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	87.0	156 of 1492	89.5%	★★★★☆
2025	88.5	130 of 1490	91.3%	★★★★★
2024	92.5	79 of 1505	94.8%	★★★★★
2023	94.4	50 of 1502	96.7%	★★★★★
2022	93.1	78 of 1514	94.8%	★★★★★
2021	95.6	45 of 1489	97.0%	★★★★★
2019	95.1	23 of 1473	98.4%	★★★★★
2018	89.3	104 of 1434	92.7%	★★★★★
2017	80.3	220 of 1429	84.6%	★★★★☆
2016	87.8	117 of 1425	91.8%	★★★★★
2015	86.1	143 of 1440	90.1%	★★★★★
2014	67.3	444 of 1390	68.1%	★★★☆☆
2013	49.1	677 of 1403	51.7%	★★★☆☆
2012	44.9	849 of 1388	38.8%	★★☆☆☆
2011	56.4	677 of 1381	51.0%	★★★☆☆
2010	43.7	867 of 1363	36.4%	★★☆☆☆
2009	6.5	1299 of 1354	4.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2008	14.5	1193 of 1324	9.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2007	24.6	1093 of 1293	15.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	23.0	1079 of 1276	15.4%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	87.9	128 of 1447	91.2%	★★★★★
2025	80.7	207 of 1451	85.7%	★★★★☆
2024	90.2	93 of 1455	93.6%	★★★★★
2023	93.6	43 of 1459	97.1%	★★★★★
2022	92.3	63 of 1458	95.7%	★★★★★
2021	95.5	37 of 1440	97.4%	★★★★★
2019	93.4	30 of 1424	97.9%	★★★★★
2018	84.0	149 of 1405	89.4%	★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	70.2	306 of 1434	78.7%	★★★★☆
2025	89.3	62 of 1437	95.7%	★★★★★
2024	95.7	23 of 1450	98.4%	★★★★★
2023	97.0	13 of 1437	99.1%	★★★★★
2022	89.4	54 of 1366	96.0%	★★★★★

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	82.3	198 of 1451	86.4%	★★★★☆
2025	90.8	88 of 1450	93.9%	★★★★★
2024	91.3	85 of 1464	94.2%	★★★★★
2023	93.2	57 of 1461	96.1%	★★★★★
2022	91.3	81 of 1464	94.5%	★★★★★
2021	93.1	65 of 1444	95.5%	★★★★★
2019	94.3	33 of 1430	97.7%	★★★★★
2018	85.3	153 of 1413	89.2%	★★★★☆

Military Connected

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	87.0	3 of 67	95.5%	★★★★★
2025	75.6	9 of 72	87.5%	★★★★☆
2024	77.1	11 of 75	85.3%	★★★★☆
2023	83.8	7 of 81	91.4%	★★★★★
2022	92.9	2 of 85	97.6%	★★★★★
2021	97.1	1 of 76	98.7%	★★★★★
2019	83.4	5 of 72	93.1%	★★★★★
2018	80.3	10 of 76	86.8%	★★★★☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	75.0	256 of 1146	77.7%	★★★★☆
2025	78.1	204 of 1172	82.6%	★★★★☆
2024	83.5	144 of 1166	87.7%	★★★★☆
2023	87.0	94 of 1183	92.1%	★★★★★
2022	87.0	90 of 1194	92.5%	★★★★★
2021	93.7	26 of 1172	97.8%	★★★★★
2019	89.4	53 of 1183	95.5%	★★★★★
2018	77.5	228 of 1178	80.6%	★★★★☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Military Connected (2026)96th percentile+6 vs school

Female (2026)91st percentile~ school

Male (2026)86th percentile-3 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)79th percentile-11 vs school

White (2026)78th percentile-12 vs school

By subject vs North Carolina (2025-2026) ?

Science80%+12 vs state

Mathematics79%+16 vs state

Reading79%+23 vs state

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What people are saying

by a parent
Wednesday, May 2, 2018

This school will loose its charter for exclusionary practices, poor leadership and mismanagement Close Quote

by a parent
Sunday, January 10, 2016

My older son and daughter both attended this school and were both behind when it was time to transfer to public school. My daughter also informed me that her teacher gave them the answers to the end of grade test. This would explain why no parents or K-2nd grade are not allowed in the building during this time. This is not what I consider a 5 star school. Close Quote

by a parent
Friday, February 13, 2015

We spent several years agonizing over the right decision for our family to make when it came to our children starting their elementary school years. We compared almost every single local public and private school option, looked at gaining approval for out of district admittance to a performing school within our Hoke County location (our public Hoke County neighborhood school has sadly not performed to par for many years which would have allowed an out of district transfer to an overcrowded and not much better performing school on the other side of the county), and we even strongly weighed the options of selling our dream horse farm and downsizing back into Moore County to gain admission to public schools there. None of these felt like the best solution for our needs, despite our multiple visits to multiple school locations, searching all the while for the best "fit" of experiences that we wanted for our children. All of that agony and dissappointment with our limited options disappeared within the first 15 minutes of touring TAMC. We saw immediately that there is a diverse student population, a professional and caring staff of leaders, an exemplary roster of teachers, and well-behaved and engaged children! Yes there are days that are not perfect and yes there are small things we might like to see changed, but the overall result is to say that we could not be happier or more rewarded each day that our daughter comes home describing what was accomplished in her class. We are starting to wind down our daughter's Kindergarten year and what a blessing it has been for us to have been a part of this wonderful school. We will absolutely stick with TAMC and are so happy to have it as an option for our needs! We sincerely hope that adding additional grades beyond 5th is possible in the future as well! Close Quote

by a parent
Tuesday, January 28, 2014

My son attends the Academy. Compared with other schools in the area the Academy is a breath of fresh air. I have seen some of the things my friends children go through at the public school system here and am so happy my children are fortunate enough to have such a wonderful learning environment. Close Quote

by a teacher
Friday, June 3, 2011

This school has been showing continued growth for the past several years. It has an extraordinary group of staff members and students. They will be going K-5 this year, and year-round next year. It is exciting! Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				EOG Mathematics (2026)						EOG Reading (2026)						EOG Science (2026)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	EOG Mathematics 3rd Grade	EOG Mathematics 4th Grade	EOG Mathematics 5th Grade	EOG Mathematics 6th Grade	EOG Mathematics 7th Grade	EOG Mathematics 8th Grade	EOG Reading 3rd Grade	EOG Reading 4th Grade	EOG Reading 5th Grade	EOG Reading 6th Grade	EOG Reading 7th Grade	EOG Reading 8th Grade	EOG Science 5th Grade	EOG Science 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
The Academy of Moore County	Public, Charter	K-5	12588 HWY 15-501 South	Aberdeen	28315	Moore County	The Academy of Moore County	Yes	No	No	No	(910) 757-0401	479	29	16.5		332 (69.3%)	25 (5.2%)	54 (11.3%)	10 (2.1%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	56 (11.7%)	87	156^th of 1492 public elementary schools	89.5%		88.5	130^th of 1490 public elementary schools	91.3%	26	89.6	75.0	73.3				86.6	72.2	80.0				80.0
Aberdeen Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	525 Farrell Parkway	Aberdeen	28315	Moore County	Moore County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(910) 947-8030	675	41	16.3	98.2%	224 (33.2%)	199 (29.5%)	146 (21.6%)	12 (1.8%)	10 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	84 (12.4%)	25.2	1182^nd of 1492 public elementary schools	20.8%		25.6	1166^th of 1490 public elementary schools	21.7%	16	35.6	57.1	43.2				45.2	50.5	43.2				54.1		$11,336	$1,569	$9,768
Moore Montessori Community School	Public, Charter	K-8	255 S. May Street	Southern Pines	28387	Moore County	Moore Montessori Community School	Yes	No	No	No	(910) 636-1325	259	17	15.5		158 (61.0%)	32 (12.4%)	33 (12.7%)	3 (1.2%)	4 (1.5%)	3 (1.2%)	26 (10.0%)	70.2	413^th of 1492 public elementary schools	72.3%		56.8	614^th of 1490 public elementary schools	58.8%	201	67.9	75.8	73.1	53.8	68.0	52.6	64.3	84.8	57.7	53.8	80.0	52.6	69.2	78.9
Southern Pines Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	115 South Carlisle Street	Southern Pines	28987	Moore County	Moore County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(910) 947-8077	600	37	16.1	99.3%	236 (39.3%)	208 (34.7%)	78 (13.0%)	8 (1.3%)	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	66 (11.0%)	57.1	624^th of 1492 public elementary schools	58.2%		57.4	603^rd of 1490 public elementary schools	59.5%	21	65.7	63.4	67.7				51.5	62.2	62.6				63.6		$10,663	$1,069	$9,594
Pinehurst Elementary	Public	K-5	100 Dundee Road	Pinehurst	28374	Moore County	Moore County Schools	No	No	No	No	(910) 295-6969	584	35	16.9	18.7%	433 (74.1%)	37 (6.3%)	49 (8.4%)	20 (3.4%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	41 (7.0%)	94	57^th of 1492 public elementary schools	96.2%		96.6	27^th of 1490 public elementary schools	98.2%	30	89.4	86.0	89.7				74.4	86.8	80.4				90.7		$8,340	$531	$7,809
McDeeds Creek Elementary	Public	K-5	2953 Camp Easter Rd	Southern Pines	28387	Moore County	Moore County Schools	No	No	No	No	(910) 722-4248	707	38	18.4	21.1%	525 (74.3%)	40 (5.7%)	88 (12.4%)	5 (0.7%)	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	45 (6.4%)	88	148^th of 1492 public elementary schools	90.1%		91.5	88^th of 1490 public elementary schools	94.1%	60	90.3	87.5	75.2				76.1	76.8	72.4				77.1
STARS Charter	Public, Charter	K-8	140 Southern Dunes Dr	Vass	28394	Moore County	Sandhills Theatre Arts Renaiss	Yes	No	No	Yes	(910) 695-1004	885	57	15.6		638 (72.1%)	57 (6.4%)	121 (13.7%)	5 (0.6%)	11 (1.2%)	3 (0.3%)	50 (5.6%)	87.3	153^rd of 1492 public elementary schools	89.7%		92.1	80^th of 1490 public elementary schools	94.6%	73	90.7	91.3	65.6	87.6	82.5	90.1	78.4	83.5	68.8	83.5	77.3	86.8	74.0	85.7
West Hoke Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	6050 Turnpike Road	Raeford	28376	Hoke County	Hoke County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(910) 875-2584	467	34	13.7	99.4%	97 (20.8%)	184 (39.4%)	105 (22.5%)	1 (0.2%)	24 (5.1%)	4 (0.9%)	52 (11.1%)	42.3	873^rd of 1492 public elementary schools	41.5%		23	1219^th of 1490 public elementary schools	18.2%	346	56.0	60.9	54.4				45.3	55.1	51.9				67.1		$10,270	$1,466	$8,804
West Pine Elementary	Public	K-5	272 Archie Rd	West End	27376	Moore County	Moore County Schools	No	No	No	No	(910) 673-2004	383	25	15.1	99.2%	242 (63.2%)	47 (12.3%)	51 (13.3%)	4 (1.0%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (9.4%)	71.7	384^th of 1492 public elementary schools	74.3%		78	280^th of 1490 public elementary schools	81.2%	104	82.0	71.8	64.0				65.6	71.8	66.7				65.3		$8,736	$550	$8,186
Sandhills Farm Life Elementary	Public	K-5	2201 Farm Life Rd	Carthage	28327	Moore County	Moore County Schools	No	No	No	No	(910) 949-2501	379	22	16.8	27.7%	287 (75.7%)	21 (5.5%)	23 (6.1%)	3 (0.8%)	2 (0.5%)	2 (0.5%)	41 (10.8%)	82.7	206^th of 1492 public elementary schools	86.2%		84.5	182^nd of 1490 public elementary schools	87.8%	24	79.7	71.2	79.0				71.3	69.9	71.0				83.9		$8,014	$534	$7,480

Frequently Asked Questions about The Academy of Moore County

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The Academy of Moore County ranks 156^th of 1492 North Carolina elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

What is the racial makeup of The Academy of Moore County?

Students at The Academy of Moore County are 69% White, 12% Two or more races, 11% Hispanic, 5% African American, 2% Asian.

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How many students attend The Academy of Moore County?

In the 2024-25 school year, 479 students attended The Academy of Moore County.

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