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McDeeds Creek Elementary

Public Grades K-5

88^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,490 North Carolina Elementary Schools

Better than 94% of North Carolina elementary schools

Summary

McDeeds Creek Elementary is a high-performing public elementary school in Southern Pines, North Carolina, serving 660 students in grades K-5. The school is part of the Moore County Schools district, which is ranked 58 out of 242 districts in the state and has a 4-star rating.

McDeeds Creek Elementary consistently ranks among the top elementary schools in North Carolina, earning a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school's proficiency rates in Mathematics, Reading, and Science are significantly higher than the district and state averages across all grade levels. For example, in 2024-2025, 90.2% of 3rd-grade students were proficient or better in Mathematics, compared to 75.8% for the district and 64.1% for the state. The school's performance is particularly strong in Mathematics, with proficiency rates ranging from 83.5% to 90.2% across 3rd to 5th grades, compared to 64.5% to 75.8% for the district and 58.9% to 64.1% for the state.

When compared to nearby schools in the Moore County Schools district, McDeeds Creek Elementary stands out as the top-performing school, with significantly higher proficiency rates in Mathematics, Reading, and Science. Other nearby schools, such as Cameron Elementary, West Pine Elementary, and Carthage Elementary, have lower proficiency rates and lower statewide rankings, indicating that McDeeds Creek Elementary is a standout performer in the local area.

707

Students ?

18.4

Student/teacher ratio ?

21.1%

Free/discounted lunch ?

2953 Camp Easter Rd
Southern Pines, NC 28387

(910) 722-4248

District: Moore County Schools

Students who attend McDeeds Creek Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Crain's Creek Middle
High:	Union Pines High

Racial breakdown:

White:

74.3%

Hispanic:

12.4%

Two or more races:

6.4%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 92nd percentile in 2021 → 94th in 2025

Strengths

✓Test scores above the North Carolina average (81% vs 57% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 6% of North Carolina elementary schools

Worth a look

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school81%

District avg67%

North Carolina avg57%

88^th of 1,490

North Carolina public elementary schools ?

Top 6%▲ up 2 pts since 2021

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

58^th of 242Moore County Schools 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
2025	91.5	88 of 1490	94.1%	★★★★★
2024	92.0	86 of 1505	94.3%	★★★★★
2023	93.8	62 of 1502	95.9%	★★★★★
2022	88.9	123 of 1514	91.9%	★★★★★
2021	90.0	120 of 1489	91.9%	★★★★★

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	93.1	54 of 1451	96.3%	★★★★★
2024	89.2	104 of 1455	92.9%	★★★★★
2023	89.5	101 of 1459	93.1%	★★★★★
2022	79.5	229 of 1458	84.3%	★★★★☆
2021	90.3	96 of 1440	93.3%	★★★★★

Gifted and Talented

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	62.2	276 of 710	61.1%	★★★☆☆
2024	66.3	183 of 669	72.6%	★★★★☆
2023	50.2	431 of 582	25.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	59.9	240 of 500	52.0%	★★★☆☆
2021	75.7	50 of 494	89.9%	★★★★★

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	71.7	184 of 961	80.9%	★★★★☆
2024	81.2	109 of 951	88.5%	★★★★☆
2023	78.5	120 of 915	86.9%	★★★★☆
2022	73.9	159 of 893	82.2%	★★★★☆
2021	74.0	138 of 843	83.6%	★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	77.3	198 of 1437	86.2%	★★★★☆
2024	78.2	181 of 1450	87.5%	★★★★☆
2023	84.2	103 of 1437	92.8%	★★★★★
2022	62.3	400 of 1366	70.7%	★★★★☆
2021	59.4	433 of 1329	67.4%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	87.0	132 of 1450	90.9%	★★★★★
2024	91.1	87 of 1464	94.1%	★★★★★
2023	94.4	41 of 1461	97.2%	★★★★★
2022	93.0	64 of 1464	95.6%	★★★★★
2021	87.2	145 of 1444	90.0%	★★★★★

Military Connected

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	60.3	25 of 72	65.3%	★★★☆☆
2024	79.4	7 of 75	90.7%	★★★★★
2023	86.5	5 of 81	93.8%	★★★★★
2022	83.9	4 of 85	95.3%	★★★★★
2021	84.6	6 of 76	92.1%	★★★★★

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	66.2	164 of 821	80.0%	★★★★☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	83.2	150 of 1172	87.2%	★★★★☆
2024	86.1	106 of 1166	90.9%	★★★★★
2023	87.2	88 of 1183	92.6%	★★★★★
2022	78.3	213 of 1194	82.2%	★★★★☆
2021	83.9	139 of 1172	88.1%	★★★★☆

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)

Female (2025)96th percentile~ school

Male (2025)91st percentile-3 vs school

White (2025)87th percentile-7 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)86th percentile-8 vs school

Hispanic (2025)81st percentile-13 vs school

Special Education (2025)80th percentile-14 vs school

Military Connected (2025)65th percentile-29 vs school

Gifted and Talented (2025)61st percentile-33 vs school

By subject vs North Carolina (2024-2025) ?

Mathematics87%+26 vs state

Reading77%+25 vs state

Science76%+14 vs state

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by a parent
Wednesday, April 28, 2021

I have children in the 2nd and 5th grades. Their teachers are amazing. I’ve been extremely happy with the amount of attention my kids have received from Mcdeeds. Well done teachers and staff! Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				EOG Mathematics (2025)						EOG Reading (2025)						EOG Science (2025)		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	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	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
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%)	91.5	88^th of 1490 public elementary schools	94.1%		92	86^th of 1505 public elementary schools	94.3%	2	90.2	87.0	83.5				80.4	83.0	70.1				76.4
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%)	57.4	603^rd of 1490 public elementary schools	59.5%		44.9	836^th of 1505 public elementary schools	44.5%	233	68.3	55.7	60.5				56.1	57.0	56.1				60.5		$10,663	$1,069	$9,594
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%)	56.8	614^th of 1490 public elementary schools	58.8%		56.1	644^th of 1505 public elementary schools	57.2%	30	60.5	57.7	46.7	84.2	52.6	53.8	60.5	50.0	53.3	73.7	57.9	76.9	33.3	84.6
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%)	84.5	182^nd of 1490 public elementary schools	87.8%		86.8	154^th of 1505 public elementary schools	89.8%	28	77.3	79.7	78.0				61.3	70.3	67.8				81.4		$8,014	$534	$7,480
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%)	96.6	27^th of 1490 public elementary schools	98.2%		95.5	43^rd of 1505 public elementary schools	97.1%	16	96.4	87.0	93.8				80.9	81.5	82.3				92.7		$8,340	$531	$7,809
Vass-Lakeview Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	141 James Street	Vass	28394	Moore County	Moore County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(910) 245-3444	511	31	16.7	40.7%	319 (62.4%)	38 (7.4%)	92 (18.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	59 (11.5%)	71.7	366^th of 1490 public elementary schools	75.4%		69.2	423^rd of 1505 public elementary schools	71.9%	57	82.4	65.3	50.0				62.6	65.3	57.1				81.2		$10,090	$843	$9,248
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%)	25.6	1166^th of 1490 public elementary schools	21.7%		12.6	1394^th of 1505 public elementary schools	7.4%	228	42.0	36.4	52.0				37.0	40.0	49.5				47.6		$11,336	$1,569	$9,768
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%)	78	280^th of 1490 public elementary schools	81.2%		69.9	404^th of 1505 public elementary schools	73.2%	124	89.4	62.9	63.9				60.6	68.6	65.6				78.7		$8,736	$550	$8,186
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%)	88.5	130^th of 1490 public elementary schools	91.3%		92.5	79^th of 1505 public elementary schools	94.8%	51	79.3	92.6	74.6				61.0	83.8	87.3				76.2
Carthage Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	312 Rockingham St	Carthage	28327	Moore County	Moore County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(910) 947-2781	350	22	15.5	99.1%	227 (64.9%)	40 (11.4%)	40 (11.4%)	5 (1.4%)	3 (0.9%)	2 (0.6%)	33 (9.4%)	63.4	504^th of 1490 public elementary schools	66.2%		55.6	649^th of 1505 public elementary schools	56.9%	145	72.5	46.9	68.3				49.0	63.3	53.3				78.3		$11,202	$879	$10,323

Frequently Asked Questions about McDeeds Creek Elementary

What is the racial makeup of McDeeds Creek Elementary?

Students at McDeeds Creek Elementary are 74% White, 12% Hispanic, 6% Two or more races, 6% African American.

How many students attend McDeeds Creek Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 707 students attended McDeeds Creek Elementary.

What district is McDeeds Creek Elementary in?

Moore County Schools

Is McDeeds Creek Elementary a good school?

Yes. McDeeds Creek Elementary ranks in the top 5.9% of North Carolina elementary schools.

What schools do graduates of McDeeds Creek Elementary attend?

Students who attend McDeeds Creek Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Crain's Creek Middle
High : Union Pines High

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