Best Public Schools in Zip Code 27043

Summary:

The 27043 zip code area is home to two elementary schools - Shoals Elementary and Pinnacle Elementary School. Based on the available data, Shoals Elementary stands out as the higher-performing school, consistently ranking in the top 10% of North Carolina elementary schools and outperforming the district and state averages on most test score metrics, particularly in mathematics.

Shoals Elementary has a 5-star rating and maintains a strong academic performance, despite having a very high percentage of students (98.81%) receiving free or reduced-price lunch. In contrast, Pinnacle Elementary School lags behind the district and state averages in several areas, particularly in reading proficiency, and has a lower, but still substantial, free/reduced lunch rate of 67.48%.

While Pinnacle Elementary School spends more per student ($11,967) than Shoals Elementary ($10,986), the latter has a lower student-teacher ratio of 12.6, compared to Pinnacle Elementary School's ratio of 14.1. This suggests that factors beyond just funding, such as class size and teacher-student interactions, may play a significant role in driving student outcomes in this area.

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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 Reading 3rd Grade	EOG Reading 4th Grade	EOG Reading 5th Grade	EOG Science 5th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Pinnacle Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1095 Surry Line Rd	Pinnacle	27043	Stokes County	Stokes County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(336) 368-2990	162	12	13.3	98.1%	147 (90.7%)	3 (1.9%)	5 (3.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (4.3%)	70.9	376^th of 1490 public elementary schools	74.8%		64	509^th of 1505 public elementary schools	66.2%	133	68.0	52.9	85.7	44.0	64.7	60.7	89.3	$11,967	$1,242	$10,725
Shoals Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1800 Shoals Road	Pinnacle	27043	Surry County	Surry County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(336) 325-2518	235	18	13.3	98.7%	208 (88.5%)	3 (1.3%)	11 (4.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (5.5%)	91.1	94^th of 1490 public elementary schools	93.7%		85.7	168^th of 1505 public elementary schools	88.8%	74	86.7	89.2	79.1	76.7	89.2	74.4	74.4	$10,986	$1,064	$9,923

Cities Near Zip Code 27043

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Tobaccoville	4.61 mi	1	61^st
East Bend	4.63 mi	5	168^th
Pinnacle	5.02 mi	2	38^th
King	5.2 mi	5	298^th
Pfafftown	7.33 mi	2	33^rd

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the North Carolina Dept of Public Instruction.

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