Best Elementary Schools in Zip Code 27249

ZIP code 27249 contains just one elementary school, Gibsonville Elementary, which is part of Guilford County Schools and serves about 595 students in grades PK–5, so rather than comparing schools within the ZIP, families should look at how it compares to the district and the state. The school's population is what most would call high-poverty, with 99.5% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, which makes it stand out positively that its chronic absenteeism rate of 22.5% is below both the district's 29.2% and the state's 24.2%.

Gibsonville's statewide ranking has steadily slipped over three years, from the 38th percentile in 2023-2024 to the 34th percentile in 2024-2025 and now to the 29th percentile in 2025-2026, giving the school a 1-star rating. Over that same stretch, its combined math and reading proficiency actually ticked upward from 48.1% to 50.2%, but the district and state also improved, keeping Gibsonville roughly 5 to 10 percentage points behind the average. In 5th grade, science proficiency reached 55.9%, still short of the district's 62.0% and the state's 67.7%.

The performance picture is very uneven when looking at each grade cohort. The strongest area is 4th grade, where math proficiency was 61.7% — essentially matching the state average of 61.4% and beating the Guilford County average of 57.0% — and reading reached 55.6% versus 57.7% statewide. In contrast, the current 3rd graders present the biggest concern, with math at 45.6% and reading at only 35.0%, far below district and state figures. Notably, the current 5th graders were much weaker as 4th graders and have since improved, while the current 4th graders have stayed strong since last year. That pattern suggests that a single incoming cohort has dragged down the latest rating, and the school is not uniformly low-performing. For parents, the takeaway is that Gibsonville is a high-poverty school with some genuine bright spots, particularly in 4th grade and attendance, but also a real need for support in the early elementary grades.