Summary:
ZIP code 27325 contains just one public high school, North Moore High in Robbins, NC, serving 605 students in grades 9–12 as part of Moore County Schools. The school serves an extremely economically disadvantaged population, with 99.34% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, making it the sole high school option for families throughout this rural area.
Despite its high-poverty context, North Moore posts a graduation rate of 93.5%, which is above the district’s 91.8% and the state’s 88.8%. The school also exceeds the state average in Biology EOC proficiency, with 73.5% of students scoring proficient compared to 69.7% for the district and 58.5% across North Carolina. Math I proficiency is 47.1%, also beating the state’s 42.1%, though it trails the district’s 50.3%. However, the school lags notably in English II, where 58.0% are proficient versus 73.5% for Moore County and 64.6% statewide, and in Math III at 60.5% compared to the district’s 67.4% and the state’s 68.9%. Chronic absenteeism of 22.5% is better than the state average of 24.2% but worse than the district’s 19.3%.
North Moore has shown dramatic year-over-year academic improvement, with Biology proficiency leaping from 43.9% to 73.5%, Math I rising from 31.0% to 47.1%, and English II climbing from 46.0% to 58.0%. Math III is the notable exception, falling from 67.4% to 60.5% and reversing the school’s prior advantage over district and state levels. The school holds in the middle of statewide rankings at the 47th percentile with a 2-star rating, while its district ranks at the 74th percentile with 4 stars. The most pressing gaps remain English II and Math III, while the strong graduation rate and recent Biology gains stand out as the school’s clearest successes.
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