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Best High Schools in Zip Code 27344

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At a glance

Schools

1,005

Students

5-star school

Top rankedChatham Early College10^th of 662 North Carolina high schools

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Summary:

Zip code 27344, in Siler City, North Carolina, contains four schools serving high school grades, all part of the Chatham County Schools district, a 4-star district ranked #62 out of 246 in the state. The four schools span very different models: the large traditional Jordan-Matthews High, the Chatham Early College, the small alternative ONE Academy, and the 9-student Chatham County Schools Virtual Academy. Combined, they serve roughly 1,005 students, but Jordan-Matthews High alone enrolls about 848, meaning that one school shapes most of the area's outcomes. Three of the four schools serve populations where more than 91% qualify for free or reduced lunch.

Chatham Early College is the clear standout, ranked #10 of 662 high schools with a 5-star rating. Its proficiency is remarkable: 100% in English II and Math III, 97.3% in Biology, and 95.2% in Math I, with just 7% chronic absenteeism. Jordan-Matthews High sits at the other end, ranked #523 with a 1-star rating. Its scores run 10 to 30 points below district averages, its graduation rate is 86.3%, and a staggering 56.6% of students were chronically absent. ONE Academy, an alternative school with 35 students, is ranked #620 with a 73.2% graduation rate, while the 9-student Chatham County Schools Virtual Academy has a 69% graduation rate but too little data to judge reliably.

For parents, several takeaways stand out. Three of the four schools have poverty rates above 91%, yet their outcomes range from top-10 in the state to the bottom 6%, showing that economic disadvantage does not determine performance. Chronic absenteeism is the biggest concern at Jordan-Matthews High, where more than one in two students were chronically absent, compared with just 7% at Chatham Early College. Per-student spending also varies dramatically, from about $2,517 at Chatham Early College to $11,306 at Jordan-Matthews High and $98,377 at ONE Academy, yet higher spending does not translate into better results. Finally, because Jordan-Matthews High enrolls 84% of local high school students, any meaningful improvement in this zip code must center on fixing its attendance, proficiency, and graduation.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				EOC Biology (2026)	EOC English II (2026)	EOC Math I (2026)	EOC Math III (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	EOC Biology End of Course	EOC English II End of Course	EOC Math I End of Course	EOC Math III End of Course	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Jordan-Matthews High	Public	9-12	910 East Cardinal Street	Siler City	27344	Chatham County	Chatham County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 742-2916	848	59	14.3	99.6%	139 (16.4%)	93 (11.0%)	579 (68.3%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (4.1%)	24.4	523^rd of 662 public high schools	21.0%		20.4	521^st of 641 public high schools	18.7%	2	38.3	54.0	38.3	45.5	$11,306	$836	$10,470
ONE Academy	Public	6-12	501 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd	Siler City	27344	Chatham County	Chatham County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 663-5899	35	5	7.0	91.4%	13 (37.1%)	14 (40.0%)	2 (5.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (17.1%)	6.3	620^th of 662 public high schools	6.3%		7	609^th of 641 public high schools	5.0%	11		36.4		29.4	$98,377	$6,717	$91,661
Chatham Early College	Public	9-12	501 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd	Siler City	27344	Chatham County	Chatham County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 663-5899	113	6	20.5	97.3%	65 (57.5%)	8 (7.1%)	30 (26.5%)	4 (3.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (5.3%)	94.5	10^th of 662 public high schools	98.5%		96.1	8^th of 641 public high schools	98.8%	2	97.3	100.0	95.2	100.0	$2,517	$114	$2,403
Chatham County Schools Virtual Academy	Public, Virtual	9-12	501 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd	Siler City	27344	Chatham County	Chatham County Schools	No	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(919) 663-5899	9	0		33.3%	8 (88.9%)	1 (11.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)

Cities Near Zip Code 27344

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Siler City	1.15 mi	9	219^th
Bear Creek	5.48 mi	2	230^th
Goldston	10.13 mi	1	205^th
Snow Camp	10.85 mi	1	448^th
Ramseur	11.01 mi	4	451^st

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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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