Summary:
ZIP code 27505 in Broadway, North Carolina, contains just one public school in the data set: Broadway Elementary, a K–5 school in Lee County Schools with 490 students and no middle or high schools in the area.
Broadway Elementary serves a student body with very high economic need — nearly 97% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch — and elevated chronic absenteeism at 26.6%, above both the district’s 21.4% and the state’s 24.2%. Despite these challenges, the school has shown a striking upward trend: its state ranking jumped from the 9th percentile (0 stars) in 2023–2024 to the 36th percentile (2 stars) in 2025–2026, now placing 962nd out of 1,492 North Carolina elementary schools. The greatest strength is 5th-grade science, where 70.1% of students are proficient, exceeding the state average of 67.7% and nearly matching the district’s 70.9%. In math and reading, however, Broadway Elementary trails both district and state averages in nearly every grade tested.
The most urgent academic priority is reading, especially in 3rd grade, where proficiency is 39.0% compared to 51.7% in Lee County and 55.6% statewide. That 16.6-point gap has narrowed from the prior year’s 19.5-point gap, and across all tested grades reading proficiency improved by 14.6 points year-over-year, while math gained 8.4 points and science jumped 30.6 points. These dramatic gains suggest recent instructional changes are working. With only one school in this ZIP code, families seeking other grade levels or school options would need to look outside 27505, but Broadway Elementary’s recent momentum — especially in science and overall state ranking — gives local parents reason for cautious optimism.
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