Best Public Schools in Zip Code 27544

Summary:

The 27544 zip code has only one school, Zeb Vance Elementary, which serves grades PK-5 with an enrollment of 325 students. The school is part of the Vance County Schools district, which is ranked 217 out of 242 districts in North Carolina and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Zeb Vance Elementary has seen a decline in its statewide ranking over the past three years, dropping from 1326 out of 1502 North Carolina elementary schools in 2022-2023 to 1439 out of 1490 in 2024-2025, with a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school's test scores are significantly below the state and district averages across various subjects and grade levels, with only 27.8% of 3rd-grade students proficient or better in Mathematics in 2024-2025, compared to 40.2% for the Vance County Schools district and 64.1% for the state of North Carolina.

Zeb Vance Elementary has a very high rate of free and reduced-price lunch recipients, at 99.08% in the 2023-2024 school year, indicating a high level of economic disadvantage among the student population. The school's spending per student for the 2018-2019 school year was $13,318, and the student-teacher ratio is 16.6 for the 2023-2024 school year. These factors, combined with the school's poor academic performance, suggest that the school may be facing significant challenges in providing quality education to its students.

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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
Zeb Vance Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	4800 Raleigh Road	Kittrell	27544	Vance County	Vance County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(252) 438-8492	298	17	17.7	99.0%	54 (18.1%)	184 (61.7%)	52 (17.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.7%)	8.4	1439^th of 1490 public elementary schools	3.4%		14.1	1377^th of 1505 public elementary schools	8.5%	62	27.8	42.4	26.3	16.7	39.4	31.6	31.6	$13,318	$1,564	$11,754

Cities Near Zip Code 27544

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Kittrell	3.33 mi	1	477^th
Henderson	6.06 mi	18	334^th
Franklinton	8.28 mi	5	316^th
Oxford	10.19 mi	7	326^th
Louisburg	11.06 mi	8	224^th

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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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