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Best Public Schools in Zip Code 27560

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At a glance

Schools

3,489

Students

Districts

5-star schools

Top rankedWake EC of Information & Biotechnologies1^st of 662 North Carolina high schools

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Biggest riser

Pleasant Grove Elementary up 313 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Pleasant Grove Elementary 12.7 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

5★

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Summary:

Zip code 27560 covers the Morrisville area of North Carolina's Wake County and contains six schools serving about 3,489 students in grades PK-12: four traditional elementary schools, Sterling Montessori Academy (PK-8), and Wake EC of Information & Biotechnologies, the ZIP's only high school—a small, specialized early-college school. There is no standalone middle school and no traditional comprehensive high school in the ZIP. The four elementaries belong to Wake County Schools, while Sterling Montessori Academy operates as its own district, ranked #20 of 246 statewide.

The standout is Wake EC of Information & Biotechnologies, ranked #1 among 662 North Carolina high schools with 100% proficiency in Math I and Math III and 99.9% in Biology. Among elementary schools, Cedar Fork Elementary currently sits highest at #88 of 1,492 with a five-star rating and an 83.0% composite EOG average. Morrisville Elementary (#105) is the math powerhouse at 87.1% average proficiency, and Parkside Elementary (#110) is quietly elite, with three straight years of five-star ratings and the ZIP's best reading scores (80.7%). Pleasant Grove Elementary (#212) is the biggest improvement story, jumping from a 2-star to a 4-star school in two years.

These schools form an unusually high-performing pocket of Wake County: even the ZIP's lowest-ranked school sits in the 79th percentile statewide, and the four Wake elementaries beat the district by 6-14 percentage points and the state by 12-24 points in every subject and grade. Low chronic absenteeism—between 10.1% and 17.9% versus Wake County's 20.5%—is a likely contributor. Rankings do shift from year to year, however: Morrisville, Parkside, and Cedar Fork have each taken turns as the top elementary since 2023-2024. Families should also weigh Sterling Montessori Academy's trade-offs: excellent 6th-8th grade reading and science but 4th-grade math proficiency of just 50%, below the state average, plus a high 21.0 student-teacher ratio.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				EOC Biology (2026)	EOC Math I (2026)	EOG Mathematics (2026)						EOG Reading (2026)						EOG Science (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 Math I End of Course	EOG Mathematics 3rd Grade	EOG Mathematics 4th Grade	EOG Mathematics 5th Grade	EOG Mathematics 6th Grade	EOG Mathematics 7th Grade	EOG Mathematics 8th Grade	EOG Reading 3rd Grade	EOG Reading 4th Grade	EOG Reading 5th Grade	EOG Reading 6th Grade	EOG Reading 7th Grade	EOG Reading 8th Grade	EOG Science 5th Grade	EOG Science 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Sterling Montessori Academy	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	202 Treybrooke Drive	Morrisville	27560	Wake County	Sterling Montessori Academy	Yes	No	No	No	(919) 462-8889	702	33	21.0		256 (36.5%)	57 (8.1%)	30 (4.3%)	299 (42.6%)	8 (1.1%)	8 (1.1%)	44 (6.3%)	75.6	308^th of 1492 public elementary schools	79.4%		78.3	275^th of 1490 public elementary schools	81.5%	33			70.5	50.0	68.8	76.9	63.0	75.0	78.2	71.4	76.6	86.5	68.1	84.1	76.6	88.6
Morrisville Elementary	Public	K-5	1519 Morrisville Pkwy	Morrisville	27560	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 460-3400	643	45	14.2	13.2%	172 (26.7%)	43 (6.7%)	45 (7.0%)	353 (54.9%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	28 (4.4%)	90.7	105^th of 1492 public elementary schools	93.0%		91.1	93^rd of 1490 public elementary schools	93.8%	12			84.0	88.7	88.7				77.0	82.1	76.3				78.4		$9,542	$495	$9,047
Cedar Fork Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1050 Town Hall Drive	Morrisville	27560	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 388-5240	778	55	14.1	17.0%	115 (14.8%)	57 (7.3%)	59 (7.6%)	516 (66.3%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (3.6%)	91.9	88^th of 1492 public elementary schools	94.1%		88.3	134^th of 1490 public elementary schools	91.0%	46			87.5	79.0	89.6				80.5	76.6	83.4				84.7		$8,320	$370	$7,950
Pleasant Grove Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	3605 Pleasant Grove Church Rd	Morrisville	27560	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 694-8770	376	29	12.7	29.8%	64 (17.0%)	71 (18.9%)	24 (6.4%)	193 (51.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (6.1%)	82.2	212^th of 1492 public elementary schools	85.8%		62.4	525^th of 1490 public elementary schools	64.8%	313			80.0	81.0	66.7				78.5	69.6	76.5				74.5		$9,061	$439	$8,622
Parkside Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	332 Parkside Valley Dr	Morrisville	27560	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 694-7888	730	51	14.3	21.9%	161 (22.1%)	91 (12.5%)	71 (9.7%)	364 (49.9%)	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	39 (5.3%)	90.5	110^th of 1492 public elementary schools	92.6%		92	81^st of 1490 public elementary schools	94.6%	29			86.6	80.5	81.1				80.4	82.1	79.5				81.8
Wake EC of Information & Biotechnologies	Public	9-12	6333 Little Drive	Morrisville	27560	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(919) 335-1350	260	16	15.8	16.5%	88 (33.8%)	55 (21.2%)	19 (7.3%)	86 (33.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (4.6%)	96.4	1^st of 662 public high schools	99.8%		95.5	18^th of 641 public high schools	97.2%	17	99.9	100.0

Cities Near Zip Code 27560

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Morrisville	0.54 mi	6	31^st
Cary	1.88 mi	34	50^th
Apex	4.67 mi	23	26^th
Durham	5.19 mi	74	322^nd
Raleigh	5.52 mi	108	176^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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