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Best Public Schools in Zip Code 27870

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At a glance

Schools

3,241

Students

Districts

Top rankedRoanoke Rapids Early College High85^th of 662 North Carolina high schools

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Biggest riser

Everetts Elementary S.T.E.M. Academy up 49 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Everetts Elementary S.T.E.M. Academy 14.9 students per teacher

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Summary:

ZIP code 27870 is home to seven public schools serving elementary, middle, and high school grades across two districts: Roanoke Rapids City Schools and Halifax County Schools. This is a high-poverty area where nearly every school has a free/reduced-price lunch rate above 97%, yet academic results vary widely. Roanoke Rapids City Schools performs near the middle of North Carolina districts, while Halifax County Schools ranks in the 10th percentile statewide.

The standout by far is Roanoke Rapids Early College High, a small school of 119 students that ranks in the 87th percentile of high schools with perfect math proficiency and roughly 90% proficiency in English II. Meanwhile, the much larger Roanoke Rapids High School ranks in the 12th percentile with a 46.1% chronic absenteeism rate. Among middle schools, Chaloner Middle School is the only traditional school ranked in the top half statewide, with strong 8th-grade math and science. The elementary schools – Manning Elementary School and Belmont Elementary School – sit near the middle of the state, though reading remains a weak spot. At the bottom are the two Halifax County schools: Everetts Elementary S.T.E.M. Academy and William R Davie Middle S.T.E.M. Academy, both in the 6th percentile despite their S.T.E.M. branding.

The clearest warning signal in this ZIP is chronic absenteeism, not poverty. The lowest-performing schools have the highest absenteeism: Davie Middle (58.4%), Everetts Elementary (49.3%), and Roanoke Rapids High (46.1%), compared to the state rate of 24.2%. By contrast, Manning and Belmont Elementary have absenteeism below the state rate and achieve average-to-above-average results in several subjects. Improving attendance, especially at Roanoke Rapids High and the Halifax County schools, appears to be one of the highest-leverage strategies available. The success of the Early College, which serves an equally low-income population, suggests that school model and learning environment can make a meaningful difference even in a high-poverty community.

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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)	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 English II End of Course	EOC Math I End of Course	EOC Math III 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
Everetts Elementary S.T.E.M. Academy	Public	PK, KG-5	4391 Highway 158	Roanoke Rapids	27870	Halifax County	Halifax County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(252) 537-5484	254	17	14.9	98.8%	11 (4.3%)	207 (81.5%)	17 (6.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	2 (0.8%)	16 (6.3%)	11.1	1405^th of 1492 public elementary schools	5.8%		6.6	1454^th of 1490 public elementary schools	2.4%	49					47.9	26.5	40.5				33.3	30.6	32.4				54.1		$11,194	$2,551	$8,642
William R Davie Middle S.T.E.M. Academy	Public	6-8	4391 Hwy 158	Roanoke Rapids	27870	Halifax County	Halifax County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(252) 519-0300	243	16	15.0	98.8%	9 (3.7%)	171 (70.4%)	16 (6.6%)	1 (0.4%)	30 (12.3%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (6.6%)	8.2	732^nd of 778 public middle schools	5.9%		5.9	742^nd of 773 public middle schools	4.0%	10								22.4	23.2	19.8				25.0	37.8	24.4		51.2	$15,710	$2,800	$12,910
Chaloner Middle School	Public	6-8	2100 Virginia Avenue	Roanoke Rapids	27870	Halifax County	Roanoke Rapids City Schools	No	No	No	No	(252) 519-7600	605	34	17.7	99.5%	303 (50.1%)	185 (30.6%)	67 (11.1%)	16 (2.6%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	31 (5.1%)	54.1	356^th of 778 public middle schools	54.2%		51.3	376^th of 773 public middle schools	51.4%	20								56.6	54.1	66.7				53.0	47.8	55.6		71.7	$8,724	$602	$8,123
Roanoke Rapids High School	Public	9-12	800 Hamilton Street	Roanoke Rapids	27870	Halifax County	Roanoke Rapids City Schools	No	No	No	No	(252) 519-7200	776	48	16.3	99.6%	390 (50.3%)	246 (31.7%)	80 (10.3%)	16 (2.1%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (5.5%)	14.9	583^rd of 662 public high schools	11.9%		14.9	561^st of 641 public high schools	12.5%	22	29.7	38.9	29.5	44.7															$9,511	$641	$8,870
Manning Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	940 Park Avenue	Roanoke Rapids	27870	Halifax County	Roanoke Rapids City Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(252) 519-7400	630	41	15.2	99.5%	323 (51.3%)	173 (27.5%)	75 (11.9%)	19 (3.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (6.2%)	47.2	779^th of 1492 public elementary schools	47.8%		47.5	789^th of 1490 public elementary schools	47.0%	10					64.2	56.4	73.9				38.9	46.5	51.1				76.1		$10,540	$1,066	$9,474
Belmont Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1517 Bolling Road	Roanoke Rapids	27870	Halifax County	Roanoke Rapids City Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(252) 519-7500	614	38	16.0	99.5%	324 (52.8%)	181 (29.5%)	57 (9.3%)	14 (2.3%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (5.7%)	43.1	857^th of 1492 public elementary schools	42.6%		49.1	758^th of 1490 public elementary schools	49.1%	99					56.3	52.2	63.2				57.7	40.0	52.9				73.5		$10,381	$1,618	$8,763
Roanoke Rapids Early College High	Public	9-12	844 Hamilton St	Roanoke Rapids	27870	Halifax County	Roanoke Rapids City Schools	No	No	No	No	(252) 519-7205	119	5	23.8	97.5%	58 (48.7%)	37 (31.1%)	11 (9.2%)	5 (4.2%)	1 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (5.9%)	89	85^th of 662 public high schools	87.2%		91.2	66^th of 641 public high schools	89.7%	19	82.9	88.9	100.0	100.0															$10,292	$309	$9,983

Cities Near Zip Code 27870

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Roanoke Rapids	0.46 mi	7	356^th
Weldon	2.64 mi	4	344^th
Gaston	3.76 mi	4	417^th
Halifax	6.76 mi	3	470^th
Littleton	8.72 mi	2	431^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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