Best High Schools in zip code 27894, North Carolina

Summary:

Zip code 27894 is home to only one high school: Wilson Academy of Virtual Education, a tiny virtual school in Wilson, NC, serving grades 6 through 12 with an enrollment of just 44 students as part of Wilson County Schools. Because there is only one high school in this zip code, parents looking in this area will be considering a highly specialized, non-traditional virtual academy rather than a typical brick-and-mortar high school. The school serves students from middle school through high school, and about half of its students qualify for free or reduced lunch, indicating a moderate level of economic need.

One of the school's bright spots is attendance. The chronic absenteeism rate at Wilson Academy of Virtual Education is 12.5%, which is far better than the district rate of 22.1% for Wilson County Schools and the state average of 24.2%. The area of greater concern is academic achievement. On the Biology End-of-Course test, only 30% of students were proficient, compared to 51.3% across Wilson County Schools and 58.5% statewide — a gap of more than 28 points from the state average. The school's reported student-teacher ratio comes in at a very unusual 146.6, though parents should interpret this cautiously since virtual school staffing models often look very different from traditional schools.

The most important takeaway for parents is that, while students at this virtual academy appear to be logging in and attending at healthy rates, academic performance in science lags well behind district and state peers. Since the school has only 44 students, each child represents roughly 2% of the population, which means single-student swings can have an outsized effect on the school's scores. Parents considering this school should also keep in mind that because it serves grades 6 through 12, the Biology test results reflect only a subset of high school-level students. Overall, Wilson Academy of Virtual Education offers a flexible, small virtual option with good attendance patterns, but the data suggests families should ask detailed questions about science instruction and academic support before enrolling.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking ()				Ranking ()				EOC Biology (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/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score ()	Statewide Rank ()	State Percentile ()	SchoolDigger Rating ()	Average Standard Score ()	Statewide Rank ()	State Percentile ()	Rank Change from Previous Year	EOC Biology End of Course	Total
Wilson Academy of Virtual Education	Public, Virtual	6-12	117 NE Tarboro St	Wilson	27894	Wilson County	Wilson County Schools	No	No	Yes	No	(252) 399-7700	44	0	146.6	50.0%	26 (59.1%)	12 (27.3%)	3 (6.8%)	1 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.3%)	1 (2.3%)								(n/a)	30.0

Cities Near Zip Code 27894

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Wilson	0.94 mi	23	209^th
Black Creek	6.44 mi	1	129^th
Elm City	6.44 mi	3	74^th
Lucama	7.02 mi	2	11^th
Stantonsburg	8.31 mi	2	258^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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Best High Schools in Zip Code 27894

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