Summary:
Zip code 27983 is a rural section of northeastern North Carolina that contains just one elementary school: Windsor Elementary, which serves grades PK–5 with 336 students. The school operates in a very high-poverty area, with 99.11% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, and sits within Bertie County Schools. Its student–teacher ratio is 15.2 to 1, spending per student is roughly $11,007, and its chronic absenteeism rate of 26.9% is a concern, affecting about one in four students.
Academically, Windsor Elementary outperforms its district but trails the state in most subjects. In 2025–2026, average math proficiency was 60.9%, compared with 52.3% for Bertie County Schools and 63.6% statewide; reading was 53.6%, above the district’s 46.3% but below the state’s 56.2%. The strongest result was 5th grade math, where 79.4% of students were proficient, far exceeding the state’s 62.9%. The weakest was 4th grade math, at 35.3% compared to 61.4% statewide — a 44-point gap between two grades in the same school.
Test scores swung sharply between 2024–2025 and 2025–2026. Gains include +26.9 points in 5th grade math, +22.7 in 3rd grade reading, and +16.1 in 3rd grade math, but 4th grade dropped 16 points in math and 12.5 points in reading. This pattern suggests cohort changes more than steady school-wide improvement. Still, the school is a bright spot within Bertie County Schools, and its state ranking rebounded to the 46th percentile in 2025–2026 from the 33rd percentile the year before. Given its near-universal poverty rate, outperforming the surrounding district while remaining slightly below the state makes this a resilient but uneven school for parents to watch.
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