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Best Middle Schools in Zip Code 28025

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Schools

1,375

Students

Top rankedC C Griffin Middle407^th of 778 North Carolina middle schools

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Biggest riser

Concord Middle up 75 spots statewide this year

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Summary:

Zip code 28025 in Concord, North Carolina, is served by two public middle schools—C C Griffin Middle and Concord Middle—both covering grades 6–8 and both belong to the same district, Cabarrus County Schools, yet the two schools present very different academic and socioeconomic profiles.

C C Griffin Middle is the stronger-performing school, ranking around the middle of North Carolina (48th percentile for 2025–26). It has a moderate free/reduced lunch rate of 54.8% and a chronic absenteeism rate of 17.3%, below the state average. On 2025–26 EOG tests, C C Griffin averages roughly 53% proficient in math and 55% in reading across grades 6–8, with several subjects right at or slightly above state averages. In contrast, Concord Middle ranks near the bottom of the state (16th percentile for 2025–26) and serves an intensely high-poverty population: 99.49% of students are eligible for free/reduced lunch, and 33.2% are chronically absent—nearly double the rate at C C Griffin. Concord’s math and reading proficiency averages are about 37%, leaving large gaps versus its local counterpart. The widest achievement gap is in 7th-grade math (54.3% vs. 31.3%, a 23-point difference), while the smallest gap is in 8th-grade science, where Concord performs relatively stronger.

There are encouraging signs despite the disparities. Concord Middle showed notable one-year improvement from 2024–25 to 2025–26, including a dramatic +24.9-point jump in 6th-grade math and +20-point gains in several other subjects. Concord also receives more funding ($9,893 per student vs. $8,618 at C C Griffin) and has a lower student-to-teacher ratio (16.2 vs. 18.5), likely reflecting its greater student needs. However, even the higher-achieving C C Griffin lags its district average in every subject—for example, 6th-grade math is 50.8% at C C Griffin versus 68.0% districtwide. For families, this means the zip code contains two very different school experiences; school-by-school data matters far more than geographic proximity.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				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	EOG Mathematics 6th Grade	EOG Mathematics 7th Grade	EOG Mathematics 8th Grade	EOG Reading 6th Grade	EOG Reading 7th Grade	EOG Reading 8th Grade	EOG Science 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Concord Middle	Public, Magnet	6-8	1500 Gold Rush Drive	Concord	28025	Cabarrus County	Cabarrus County Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(704) 260-6430	583	36	16.2	99.5%	108 (18.5%)	218 (37.4%)	219 (37.6%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (6.0%)	19.3	657^th of 778 public middle schools	15.6%		7.5	732^nd of 773 public middle schools	5.3%	75	42.9	31.3	35.4	34.4	41.6	35.8	59.1	$9,893	$515	$9,378
C C Griffin Middle	Public, Magnet	6-8	7650 Griffin's Gate Drive	Concord	28025	Cabarrus County	Cabarrus County Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(704) 260-6410	792	43	18.5	54.8%	266 (33.6%)	230 (29.0%)	216 (27.3%)	32 (4.0%)	3 (0.4%)	2 (0.3%)	43 (5.4%)	48.9	407^th of 778 public middle schools	47.7%		51.9	370^th of 773 public middle schools	52.1%	37	50.8	54.3	53.5	51.3	56.1	56.2	65.8	$8,618	$798	$7,820

Cities Near Zip Code 28025

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Concord	0.84 mi	35	227^th
Kannapolis	4.14 mi	12	315^th
Mount Pleasant	5.75 mi	3	113^th
Harrisburg	6.53 mi	5	107^th
Charlotte	8.65 mi	185	282^nd

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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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