Summary:
ZIP code 28041 contains just one school: Faith Academy Charter School, part of the Faith Academy district. This alternative charter school serves grades K-11 in Faith, NC, with 938 students and a 14.4 student-teacher ratio. One of the school's standout features is attendance: only 15.4% of students were chronically absent in 2024-2025, far better than the state's 24.2% rate.
Academically, the school shows strong results in several STEM areas. In 2025-2026, 5th graders reached 82.4% proficiency in math (state: 62.9%), and 5th grade science jumped to 76.5% from 50.0% the prior year. 8th grade science also consistently beat the state, with 74.1% proficiency. The most dramatic highlight came on the Math I End-of-Course test, where proficiency soared from 33.3% to 66.7%, a 24.6-point advantage over the state average. Reading results are more mixed, but 3rd and 7th graders in 2025-2026 outperformed state averages.
However, not all trends are positive. The school lags in middle-grades math: 6th and 7th graders scored below state averages in both years, and 8th grade math fell from 63.3% to 44.4% proficiency. The steepest decline came in 8th grade reading, which dropped 27.7 points to 43.2%, trailing the state by 12.9 points. Math III EOC also slipped to 41.7%, versus the state's 68.9%. Given these wide swings, parents should interpret grade-level results cautiously, as smaller cohorts at a single school can produce large year-to-year changes. Still, Faith Academy combines strong attendance with genuine strengths in early STEM coursework, making it a school worth watching.
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