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Best Middle Schools in Zip Code 28098

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712

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Top rankedHolbrook Middle605^th of 773 North Carolina middle schools

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Summary:

The 28098 zip code area has only one middle school, Holbrook Middle School, which serves grades 6-8. Based on the available data, Holbrook Middle School appears to be an underperforming school, with declining statewide rankings and test scores well below the Gaston County Schools and North Carolina state averages.

Holbrook Middle School's statewide ranking has dropped from 465 out of 784 middle schools in 2022-2023 to 605 out of 773 in 2024-2025, and it is rated only 2 out of 5 stars by SchoolDigger, indicating below-average performance compared to other schools in the state. The school's test scores in mathematics, reading, and science are consistently lower than the county and state averages across all grade levels.

Additionally, Holbrook Middle School has an extremely high rate of free/reduced lunch recipients at 99.62% in 2023-2024, suggesting a high-poverty student population. The school's spending per student for the 2018-2019 school year was $7,945, which is relatively low compared to state and national averages. The school also has a slightly higher student-teacher ratio of 17.8 to 1 in 2023-2024 compared to the national average of around 16 to 1.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				EOG Mathematics (2025)			EOG Reading (2025)			EOG Science (2025)	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	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	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
Holbrook Middle	Public	6-8	418 S Church Street	Lowell	28098	Gaston County	Gaston County Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 836-9607	712	53	13.5	97.8%	242 (34.0%)	217 (30.5%)	197 (27.7%)	9 (1.3%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	46 (6.5%)	23.2	605^th of 773 public middle schools	21.7%		26.6	597^th of 793 public middle schools	24.7%	8	37.3	36.6	27.1	41.0	38.1	45.6	45.6	$7,945	$752	$7,193

Cities Near Zip Code 28098

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Lowell	0.35 mi	2	339^th
Gastonia	1.64 mi	25	365^th
Mc Adenville	2.12 mi	1	75^th
Belmont	3.25 mi	7	110^th
Cramerton	3.52 mi	1	8^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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