Schools in Zip Code 28115

Zip code 28115 encompasses 11 schools in the Mooresville, NC area enrolling roughly 9,351 students in pre-K through 12th grade, with a mix of seven elementary schools, two middle schools, one high school, and one alternative school spanning two traditional districts — Mooresville Graded School District and Iredell-Statesville Schools — plus the charter/alternative Pine Lake Preparatory. However, "elementary" spans very different grade configurations: Coddle Creek Elementary and Shepherd Elementary serve PK-5, while South Elementary, Rocky River Elementary, and Park View Elementary serve only PK-2 or K-2.

The single biggest academic outlier is Pine Lake Preparatory, which posts an unweighted average proficiency of 90.1% across 18 test results — dramatically above every other school in the zip. Among traditional public schools, Coddle Creek Elementary (69.0%), East Mooresville Intermediate (68.8%), Mooresville Intermediate (66.9%), and Mooresville Middle (66.6%) cluster in a solid range, while Selma Burke Middle (66.3%) trails only slightly. Mooresville High School, the sole traditional high school, posts 59.8% proficiency on end-of-course tests with a strong 94.9% graduation rate, but has the zip's highest chronic absenteeism at 20.5%. Shepherd Elementary records the lowest scores (59.7%) alongside a 99.6% free/reduced lunch rate — a stark economic contrast with Coddle Creek Elementary's 29.1%, even though both belong to Iredell-Statesville Schools.

The feeder pattern is noteworthy: the middle schools rank in the 72nd–73rd percentile statewide, yet Mooresville High School sits near the 50th percentile, suggesting a possible transition dip worth investigating. Chronic absenteeism is below the state rate of 24.2% at every school, but the high school's 20.5% figure stands out. The three K-2 primary schools (South Elementary, Rocky River Elementary, Park View Elementary) have no end-of-grade test data, leaving early literacy and math performance invisible. Overall, families in 28115 can choose between a dramatically high-performing charter, solid district-run feeder schools, and one high-poverty elementary school whose results must be interpreted with economic context in mind.