Summary:
ZIP code 28117 contains 8 schools serving roughly 6,927 students — three elementary schools, three middle schools, one high school, and one K-12 charter academy — with seven belonging to Iredell-Statesville Schools, a district ranking 121st of 246 in North Carolina, and Langtree Charter Academy offering a separate K-12 charter alternative.
The clear standouts are all 5-star schools: The Brawley School, Woodland Heights Elementary, and Lake Norman Elementary. The Brawley School ranks 26th out of 778 North Carolina middle schools (97th percentile), with 8th grade EOG proficiency of 95.0% in math, 91.4% in reading, and 95.4% in science. Woodland Heights Elementary ranks 78th of 1,492 elementary schools (95th percentile), has the ZIP's lowest chronic absenteeism rate at 5.7%, and reaches 92.7% proficiency in 5th grade science. Lake Norman Elementary ranks 135th (91st percentile) with strong math across all grades. Lake Norman High ranks 230th of 662 high schools (65th percentile) with a 94.7% graduation rate — solid, but a step down from the exceptional middle schools feeding it.
Performance varies widely within the same district and ZIP code. Lakeshore Middle ranks 357th of 778 middle schools (54th percentile), and its 8th grade math proficiency of 42.3% trails The Brawley School by 52.7 points; it also has the ZIP's highest poverty rate at 40.5% and chronic absenteeism at 15.5%. Langtree Charter Academy excels in English II at 80.0% but falls below the state average in Math I at 37.5%, a sharp drop from the previous year. Even the highest absenteeism rate in the ZIP — Lake Norman High's 20.2% — remains below the state average of 24.2%, and the area's top elementary and middle schools deliver truly exceptional outcomes.
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