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Best Public Schools in Zip Code 28341

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School

361

Students

Top rankedHargrove Elementary725^th of 1,492 North Carolina elementary schools

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Summary:

ZIP code 28341 is served by one public school, Hargrove Elementary, a PK-5 school in Faison, North Carolina with 361 students in Sampson County Schools. Because there are no other schools in this ZIP code, this is a single-school profile rather than a local comparison. Hargrove has earned a 3-star rating in each of the last three school years, ranking in the 62nd, 68th, and 51st percentiles of elementary schools statewide. Its district currently carries 2 stars and ranks 134th out of 246 districts in North Carolina.

Math is Hargrove's clearest strength. In six math tests across two school years, the school beat the state average in five. Third-grade math was consistently well above both district and state averages: 75.8 vs. 68.0 district and 66.4 state in 2025-2026, and 76.7 vs. 67.4 district and 64.1 state the year before. In 2024-2025, fifth graders were exceptional, with math at 79.6, reading at 70.4, and science at 79.6, all far ahead of district and state averages. This is especially notable because 99.17% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch, yet math outcomes remain at or above state levels.

Reading is less consistent. In 2025-2026, third-grade reading (51.5) and fifth-grade reading (48.7) trailed the state (55.6 and 55.3), though fourth-grade reading (60.0) beat both district and state averages. The most striking change was a fifth-grade drop-off from 2024-2025 to 2025-2026: math fell 16.4 points, reading fell 21.7 points, and science fell 21.7 points. Meanwhile, third-grade reading, fourth-grade math, and fourth-grade reading all improved, so the school's ranking decline was driven largely by that fifth-grade cohort. Chronic absenteeism is 23.9%, slightly below the district rate of 25.3% and state rate of 24.2%. With only 361 students across PK-5, small cohorts can create large swings in percentages, so these results should be read cautiously. Overall, Hargrove Elementary is a high-poverty rural school that outpaces its district in many subjects, with math as its standout subject and reading as its biggest opportunity area.

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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 3rd Grade	EOG Mathematics 4th Grade	EOG Mathematics 5th Grade	EOG Reading 3rd Grade	EOG Reading 4th Grade	EOG Reading 5th Grade	EOG Science 5th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Hargrove Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	7725 Faison Hwy	Faison	28341	Duplin County	Sampson County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(910) 533-3444	361	24	14.7	99.2%	89 (24.7%)	40 (11.1%)	211 (58.4%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.8%)	1 (0.3%)	17 (4.7%)	50.2	725^th of 1492 public elementary schools	51.4%		65.3	480^th of 1490 public elementary schools	67.8%	245	75.8	62.2	63.2	51.5	60.0	48.7	57.9	$11,435	$2,015	$9,421

Cities Near Zip Code 28341

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Mount Olive	2.16 mi	4	253^rd
Faison	7.6 mi	1	117^th
Warsaw	7.82 mi	2	450^th
Dudley	10.68 mi	3	430^th
Goldsboro	13.14 mi	26	318^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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