Best Public Schools in Zip Code 28392

Summary:

The 28392 zip code has only one school, Tar Heel School, which serves grades PK-8 and has 255 students enrolled. The school is part of the Bladen County Schools district, which is ranked 211 out of 242 districts in North Carolina and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Tar Heel School's academic performance, as measured by standardized test scores, is significantly below the district and state averages across multiple subject areas and grade levels. For example, in 2024-2025, the 3rd grade math proficiency rate at Tar Heel School was 53.3%, compared to 42.1% for Bladen County and 64.1% for North Carolina. The school's science proficiency rates are also lower than the district and state averages for 5th and 8th grade.

Additionally, Tar Heel School has a very high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, at 98.82% in the 2023-2024 school year. The school's spending per student for the 2018-2019 school year was $9,148, and it had a student-teacher ratio of 16.3 to 1 in the 2023-2024 school year. These factors suggest that Tar Heel School faces significant challenges in providing a high-quality education to its students, likely due to resource constraints and the high levels of economic disadvantage in the student population.

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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 3rd Grade	EOG Mathematics 4th Grade	EOG Mathematics 5th Grade	EOG Mathematics 6th Grade	EOG Mathematics 7th Grade	EOG Mathematics 8th Grade	EOG Reading 3rd Grade	EOG Reading 4th Grade	EOG Reading 5th Grade	EOG Reading 6th Grade	EOG Reading 7th Grade	EOG Reading 8th Grade	EOG Science 5th Grade	EOG Science 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Tar Heel School	Public	PK, KG-8	14888 Hwy 87 West	Tar Heel	28392	Bladen County	Bladen County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(910) 862-2475	449	26	17.4	95.5%	115 (25.6%)	133 (29.6%)	165 (36.7%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.2%)	1 (0.2%)	25 (5.6%)	21.1	1258^th of 1490 public elementary schools	15.6%		28.1	1136^th of 1505 public elementary schools	24.5%	122	53.3	53.3	46.2	33.8	40.0	28.2	30.0	40.0	35.9	33.8	28.0	31.0	48.7	49.3	$9,148	$1,514	$7,634

Cities Near Zip Code 28392

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Tar Heel	0.22 mi	1	446^th
Dublin	6.84 mi	2	266^th
Bladenboro	7.14 mi	3	427^th
Lumberton	7.24 mi	15	346^th
Saint Pauls	10.85 mi	3	458^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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