Summary:
The 28623 zip code is home to a single public school, Glade Creek Elementary, which serves grades PK-8 and has an enrollment of 238 students. The school is part of the Alleghany County Schools district, which is ranked 157 out of 242 districts in North Carolina and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Glade Creek Elementary has seen a decline in its statewide ranking over the past three school years, going from 1004 out of 1502 elementary schools in 2022-2023 to 1211 out of 1490 in 2024-2025, with a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger. Academically, the school generally lags behind both the Alleghany County Schools district and the state of North Carolina in proficiency rates for Math, Reading, and Science on the End-of-Grade (EOG) assessments. For the 2024-2025 school year, Glade Creek's proficiency rates range from 28.6% to 63.3%, while the Alleghany County Schools district ranges from 35.7% to 64.1%, and the state of North Carolina ranges from 46.7% to 64.1%. The school has a high percentage of students (73.95%) receiving free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a high level of economic disadvantage among the student population.
Despite these challenges, Glade Creek Elementary has a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 13.3 to 1, which is generally considered a positive factor for student learning. The school's per-student spending for the 2018-2019 school year was $12,782, which is higher than the national average but lower than the state average for North Carolina. Overall, the data suggests that Glade Creek Elementary is a school that is struggling to keep up with its peers in the state, both in terms of academic performance and overall school quality, and addressing the underlying issues will be crucial for the school to improve and better serve its students.
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