Best Public Schools in Zip Code 28689

Summary:

The 28689 zip code is home to a single elementary school, Union Grove Elementary, which serves grades PK-5 with 226 students. The school is part of the Iredell-Statesville Schools district, which is ranked 102 out of 242 districts in North Carolina and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Union Grove Elementary stands out for its exceptional mathematics performance, with a 5th-grade math proficiency rate of 77.4% in 2024-2025, significantly higher than the district and state averages. Additionally, the school's 4th-grade math proficiency rate of 80.8% in 2023-2024 is also notably high. However, the school faces challenges related to the high level of economic disadvantage among its student population, with 98.67% of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch in 2023-2024.

While Union Grove Elementary generally performs on par with or slightly above the Iredell-Statesville Schools district and the state of North Carolina in terms of proficiency rates, its statewide ranking has declined over the past few years, from 487 out of 1,505 elementary schools in 2023-2024 to 558 out of 1,490 in 2024-2025. This suggests the school may need to address areas of weakness to maintain and improve its overall performance.

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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 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
Union Grove Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1314 Sloans Mill Rd	Union Grove	28689	Iredell County	Iredell-Statesville Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(980) 920-5858	247	18	13.6	98.8%	199 (80.6%)	1 (0.4%)	35 (14.2%)	2 (0.8%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.6%)	60.4	558^th of 1490 public elementary schools	62.6%		65.2	487^th of 1505 public elementary schools	67.6%	71	64.1	55.3	77.4	48.7	55.3	51.6	80.6	$10,609	$1,078	$9,531

Cities Near Zip Code 28689

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Union Grove	2.67 mi	1	149^th
Olin	5.08 mi	3	218^th
Statesville	8.11 mi	22	349^th
Hamptonville	8.99 mi	1	389^th
Harmony	9.17 mi	1	114^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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