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Best Elementary Schools in Zip Code 28697

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At a glance

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405

Students

Top rankedWilkesboro Elementary School565^th of 1,490 North Carolina elementary schools

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Summary:

The 28697 zip code area is home to a single elementary school, Wilkesboro Elementary School, which serves grades PK-5 and has a total enrollment of 389 students. The school is part of the Wilkes County Schools district, which is ranked 104 out of 242 districts in North Carolina and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Wilkesboro Elementary has seen fluctuations in its statewide ranking over the past few years, ranking 565 out of 1,490 North Carolina elementary schools in 2024-2025 (3-star rating), 315 out of 1,505 in 2023-2024 (4-star rating), and 404 out of 1,502 in 2022-2023 (4-star rating). The school's academic performance is mixed, with mathematics proficiency rates generally lower than the district and state averages, while reading and science proficiency rates are a mix, with some grades performing better and some worse than the district and state.

Wilkesboro Elementary has a high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, at 99.23% in the 2023-2024 school year. The school's spending per student was $9,993 in the 2018-2019 school year, and the student-teacher ratio is 15.8 for the 2023-2024 school year. These factors suggest that the school may need additional resources and targeted interventions to help its students succeed, despite the relatively low student-teacher ratio.

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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
Wilkesboro Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1248 School St	Wilkesboro	28697	Wilkes County	Wilkes County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(336) 838-4261	405	24	16.8	99.3%	251 (62.0%)	16 (4.0%)	73 (18.0%)	12 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	52 (12.8%)	59.9	565^th of 1490 public elementary schools	62.1%		75.7	315^th of 1505 public elementary schools	79.1%	250	56.7	56.4	70.3	44.8	61.8	65.6	67.2	$9,993	$1,301	$8,692

Cities Near Zip Code 28697

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Wilkesboro	1.14 mi	4	162^nd
North Wilkesboro	2.91 mi	4	313^th
Moravian Falls	3.09 mi	2	70^th
Millers Creek	6.59 mi	2	160^th
Hays	7.97 mi	2	302^nd

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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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