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Best Elementary Schools in Zip Code 28754

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School

445

Students

Top rankedMars Hill Elementary821^st of 1,490 North Carolina elementary schools

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Summary:

The 28754 zip code is home to a single elementary school, Mars Hill Elementary, which serves grades K-5 and has a total enrollment of 477 students. The school is part of the Madison County Schools district, which is ranked 89 out of 242 districts in North Carolina and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Mars Hill Elementary's academic performance has fluctuated in recent years, with its SchoolDigger ranking ranging from a 2-star rating in 2024-2025 to a 3-star rating in 2023-2024 and 2022-2023. The school's proficiency rates on End-of-Grade (EOG) tests are mixed, with math and reading scores above the district average but below the state average, while 5th-grade science proficiency is on par with the state. The school faces socioeconomic challenges, with 99.37% of its students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a high-poverty student population.

Despite these challenges, Mars Hill Elementary has a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 14.6 to 1, and its per-student spending was $10,436 in the 2018-2019 school year. However, the school's academic performance suggests room for improvement, and it may benefit from additional resources, targeted interventions, and a focus on aligning its educational outcomes with statewide standards.

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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
Mars Hill Elementary	Public	K-5	200 School House Lane	Mars Hill	28754	Madison County	Madison County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(828) 689-2922	445	33	13.4	98.9%	418 (93.9%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.9%)	15 (3.4%)	45.7	821^st of 1490 public elementary schools	44.9%		61.1	561^st of 1505 public elementary schools	62.7%	260	54.7	60.7	54.9	40.7	56.0	47.9	62.0	$10,436	$1,370	$9,066

Cities Near Zip Code 28754

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Mars Hill	3 mi	1	296^th
Barnardsville	8.34 mi	1	28^th
Marshall	8.58 mi	6	169^th
Weaverville	9.2 mi	6	89^th
Burnsville	9.44 mi	6	260^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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