Across 16 schools in Burke County Schools, 37.6% of Black students meet grade level proficient+. That is 4.2 points below the North Carolina average for Black students.
Search North Carolina schools ›Average across the 16 schools in Burke County Schools with reportable results, giving each school equal weight regardless of size. A group is omitted from a school when too few students were tested to report safely.
Among the 9 schools here with at least 25 Black student results, Heritage Middle reports 58.1% of Black students meeting the standard. Walter R Johnson Middle, in the same district, reports 27.7%. That is a 30.4-point spread across schools under one administration, serving one community, funded by one tax base.
Ranked by the share of Black students meeting grade level proficient+. Every group is shown alongside, because a school that serves one group well and another poorly is telling you something too.
| School | All | Black | Hispanic | White | Asian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glen Alpine Elementary | 61% | 60% | 57.4% | 65.2% | 51.7% |
| Heritage Middle | 61.4% | 58.1% | 49.5% | 63.8% | 63.9% |
| Drexel Elementary | 56% | 50% | 51.9% | 56.9% | 72% |
| Valdese Elementary | 58.6% | 50% | 55.8% | 61.8% | 52.8% |
| Patton High School | 57.6% | 46.2% | 50.9% | 60.3% | 57.7% |
| Liberty Middle | 60.5% | 43.2% | 44.2% | 66.2% | 56.3% |
| Table Rock Middle | 51.9% | 42% | 47% | 54.1% | 48.8% |
| Mountain View Elementary | 45.5% | 40.6% | 44.5% | 49.6% | 70.6% |
| Hillcrest Elementary | 44.3% | 35% | 43.4% | 40.5% | — |
| East Burke Middle | 52.9% | 29% | 46.5% | 53.5% | 62.8% |
| Freedom High | 42.5% | 28.6% | 31.2% | 51.9% | 64.7% |
| Oak Hill Elementary | 45.1% | 28% | 36.6% | 51.3% | — |
| Walter R Johnson Middle | 42.2% | 27.7% | 39% | 55.2% | 78.9% |
| Forest Hill Elementary | 42.3% | 27.3% | 37.4% | 57.8% | — |
| Mull Elementary | 62.8% | 27.3% | 49.1% | 70.8% | 37.5% |
| Draughn High School | 60.9% | 9.1% | 54.4% | 64.5% | 58.6% |
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