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Black student results in Burke County Schools

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.

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52.8%
All students
37.6%
Black
46.2%
Hispanic
57.7%
White
59.7%
Asian

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.

The distance inside one district

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.

Every school in Burke County Schools

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.

SchoolAllBlackHispanicWhiteAsian
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%

Flags show magnet, charter, alternative and virtual schools. Some campuses — early college and specialized academies among them — also admit by application, and this page cannot yet identify all of them. Check with the district before assuming a school is open to your address.

How to read this. North Carolina suppresses results above 95% or below 5% to protect student privacy. Those schools are shown at the 95% or 5% boundary and are excluded from headline statistics. Because every state sets its own proficiency standard, North Carolina figures should not be compared against another state's.

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