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Black student results in Harnett County Schools

Across 26 schools in Harnett County Schools, 34.6% of Black students meet grade level proficient+. That is 7.2 points below the North Carolina average for Black students.

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45.6%
All students
34.6%
Black
40.3%
Hispanic
55.8%
White
71.6%
Asian

Average across the 26 schools in Harnett 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 25 schools here with at least 25 Black student results, Harnett County Early College reports 95% of Black students meeting the standard. STAR Academy, in the same district, reports 5%. That is a 90-point spread across schools under one administration, serving one community, funded by one tax base.

Every school in Harnett 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
Harnett County Early College 94.4% 95% 90.2% 95%
Benhaven Elementary 63.5% 55.7% 60.1% 69.2% 85.7%
Northwest Harnett Elementary 68.3% 48.8% 54.4% 75.2%
Overhills Elementary 53.5% 43.7% 50.3% 63.6% 90%
Johnsonville Elementary 54.8% 43.2% 49.2% 67%
LaFayette Elementary 58.2% 40.9% 70% 58.8%
Western Harnett Middle 46.9% 39.1% 34% 56.2%
Highland Elementary 57.8% 36.3% 50.3% 69.3%
Overhills Middle 43.6% 36.2% 44.4% 49.3% 84.6%
Highland Middle 46.1% 36.1% 40% 55% 61.1%
Dunn Middle 42.7% 34.7% 42.3% 58.9% 61.5%
Dunn Elementary 40.7% 34% 35.1% 61.3%
Lillington-Shawtown Elementary 43.6% 33.7% 40.9% 53.3%
Western Harnett High 39.6% 33.5% 33.2% 45.5% 60%
Overhills High 40.9% 31.1% 40.7% 50.6% 50%
Harnett Central High 36.2% 28.6% 23.3% 50.3%
Coats-Erwin Middle 40.6% 28.2% 31.6% 54.4%
Erwin Elementary 33.3% 26.6% 24.7% 39.9%
South Harnett Elementary 42.7% 26.6% 41% 54.2%
Harnett Central Middle 40.9% 25.8% 30.3% 55.9% 80%
Angier Elementary 33.8% 25% 29.5% 46.9%
Coats Elementary 36% 24.5% 23.9% 53.7%
Triton High 34.8% 23.1% 31% 49%
Boone Trail Elementary 41.1% 23% 36.6% 52.4%
Buies Creek Elementary 46.2% 22.2% 29.7% 58.6%
STAR Academy Alt 5.8% 5% 10.2% 7.5%

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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