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Black student results in Pender County Schools

Across 19 schools in Pender County Schools, 37% of Black students meet grade level proficient+. That is 4.8 points below the North Carolina average for Black students.

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54.4%
All students
37%
Black
49.5%
Hispanic
60.7%
White
84.6%
Asian

Average across the 19 schools in Pender 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 13 schools here with at least 25 Black student results, Rocky Point Elementary reports 58.3% of Black students meeting the standard. C.F. Pope Elementary, in the same district, reports 17.6%. That is a 40.7-point spread across schools under one administration, serving one community, funded by one tax base.

Every school in Pender 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
Pender Early College High 94.4% 92.9% 95% 95%
North Topsail Elementary 75.7% 60% 62.3% 76.8%
Rocky Point Elementary 62.1% 58.3% 57.2% 66.9%
Topsail High 74.5% 56% 72.8% 75.4% 81%
South Topsail Elementary 68.8% 45.5% 50% 72.3% 95%
Topsail Annandale Elementary School 77.7% 41.7% 75% 79.7%
Cape Fear Middle 52.1% 41.1% 39.8% 63.2%
Topsail Middle 71.1% 38.3% 66.7% 72.6% 77.8%
Surf City Middle 67.9% 36% 58% 69.3%
Burgaw Middle 36.5% 29.7% 27.9% 49.1%
Heide Trask High 35% 29.2% 31.7% 41.5%
Cape Fear Elementary 46.1% 27.9% 35.5% 52.7%
Malpass Corner Elementary 38.6% 27.7% 38.6% 44.7%
West Pender Middle 35% 25.2% 29.8% 47.2%
Penderlea Elementary 47.5% 23.9% 36.8% 59.2%
Surf City Elementary 63.5% 23.5% 53.8% 65.6%
Pender High 28.6% 23.1% 25.7% 36.1%
C.F. Pope Elementary 35.8% 17.6% 33.9% 51.5%
Pender Innovative Learning Academy Alt 22.5% 5% 34.8%

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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