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.
Search North Carolina schools ›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.
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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% | — |
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