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Black student results in Rutherford County Schools

Across 14 schools in Rutherford County Schools, 42.7% of Black students meet grade level proficient+. That is 0.9 points above the North Carolina average for Black students.

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55.6%
All students
42.7%
Black
50.1%
Hispanic
59.7%
White
70%
Asian

Average across the 14 schools in Rutherford 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 12 schools here with at least 25 Black student results, Forest City-Dunbar Elementary School reports 63.7% of Black students meeting the standard. Rutherford Opportunity Center, in the same district, reports 5%. That is a 58.7-point spread across schools under one administration, serving one community, funded by one tax base.

Every school in Rutherford 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
Cliffside Elementary School 76.2% 71.4% 66.7% 80%
Forest City-Dunbar Elementary School 69.1% 63.7% 61.6% 78.9% 70%
Ellenboro Elementary School 73.1% 61.1% 80.4% 72.8%
Rutherfordton Elementary School 69.1% 55.6% 62.9% 69.7%
CHASE High School 62.1% 45.5% 48.5% 65.2%
CHASE Middle School 57.7% 44.4% 50.5% 61.5%
Forrest W. Hunt Elementary School 61.8% 40.5% 56.7% 64.9%
Mt. Vernon-Ruth Elementary School 58.6% 40% 50% 60.8%
R-S Middle School 51.8% 38.6% 51.3% 55.7%
East Rutherford Middle School 46.8% 35.9% 41.5% 50.9%
East Rutherford High School 52.5% 34.7% 40.9% 60.3%
Spindale Elementary School 46.2% 33% 55.6% 53.2%
R-S Central High School 47.5% 28.4% 29.8% 53.8%
Rutherford Opportunity Center Alt 6.3% 5% 5% 8.5%

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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