Best Public Schools in Zip Code 28073

Summary:

The 28073 zip code area is home to a single elementary school, Grover Elementary, which serves grades PK-4 with a total enrollment of 320 students. Despite the socioeconomic challenges faced by the school's predominantly economically disadvantaged student population, Grover Elementary has demonstrated consistent academic improvement and outperformance compared to the Cleveland County Schools and North Carolina state averages.

Grover Elementary's academic performance has been on an upward trajectory, as evidenced by its rising statewide ranking and SchoolDigger star rating. In the 2023-2024 school year, the school outperformed the county and state averages in both mathematics and reading proficiency for 3rd and 4th-grade students. Notably, Grover Elementary's 3rd-grade mathematics proficiency rate of 75.4% is significantly higher than the Cleveland County (66.1%) and North Carolina (62.7%) averages.

The school's efficient resource allocation, with a relatively high per-student spending of $10,632 and a favorable student-to-teacher ratio of 12.8, suggests that Grover Elementary is effectively supporting its students' learning needs. This, combined with the school's academic improvement and outperformance, makes Grover Elementary a standout institution in the 28073 zip code area that is worth further investigation and potential replication of its successful strategies.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2024)				Ranking (2023)				EOG Mathematics (2024)		EOG Reading (2024)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Statewide Rank (2023)	State Percentile (2023)	Rank Change from Previous Year	EOG Mathematics 3rd Grade	EOG Mathematics 4th Grade	EOG Reading 3rd Grade	EOG Reading 4th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Grover Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	206 Carolina Avenue	Grover	28073	Cleveland County	Cleveland County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(704) 476-8351	320	25	12.8	99.1%	230 (71.9%)	45 (14.1%)	17 (5.3%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (7.8%)	76.9	297^th of 1505 public elementary schools	80.3%		67.9	445^th of 1502 public elementary schools	70.4%	148	75.4	64.3	57.9	67.9	$10,632	$1,366	$9,266

Cities Near Zip Code 28073

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Grover	2.67 mi	1	105^th
Shelby	3.16 mi	17	266^th
Kings Mountain	4.81 mi	7	199^th
Bessemer City	11.2 mi	5	419^th
Gastonia	12.96 mi	26	370^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the North Carolina Dept of Public Instruction.

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