Summary:
The 74837 zip code area is home to two small schools - Butner Elementary School and Butner High School, both serving a high-need student population. While the elementary school has shown some improvement in its statewide ranking over the years, the high school has struggled, with proficiency rates in core subjects like English and Math well below state averages.
Butner Elementary School serves 148 students from pre-K through 8th grade, with a high percentage (79.05%) of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch. The school has a relatively low per-student spending of $9,792 and a small student-teacher ratio of 14:1. While its statewide ranking has improved from the bottom 10% to the bottom 50% in recent years, the school still faces challenges in serving its high-need student population.
Butner High School, with only 56 students, has seen fluctuating statewide rankings, from the bottom 10% to the top 50% and back down to the bottom 20% in the most recent year. The school's graduation rate of 80.1% is below the state average, and its proficiency rates in core subjects like English (20%) and Math (6.7%) are alarmingly low. Despite the high-need student population, the high school has a higher per-student spending of $12,499 compared to the elementary school.
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