Cerro Gordo’s public schools score below 69% of North Carolina districts
The public schools Cerro Gordo’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 69% of North Carolina’s districts on state tests and graduation.
Reading proficiency
34%
▼ 13 pts vs NC 47%
2020–21
Math proficiency
32%
▼ 10 pts vs NC 42%
2020–21
Graduate on time
86%
▼ 2 pts vs NC 88%
class of 2020
Spent per student
$13.5K
▲ 4% vs NC $13.0K
FY2024
Students per teacher
16.6
NC 16.1
Schools
1
814 students
The School Grade
How Cerro Gordo compares
C Test scoresC Graduation
North Carolina school districts we grade (318)Better than 31%
Lower resultsHigher results
High confidence. Built on 2,620 tested students and a graduating class of 482; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on North Carolina’s state tests against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown but don’t count. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids through every district that serves it, weighted by students tested. Tests count 60%, graduation 40%.
Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are compared with the rest of North Carolina only. A+ is the top 5%, A the next 10%, A− the next 10%, the B range the next 30%, the C range the next 30%, D the rest.
What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income, so we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Cerro Gordo.
4 schools teach 9th grade in Cerro Gordo’s district. Which one depends on your address: South Columbus High, East Columbus Junior-Senior High, West Columbus High and Columbus Career and College Academy.
4 schools teach 10th grade in Cerro Gordo’s district. Which one depends on your address: South Columbus High, East Columbus Junior-Senior High, West Columbus High and Columbus Career and College Academy.
4 schools teach 11th grade in Cerro Gordo’s district. Which one depends on your address: South Columbus High, East Columbus Junior-Senior High, West Columbus High and Columbus Career and College Academy.
4 schools teach 12th grade in Cerro Gordo’s district. Which one depends on your address: South Columbus High, East Columbus Junior-Senior High, West Columbus High and Columbus Career and College Academy.
The path, start to finish
PK–8West Columbus SchoolColumbus County Schools
9–124 high schoolsDepends on your address
The district
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Straight-line distance from the center of Cerro Gordo. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus · College Scorecard · IPEDS.
School data: U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts, F-33 school finance). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within North Carolina. Stars are from neighbors.