Creswell’s public schools score below 85% of North Carolina districts
The public schools Creswell’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 85% of North Carolina’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
What Creswell’s schools are like
High spending, low results
Creswell spends $18,400 per student, 41% more than the state average, and each teacher has about 14 students, compared with 16 statewide. Results haven’t kept pace: the schools beat 15% of districts. Test scores ↓
Low even next to similar towns
It isn’t only a matter of income. Among the 109 North Carolina towns with similar household incomes, Creswell still scores better than just 7%. How it compares ↓
Graduation holds up better than test scores
Test scores run well below the state, but 82% of students still graduate on time. That’s only 6 points under the state average of 88%.
Creswell shares its schools with neighboring towns
Every school on Creswell’s path is shared: Washington County Elementary School and Washington County High. See the path ↓
This summary is written from the data on this page. Test scores are from 2020–21, a pandemic year, so treat small gaps with caution.
How Creswell compares
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 Creswell.
The district
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Well below the state in reading
Every school in Creswell
2 schools. Grades are based on state tests and graduation. Any other ratings are made by neighbors.
Parents talk
What Creswell families are saying about school.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Colleges near Creswell
There’s no college in Creswell, but 1 is within 30 miles. The closest is Elizabeth City State University in Elizabeth City, 29.9 miles away.
Straight-line distance from the center of Creswell. 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.