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White Oak, NC schools

White Oak’s public schools score well below North Carolina’s averages: 31% of students are proficient in reading against 47.2% statewide, and 92% of high schoolers graduate on time against 87.7%. Kids attend one of 5 elementary schools through grade 5, then Bladenboro Middle or Clarkton School of Discovery and West Bladen High or East Bladen High or Bladen Early College.

Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.

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White Oak’s School Grade: C

The public schools White Oak’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 70% of North Carolina’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.

C-Test scoresB+Graduation
North Carolina school districts we grade (318)Better than 30%
Lower resultsHigher results
North Carolina towns with similar household incomes (195)Better than 9%
High confidence. Built on 1,950 tested students and a graduating class of 357; 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, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
  • The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
  • Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of North Carolina only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
  • Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in North Carolina with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
  • What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why 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.
School path

Where White Oak kids go to school

Grades PK–5
5 elementary schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Bladen County Schools
Grades 6–8
DBladenboro Middle or CClarkton School of Discovery Depends on your address Bladen County Schools
Grades 9–12
B-West Bladen High or B-East Bladen High or DBladen Early College Depends on your address Bladen County Schools

Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.

Test scores · 2020–21

Well below the state in reading

Reading (grades PK–12, Bladen County)31%
State average 47.2%
Math (grades PK–12, Bladen County)20%
State average 41.9%
Graduation · class of 2020

92% graduate on time

Graduation rate
92%
NC: 87.7%
Graduating class
357
students

The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years.

Districts

The district serving White Oak

Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.

Within reach

Colleges near White Oak

There’s no college in White Oak, but 11 colleges are within 30 miles. The closest is Bladen Community College in Dublin, 6.6 miles away.

1 more within 30 miles.

Straight-line distance from the center of White Oak. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus. Colleges marked › have their own page; the others are too small or don’t report enough to the Department of Education for one.

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