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Buies Creek Elementary

PublicElementaryGrades K–5

340 Main Street, Buies Creek, NC 27506 · (910) 893-3505 · Part of Harnett County Schools

Buies Creek’s School Grade C+ better than 36% of North Carolina school districts

Directions
Students
267
Students per teacher
17:1
Free or reduced lunch
58%
Setting
Town
Grades
K–5
The gist

What stands out about Buies Creek Elementary

  • Its own letter, B−: better results than 51% of North Carolina’s public schools
  • Enrollment up 28.4% since 2020–21
  • Next stop for Buies Creek kids: 6 middle schools

On the path

Where Buies Creek kids come from and go next. The whole path →

K–5Buies Creek ElementaryYou are here
6–86 middle schoolsDepends on your address

Test scores

2020–21
Math proficiency42%
State average 41.8%
Reading / language arts47%
State average 47.2%

Its own letter, B−, places these results among North Carolina’s 2,529 public schools with results. Source: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21).

Location

Directions ↗

340 Main Street, Buies Creek

Students

Enrollment by grade
Kindergarten51
Grade 156
Grade 239
Grade 346
Grade 439
Grade 536
Enrollment over time
208’20
229’21
232’22
230’23
267’24

Up 28.4% since 2020–21.

Who goes here
White 48%Hispanic 21%Black 19%Two or more races 9%Asian 3%American Indian/Alaska Native <1%

As reported to NCES, share of students with a reported race or ethnicity.

Parents talk

Questions and answers about Buies Creek Elementary from Buies Creek families.

Other schools in Harnett County Schools

The district →
Benhaven Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Sanford
B
1,065 students16:1
Overhills Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Spring Lake
C
866 students16:1
Highland Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Sanford
C+
854 students15:1
Dunn Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Dunn
D
813 students14:1
Lillington-Shawtown Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Lillington
C−
695 students15:1
Northwest Harnett Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Fuquay-Varina
B
645 students18:1

School facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES), 2024–2025 school year. Test scores: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21). A school’s letter is our own summary of its reading and math results against North Carolina’s other public schools; Buies Creek’s School Grade is built from its districts’ results. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.