Moore County Schools
Serves Pinehurst, Southern Pines, Aberdeen, Whispering Pines, Carthage, Pinebluff, Foxfire, Robbins, Vass, Taylortown and Cameron, and parts of Candor.
Pinehurst’s School Grade B+ better than 70% of North Carolina school districts
What stands out about Moore County Schools
- Its letter, B+: results better than 70% of North Carolina districts
- Math proficiency 5 pts above the state
- Reading proficiency 5 pts above the state
- Graduation rate 6 pts above the state
- Spends 10% less per student than the NC average
- 18 students per teacher
- Enrollment up 7.4% since 2020–21
- Debt of $128.2M, about $9,797 per student
What this district adds to its towns’ grade
B+: better than 70% of the 325 North Carolina school districts we grade. Each town’s School Grade weighs its districts by the students they test; spending and class size are shown but don’t count.
Where would my kid go?
The school path for Pinehurst. Grade by grade →
Test scores vs. NC
2021–22 · class of 2023100% of students in the tested grades sat the 2022 tests.
Reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute); the newest year for each measure.
Where the money goes
fiscal 2024Fiscal 2022–24 includes federal pandemic relief (ESSER).
U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances.
Up 7.4% since 2020–21.
Schools in the district
23 public schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with North Carolina’s other public schools.
Left off: 1 school reporting no students for 2024–25.
District facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES school directory 2024–25 and district boundaries) and the U.S. Census Bureau’s school finance survey. Test scores and graduation: state results reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute). The letters are our own summary, graded within North Carolina.