Best Public Schools in Zip Code 28206

The 28206 zip code area of Charlotte, North Carolina is home to 6 schools serving students from elementary through high school, including 4 public elementary schools, 1 public high school, and 1 public charter school. While the schools in this high-poverty area face significant challenges, one school stands out as a bright spot - Williams Secondary Montessori, a public magnet high school that is the highest-performing school in the data set.

Williams Secondary Montessori boasts strong test scores, with 75-90% of students proficient or better in core subjects, and a more racially diverse student body compared to the other schools in the 28206 zip code. In contrast, the other schools in the area struggle with extremely high free/reduced lunch rates, ranging from 96.54% at Sugar Creek Charter to 98.89% at Druid Hills Academy, indicating a high-poverty student population. These lower-performing schools also have significantly lower test scores, with proficiency rates as low as 5.6% in 8th grade math at Druid Hills Academy.

The data suggests a strong correlation between poverty and academic performance in this area, with the highest-poverty schools also posting the lowest test scores. However, the presence of a high-performing magnet school like Williams Secondary Montessori, as well as the relatively strong performance of the Sugar Creek Charter school, indicate that specialized school models may be better equipped to serve the needs of students in the 28206 zip code, which falls under the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools district and the Sugar Creek Charter and VERITAS Community School districts.