The Moore County Public School system offers a comprehensive K-12 curriculum that includes workforce development, and programs for special needs, gifted students, and arts education.  All three high schools offer Advanced Placement courses, and Pinecrest High School also offers the International Baccalaureate Program.

 
MISSION
“Our mission is to provide engaging experiences that result in students learning what is needed to be successful students.”
Source:  Moore County Schools, www.ncmcs.org

There are 23 public schools in Moore County, employing 1,002 certified education professionals and 665 classified staff.

List of Schools:

Grades	Schools
K-2	Aberdeen Primary, Southern Pines Primary
K-5	Cameron Elementary, Carthage Elementary,  Pinehurst Elementary, Robbins Elementary, Sandhills Farm Life Elementary, Vass-Lakeview Elementary, West End Elementary, West Pine Elementary
K-8	Highfalls Elementary, Westmoore Elementary
3-5	Aberdeen Elementary, Southern Pines Elementary
6-8	Crain’s Creek Middle School, Elise Middle School, New Century Middle School, Southern Middle School, West Pine Middle School
9-12	North Moore High School, Pinecrest High School, Union Pines High School
Alternative/Career Technical	Pinckney Academy

  

Current Student Enrollment:

Elementary	5,627
Middle	2,944
High	3,920
Total	12,491

 

Breakdown by Race:

African American	20%
Hispanic	8%
White	67%
Other	5%
Total	100%

 

Year-Round Schedule
Moore County includes schools that operate on a year-round schedule for grades K-5.

Pinehurst Elementary and West Pine Elementary Schools offer the year-round schedule to serve Pinehurst area students, as well as the traditional calendar schedule.  For the 2011-2012 school year, Pinehurst Elementary will house K-5 on the traditional calendar and K-2 on the year-round calendar.  West Pine Elementary will house K-5 on the traditional calendar and 3-5 on the year-round calendar.

Southern Pines Primary and Southern Pines Elementary Schools offer both year-round and traditional-calendar schedules simultaneously during the school year.  For 2010-2011, Southern Pines Primary (grades K-2) enrolled 227 students in year-round classes and 187 in traditional-calendar classes.  Southern Pines Elementary (grades 3-7) has 222 students in year-round classes. 

 
 
SAT SCORES
For the 2011 Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT), Moore County Schools had an average score of 1025 for the Verbal and Mathematics sections combined, which is 24 points above the North Carolina’s average SAT score, and 14 points above the national average.

Moore County’s 3 high schools have consistently scored higher than the state and national averages:

	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Moore County	1042	1046	1053	1039	1045	1048	1025
North Carolina	1010	1008	1004	1007	1006	1008	1001
United States	1028	1021	1017	1017	1016	1017	1011

 
Moore County’s score was also higher than that of the surrounding counties:

County	2011 Score
Chatham	972
Cumberland	945
Harnett	933
Hoke	892
Lee	973
Montgomery	864
Moore	1025
Randolph	982
Richmond	889
Scotland	887

Source:  NC Dept. of Public Instruction, 2011 SAT Report

 

DROPOUT RATE
The dropout rate is reported as the percentage of students in grades 9-12 who were enrolled during the previous school year but were not enrolled on the 20th day of the current school year.  This rate does not include students who have transferred to another school or otherwise graduated from high school.  During 2009-2010, Moore County Schools’ rate was 3.54%, compared to the state rate of 3.75%.

 
 

FOR MORE INFORMATION
Moore County Public Schools
Dr. Susan Purser, Superintendent
PO Box 1180
5277 US Highway 15-501 South
Carthage, NC  28327-1180
Phone 910-947-2976
Website:  www.ncmcs.org