Mount Energy Elementary, Creedmoor NC

Original Research by School Decision on Mount Energy Elementary

Mount Energy Elementary serves kindergarten through fifth grade in Creedmoor, a small city in Granville County that sits about a medium drive from Durham, Raleigh, and Research Triangle Park. The school enrolls a school population that is roughly balanced across white, Black, and Hispanic students, with a substantial share of families qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch. The enrollment runs across all six grades and is stable.

On state testing in grades three through five, Mount Energy's results show below-state-average proficiency. In math, about half of tested students met proficiency. In English language arts, the rate was lower, with fewer than half reaching proficiency. In science, tested proficiency fell between those two. State assessment comparisons across multiple years were not available due to changes the state made to its science assessment, so a parent cannot yet track whether performance is rising or falling. English language arts data was not available regarding the counts of English learner students in the school, and special education enrollment data was missing, so a parent may want to look into those breakdowns directly with the school to understand how support services are staffed.

Creedmoor itself is experiencing steady residential growth, primarily new subdivisions ringing the older downtown core along Main Street. The housing market there is below the state benchmark and affordable relative to the Triangle region, which has made the town attractive to families from Durham and north Raleigh who are looking for more land at lower cost. The established neighborhoods feature older bungalows and ranch homes with sidewalks; the new subdivisions spreading across the northern and eastern edges offer newer construction. The town center has a historic feel with recent civic investment in Lake Rogers Park and a new community center, and the annual Creedmoor Music Festival brings street life to Main Street, though daily life is car-dependent outside the original core.

The Granville County Schools district is implementing significant changes for the 2026-2027 school year, including closure of Wilton Elementary and a shift to new attendance zones, so families moving into the area should verify which school their address will feed into. The district operates an open-enrollment system that guarantees a seat at the zone school and allows applications to other GCPS schools with specialized programs such as STEAM, project-based learning, and arts offerings. A district-wide initiative called "Skills Before Screens" is rolling out this coming year, designed to balance classroom technology with human connection, which will reshape daily teaching and learning across all schools including Mount Energy. On the employment side, Creedmoor and Granville County are anchored by manufacturing, health care, and education, with many residents commuting to Research Triangle jobs.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grades 3-854%

School 54% · District 45% · ▲ 9 pts above district

▼ 1 pts below state median · ▲ 1 pts above county median

English language arts

Grades 3-841%

School 41% · District 40%

▼ 9 pts below state median · ▼ 5 pts below county median

Science

Grades 3-846%

School 46% · District 47% · ▼ 1 pts below district

▼ 14 pts below state median · ▼ 5 pts below county median

This schoolGranville County Schools, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income33%Higher-income49%16 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income35%Higher-income48%13 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income33%Higher-income46%13 pp gap

Grades 3-8Lower-income34%Higher-income48%14 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income54%Higher-income72%18 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income40%Higher-income65%25 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income39%Higher-income54%16 pp gap

Grades 3-8Lower-income45%Higher-income63%19 pp gap