Best Elementary Schools in North Carolina

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The list is updated annually upon the release of the EOG test scores by the North Carolina Dept of Public Instruction. The most recent update was on Wednesday, September 4, 2024.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 1505)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
370011202551	321	Union Academy	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	675 North ML King Jr Blvd	Monroe	28110	Union County	Union Academy Charter School	Yes	No	No	No	(704) 238-8883	2,193	129	17		1,481 (67.5%)	235 (10.7%)	308 (14.0%)	38 (1.7%)	7 (0.3%)	2 (0.1%)	122 (5.6%)								75.4	80.5	229	92
370042000129	322	Southport Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	701 West 9th Street	Southport	28461	Brunswick County	Brunswick County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(910) 457-6036	420	28	15.1	99.3%	316 (75.2%)	40 (9.5%)	28 (6.7%)	8 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (6.7%)	$10,218			$817			$9,401	75.2	70.9	394	72
370072000294	323	Carrboro Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	400 Shelton St	Carrboro	27510	Orange County	Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(919) 968-3652	506	39	12.9	33.4%	282 (55.7%)	20 (4.0%)	160 (31.6%)	15 (3.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (5.5%)	$13,407			$564			$12,843	75.2	76.9	290	33
370001201499	324	G R Whitfield	Public	PK, KG-8	4839 School Rd	Grimesland	27837	Pitt County	Pitt County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(252) 752-6614	562	37	15.1	98.4%	304 (54.1%)	104 (18.5%)	117 (20.8%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	33 (5.9%)	$10,605			$1,481			$9,124	75	68.8	427	103
370363001481	325	North End Elementary	Public	K-5	378 Mill Creek Rd	Roxboro	27574	Person County	Person County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(336) 599-3313	160	13	12.3	98.1%	81 (50.6%)	51 (31.9%)	9 (5.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.3%)	1 (0.6%)	16 (10.0%)	$11,830			$2,515			$9,315	75	66.3	479	154
370006802412	326	Brevard Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	1110 Hendersonville Highway	Pisgah Forest	28768	Transylvania County	Brevard Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(828) 885-2665	417	25	16.5		380 (91.1%)	7 (1.7%)	14 (3.4%)	6 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	9 (2.2%)								74.9	63.6	522	196
370114000476	327	Northwest Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	400 Northwest Elementary Road	Lexington	27295	Davidson County	Davidson County Schools	No	No	No	No	(336) 764-0360	607	36	16.7	36.9%	513 (84.5%)	12 (2.0%)	44 (7.2%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	33 (5.4%)	$7,891			$463			$7,428	74.8	71.2	386	59
370072002679	328	Rashkis Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	601 Meadowmont Ln	Chapel Hill	27517	Orange County	Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(919) 918-2160	433	37	11.7	48.3%	149 (34.4%)	92 (21.2%)	58 (13.4%)	101 (23.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (7.6%)	$15,130			$665			$14,464	74.7	77.1	285	43
370472002557	329	Middle Creek Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	110 Middle Creek Park Avenue	Apex	27539	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 773-9555	638	50	12.7	33.7%	389 (61.0%)	71 (11.1%)	138 (21.6%)	20 (3.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (3.1%)	$9,925			$510			$9,416	74.6	70.9	391	62
370003000203	330	Marvin B Smith Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2235 Delaney Drive	Burlington	27215	Alamance County	Alamance-Burlington Schools	No	No	No	No	(336) 570-6140	545	34	16.1	56.7%	224 (41.1%)	118 (21.7%)	137 (25.1%)	15 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	49 (9.0%)	$9,448			$690			$8,757	74.4	75.4	318	12

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on EOG Mathematics, EOG Reading, EOG Science test scores released by the North Carolina Dept of Public Instruction.
These rankings were last updated on September 4, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the North Carolina Dept of Public Instruction, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the North Carolina Dept of Public Instruction.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the North Carolina Dept of Public Instruction.