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)
370003000018	1131	Sylvan Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	7718 Sylvan Road	Snow Camp	27349	Alamance County	Alamance-Burlington Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(336) 376-3350	289	20	14.6	98.6%	207 (71.6%)	11 (3.8%)	45 (15.6%)	4 (1.4%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (7.3%)	$11,874			$1,471			$10,403	28.4	31.1	1071	60
370192003541	1132	Guilford eLearning University Prep	Public, Virtual	K-8	1900 Martin Luther King Drive	Greensboro	27406	Guilford County	Guilford County Schools	No	No	Yes	No	(336) 522-6330	370	39	9.4	68.4%	74 (20.0%)	217 (58.6%)	39 (10.5%)	2 (0.5%)	5 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (8.9%)								28.3	20.2	1252	120
370001100403	1133	Elizabeth M Cashwell Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2970 Legion Road	Fayetteville	28306	Cumberland County	Cumberland County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(910) 424-2312	591	42	14	99.5%	81 (13.7%)	341 (57.7%)	84 (14.2%)	4 (0.7%)	9 (1.5%)	5 (0.8%)	67 (11.3%)	$10,037			$2,089			$7,948	28.3	22.1	1229	96
370488002563	1134	Tommy's Road Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1150 Tommy's Road	Goldsboro	27534	Wayne County	Wayne County Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(919) 736-5040	569	34	16.7	99.5%	114 (20.0%)	306 (53.8%)	86 (15.1%)	26 (4.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (6.5%)	$8,530			$1,194			$7,336	28.2	18.5	1279	145
370237001026	1135	West Smithfield Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2665 Galilee Road	Smithfield	27577	Johnston County	Johnston County Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(919) 989-6418	446	42	10.6	99.3%	60 (13.5%)	107 (24.0%)	240 (53.8%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (8.1%)	$11,944			$1,669			$10,274	28.2	38.9	953	182
370039002619	1136	Tar Heel School	Public	PK, KG-8	14888 Hwy 87 West	Tar Heel	28392	Bladen County	Bladen County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(910) 862-2475	255	16	16.3	98.8%	60 (23.5%)	70 (27.5%)	107 (42.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.1%)	1 (0.4%)	9 (3.5%)	$9,148			$1,514			$7,634	28.1			(n/a)
370001201503	1137	Pactolus	Public	PK, KG-8	3405 Yankee Hall Rd	Greenville	27834	Pitt County	Pitt County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(252) 752-6941	635	38	16.6	99.5%	58 (9.1%)	311 (49.0%)	220 (34.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	45 (7.1%)	$10,450			$1,636			$8,814	28	25.1	1171	34
370399002307	1138	John W Dillard Academy	Public	PK, KG-5	810 Cure Dr	Madison	27025	Rockingham County	Rockingham County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(336) 548-2472	268	21	12.7	98.9%	172 (64.2%)	40 (14.9%)	39 (14.6%)	2 (0.7%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (5.2%)	$9,262			$1,137			$8,126	28	26.6	1145	7
370001102130	1139	Margaret Willis Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1412 Belvedere Avenue	Fayetteville	28305	Cumberland County	Cumberland County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(910) 484-9064	323	26	12.6	99.1%	38 (11.8%)	201 (62.2%)	44 (13.6%)	2 (0.6%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	36 (11.1%)	$12,905			$1,919			$10,985	27.9	20.5	1248	109
370297001265	1140	Rama Road Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1035 Rama Rd	Charlotte	28211	Mecklenburg County	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(980) 343-6730	540	35	15.3	99.4%	136 (25.2%)	213 (39.4%)	149 (27.6%)	20 (3.7%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (3.7%)	$11,718			$1,340			$10,377	27.9	34.7	1013	127

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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.