Best Middle 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 793)	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)
370297002660	671	Walter G. Byers School	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-8	1415 Hamilton St	Charlotte	28206	Mecklenburg County	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(980) 343-6940	320	26	12.1	99.1%	8 (2.5%)	237 (74.1%)	54 (16.9%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (6.3%)	$16,972			$2,176			$14,796	18.7	30.3	554	117
370405001611	672	Erwin Middle	Public	6-8	170 St Luke's Church Rd	Salisbury	28146	Rowan County	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 279-7265	812	48	16.9	98.8%	501 (61.7%)	131 (16.1%)	113 (13.9%)	4 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	63 (7.8%)	$8,912			$644			$8,268	18.6	25	611	61
370001100417	673	Lewis Chapel Middle	Public	6-8	2150 Skibo Road	Fayetteville	28314	Cumberland County	Cumberland County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(910) 864-1407	580	41	14.1	99.5%	36 (6.2%)	398 (68.6%)	69 (11.9%)	8 (1.4%)	7 (1.2%)	2 (0.3%)	60 (10.3%)	$9,499			$1,665			$7,833	18.5	30.7	547	126
370378000905	674	Southeastern Randolph Middle School	Public	6-8	5302 Foushee Rd	Ramseur	27316	Randolph County	Randolph County School System	No	No	No	No	(336) 824-6700	475	28	16.8	99.4%	239 (50.3%)	32 (6.7%)	160 (33.7%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (8.6%)	$9,220			$1,000			$8,221	18.5	15.2	690	16
370465003550	675	Vance Virtual Village Academy	Public, Virtual, Alternative	K-12	219 Charles Street	Henderson	27536	Vance County	Vance County Schools	No	No	Yes	No	(252) 506-7172	219	9	23.4	81.3%	34 (15.5%)	141 (64.4%)	20 (9.1%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (10.0%)								18.4	7.6	736	61
370192000957	676	Johnson Street Global Studies	Public, Magnet	K-8	1601 Johnson Street	High Point	27262	Guilford County	Guilford County Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(336) 819-2900	405	36	11.3	99.3%	38 (9.4%)	197 (48.6%)	117 (28.9%)	34 (8.4%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	16 (4.0%)	$13,870			$2,178			$11,692	18	25	610	66
370126000544	677	Neal Middle	Public, Magnet	6-8	201 Baptist Road	Durham	27704	Durham County	Durham Public Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(919) 560-3955	770	57	13.5	99.6%	31 (4.0%)	306 (39.7%)	393 (51.0%)	9 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.4%)	28 (3.6%)	$12,097			$2,570			$9,527	18	14.3	697	20
370297002640	678	Mountain Island Lake Academy	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-8	7905 Pleasant Grove Rd	Charlotte	28216	Mecklenburg County	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(980) 343-6948	802	37	21.9	99.6%	52 (6.5%)	516 (64.3%)	159 (19.8%)	37 (4.6%)	4 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (4.2%)	$10,304			$897			$9,407	17.8	20.5	649	29
370393001577	679	Parkton Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	400 North Green Street	Parkton	28371	Robeson County	Public Schools of Robeson County	No	No	No	Yes	(910) 858-3951	588	35	16.9	99.5%	127 (21.6%)	159 (27.0%)	177 (30.1%)	2 (0.3%)	54 (9.2%)	2 (0.3%)	67 (11.4%)	$9,281			$1,575			$7,706	17.8	18.8	659	20
370327000752	680	J W Parker Middle	Public	6-8	1500 East Virginia Street	Rocky Mount	27801	Edgecombe County	Nash County Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(252) 937-9060	244	17	14.1	98.8%	2 (0.8%)	221 (90.6%)	15 (6.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.5%)	$14,656			$4,468			$10,188	17.8	13.5	703	23

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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.