Best Middle Schools in North Carolina for Gifted and Talented Students

Check out our new feature available only on SchoolDigger: rankings for different groups of students in North Carolina!

Every year, the North Carolina Dept of Public Instruction shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, Gifted and Talented students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish North Carolina test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

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 (Gifted and Talented vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 461)	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	Statewide Rank Percentile (Gifted and Talented)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Gifted and Talented)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
370013902921	1	Voyager Academy	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	101 Hock Parc Drive	Durham	27704	Durham County	Voyager Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(919) 433-3301	1,363	103	13.2	22.0%	714 (52.4%)	352 (25.8%)	144 (10.6%)	45 (3.3%)	11 (0.8%)	1 (0.1%)	96 (7.0%)								99.8%	92.2%	7.60%
370162000679	2	Cramerton Middle	Public	6-8	601 Cramer Mountain Road	Cramerton	28032	Gaston County	Gaston County Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 836-9603	919	51	18	38.5%	607 (66.1%)	132 (14.4%)	98 (10.7%)	33 (3.6%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	48 (5.2%)	$7,892			$734			$7,158	99.6%	93.2%	6.38%
370472001841	3	Carnage Middle	Public, Magnet	6-8	1425 Carnage Dr	Raleigh	27610	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(919) 856-7600	878	60	14.6	29.3%	64 (7.3%)	207 (23.6%)	83 (9.5%)	501 (57.1%)	5 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (2.1%)	$9,215			$431			$8,784	99.3%	88.7%	10.70%
370438001730	4	Chestnut Grove Middle School	Public	6-8	2185 Chestnut Grove Road	King	27021	Stokes County	Stokes County Schools	No	No	No	No	(336) 983-2106	679	40	16.9	54.6%	579 (85.3%)	15 (2.2%)	54 (8.0%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (4.1%)	$8,536			$580			$7,956	99.1%	73.0%	26.12%
370483001941	5	Valle Crucis Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	2998 Broadstone Road	Sugar Grove	28679	Watauga County	Watauga County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(828) 963-4712	345	31	11	45.5%	288 (83.5%)	2 (0.6%)	46 (13.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	7 (2.0%)	$10,351			$520			$9,831	98.9%	85.5%	13.42%
370472003491	6	Alston Ridge Middle	Public	6-8	7833 Fussell Avenue	Cary	27519	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 694-8044	1,532	81	18.9	20.2%	348 (22.7%)	201 (13.1%)	163 (10.6%)	747 (48.8%)	7 (0.5%)	1 (0.1%)	65 (4.2%)								98.7%	95.5%	3.24%
370502002008	7	Springfield Middle	Public	6-8	5551 Wiggins Mill Rd	Lucama	27851	Wilson County	Wilson County Schools	No	No	No	No	(252) 239-1347	462	24	19.4	98.5%	218 (47.2%)	83 (18.0%)	138 (29.9%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (4.5%)	$8,059			$596			$7,463	98.5%	88.5%	9.96%
370483001935	8	Blowing Rock Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	165 Morris Street	Blowing Rock	28605	Watauga County	Watauga County Schools	No	No	No	No	(828) 295-3204	431	32	13.2	20.4%	396 (91.9%)	5 (1.2%)	17 (3.9%)	4 (0.9%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	7 (1.6%)	$10,946			$628			$10,318	98.3%	89.3%	8.98%
370001202139	9	E B Aycock Middle	Public	6-8	1325 Red Banks Road	Greenville	27858	Pitt County	Pitt County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(252) 756-4181	604	47	12.9	99.3%	95 (15.7%)	411 (68.0%)	55 (9.1%)	5 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	36 (6.0%)	$9,120			$1,465			$7,655	98.0%	30.3%	67.78%
370087002226	10	Hayesville Middle	Public	6-8	135 School Drive	Hayesville	28904	Clay County	Clay County Schools	No	No	No	No	(828) 389-9924	283	20	14	67.5%	235 (83.0%)	1 (0.4%)	30 (10.6%)	1 (0.4%)	3 (1.1%)	1 (0.4%)	12 (4.2%)	$9,537			$427			$9,111	97.8%	56.1%	41.71%

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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.