Best Middle Schools in North Carolina for African American Students

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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, African American 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 (African American vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 560)	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 (African American)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (African American)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
370192002732	1	Brown Summit Middle	Public, Magnet	6-8	4720 NC Highway 150 East	Browns Summit	27214	Guilford County	Guilford County Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(336) 656-0432	238	14	16.7	16.4%	119 (50.0%)	47 (19.7%)	16 (6.7%)	46 (19.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (4.2%)	$9,102			$528			$8,574	99.8%	99.4%	0.45%
370488003010	2	Wayne School of Engineering	Public	6-12	700 N Herman St	Goldsboro	27530	Wayne County	Wayne County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 734-0070	427	24	17.6	31.6%	247 (57.8%)	80 (18.7%)	72 (16.9%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (5.9%)	$7,192			$332			$6,860	99.6%	99.0%	0.65%
370009102473	3	STARS Charter	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	140 Southern Dunes Dr	Vass	28394	Moore County	Sandhills Theatre Arts Renaiss	Yes	No	No	Yes	(910) 695-1004	886	56	15.8		621 (70.1%)	69 (7.8%)	117 (13.2%)	6 (0.7%)	11 (1.2%)	4 (0.5%)	58 (6.5%)								99.5%	96.2%	3.25%
370034403286	4	Summerfield Charter Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	5303 Hwy 220 N	Summerfield	27358	Guilford County	Summerfield Charter Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(336) 643-1974	787	34	23.4	19.3%	384 (48.8%)	61 (7.8%)	49 (6.2%)	132 (16.8%)	5 (0.6%)	2 (0.3%)	154 (19.6%)								99.3%	99.1%	0.17%
370472003239	5	Wake Young Men's Leadership Academy	Public	6-12	567 East Hargett St	Raleigh	27601	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 664-5644	279	20	14.2	34.1%	74 (26.5%)	135 (48.4%)	43 (15.4%)	13 (4.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (5.0%)	$12,691			$443			$12,248	99.1%	98.0%	1.12%
370004902365	6	Sallie B Howard School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	1004 Herring Avenue E	Wilson	27893	Wilson County	Sallie B Howard School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(252) 293-4150	1,251	76	16.5	97.9%	36 (2.9%)	695 (55.6%)	466 (37.3%)	8 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	46 (3.7%)								98.9%	96.8%	2.08%
370031903193	7	Henderson Collegiate	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	1071 Old Epsom Rd	Henderson	27536	Vance County	Henderson Collegiate	Yes	No	No	Yes	(252) 598-1038	1,319	90	14.6	97.6%	54 (4.1%)	808 (61.3%)	361 (27.4%)	27 (2.0%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	66 (5.0%)								98.8%	97.0%	1.78%
370462002413	8	Weddington Middle	Public	6-8	5903 Deal Road	Matthews	28104	Union County	Union County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 296-6318	1,403	63	22.1	5.9%	823 (58.7%)	81 (5.8%)	106 (7.6%)	328 (23.4%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	64 (4.6%)	$6,716			$201			$6,515	98.6%	98.9%	0.29%
370008402454	9	Greensboro Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	4049 Battleground Ave	Greensboro	27410	Guilford County	Greensboro Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(336) 286-8404	768	34	22.4		332 (43.2%)	121 (15.8%)	48 (6.3%)	130 (16.9%)	3 (0.4%)	3 (0.4%)	131 (17.1%)								98.4%	98.1%	0.28%
370472003237	10	Wake Young Women's Leadership Academy	Public	6-12	301 Ashe Avenue	Raleigh	27606	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 508-9088	358	22	16.4	31.8%	123 (34.4%)	128 (35.8%)	63 (17.6%)	20 (5.6%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (6.4%)	$11,659			$232			$11,427	98.2%	96.5%	1.75%

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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.

Educational resources:

Charter Schools vs Regular Public Schools: Understanding the Key Differences

Student-Teacher Ratios and their Impact on Class Sizes & School Selection

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.