Best High Schools in North Carolina for Female 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, Female 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 EOC 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 (Female vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 602)	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 (Female)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Female)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
370345003425	1	Onslow Early College	Public	9-12	444 Western Blvd	Jacksonville	28546	Onslow County	Onslow County Schools	No	No	No	No	(910) 938-6702	187	6	31.1	31.0%	131 (70.1%)	9 (4.8%)	29 (15.5%)	5 (2.7%)	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.5%)	11 (5.9%)	$7,881			$227			$7,654	99.8%		(n/a)%
370294003487	2	McDowell Academy for Innovation	Public	9-12	54 College Drive	Marion	28752	McDowell County	McDowell County Schools	No	No	No	No	(828) 659-0411	126	8	15.7	97.6%	87 (69.0%)	6 (4.8%)	29 (23.0%)	1 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.4%)	$24,717			$228			$24,489	99.7%	98.9%	0.76%
370231003087	3	Crossroads Arts Sciences Early College	Public	9-12	476 N Center St	Statesville	28677	Iredell County	Iredell-Statesville Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 978-0034	250	9	28.8	26.8%	143 (57.2%)	38 (15.2%)	40 (16.0%)	18 (7.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (4.4%)	$7,670			$103			$7,567	99.5%	99.7%	0.19%
370210003139	4	Henderson County Early College	Public	9-12	300 East Campus Drive	Flat Rock	28731	Henderson County	Henderson County Schools	No	No	No	No	(828) 697-4561	195	6	31.2	98.5%	109 (55.9%)	1 (0.5%)	64 (32.8%)	9 (4.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	11 (5.6%)	$7,590			$759			$6,832	99.3%	99.2%	0.12%
370192002629	5	Early College at Guilford	Public	9-12	5608 West Friendly Avenue	Greensboro	27410	Guilford County	Guilford County Schools	No	No	No	No	(336) 316-2860	192	9	22.5	10.9%	55 (28.6%)	23 (12.0%)	6 (3.1%)	99 (51.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (4.7%)	$10,526			$188			$10,337	99.2%	99.4%	0.21%
370162003217	6	Gaston Early College High School	Public	9-12	201 Hwy 321 South	Dallas	28034	Gaston County	Gaston County Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 922-2405	234	10	23.4	39.3%	133 (56.8%)	32 (13.7%)	48 (20.5%)	8 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (5.6%)	$7,351			$466			$6,886	99.0%		(n/a)%
370306003438	7	Montgomery County Early College	Public	9-12	1011 Page St	Troy	27371	Montgomery County	Montgomery County Schools	No	No	No	No	(910) 898-9690	285	10	28.5	98.9%	118 (41.4%)	42 (14.7%)	101 (35.4%)	7 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)	15 (5.3%)	$8,152			$202			$7,950	98.8%	97.0%	1.81%
370162002521	8	Highland School of Technology	Public, Magnet	9-12	1600 N Morris Street	Gastonia	28052	Gaston County	Gaston County Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(704) 810-8816	528	39	13.3	26.9%	325 (61.6%)	81 (15.3%)	78 (14.8%)	28 (5.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (3.0%)	$10,033			$715			$9,318	98.7%	99.1%	0.39%
370231002776	9	Collaborative College for Technology	Public	9-12	500 West Broad Street	Statesville	28677	Iredell County	Iredell-Statesville Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 978-5450	241	10	23.3	28.6%	148 (61.4%)	13 (5.4%)	56 (23.2%)	12 (5.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (5.0%)	$7,803			$118			$7,685	98.5%	97.8%	0.69%
370204002873	10	Haywood Early College	Public	9-12	185 Freedlander Drive	Clyde	28721	Haywood County	Haywood County Schools	No	No	No	No	(828) 565-4000	186	7	26.5	98.4%	169 (90.9%)	1 (0.5%)	11 (5.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.7%)	$7,730			$690			$7,040	98.3%	98.8%	0.41%

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on EOC Biology, EOC English II, EOC Math I, EOC Math III 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:

State-Administered Standardized Tests: A Comprehensive Guide

No Child Left Behind (NCLB): A Comprehensive Analysis of Its Impact on Education

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.