Best Public Schools in Columbus County, North Carolina & Rankings

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2024)				Ranking (2023)				EOC Biology (2024)	EOC English II (2024)	EOC Math I (2024)	EOC Math III (2024)	EOG Mathematics (2024)						EOG Reading (2024)						EOG Science (2024)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Statewide Rank (2023)	State Percentile (2023)	Rank Change from Previous Year	EOC Biology End of Course	EOC English II End of Course	EOC Math I End of Course	EOC Math III End of Course	EOG Mathematics 3rd Grade	EOG Mathematics 4th Grade	EOG Mathematics 5th Grade	EOG Mathematics 6th Grade	EOG Mathematics 7th Grade	EOG Mathematics 8th Grade	EOG Reading 3rd Grade	EOG Reading 4th Grade	EOG Reading 5th Grade	EOG Reading 6th Grade	EOG Reading 7th Grade	EOG Reading 8th Grade	EOG Science 5th Grade	EOG Science 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Tabor City School	Public	PK, KG-8	203 Stake Road	Tabor City	28463	Columbus County	Columbus County Schools	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(910) 653-3618	598	39	15.2	99.5%	252 (42.1%)	279 (46.7%)	40 (6.7%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.5%)	21 (3.5%)								(n/a)					63.5	41.5	28.6	52.6	34.3	27.9	54.0	40.0	31.0	38.5	32.9	26.2	31.0	50.8
Central Middle	Public	6-8	310 S Martin L King Jr Ave	Whiteville	28472	Columbus County	Whiteville City Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(910) 642-3546	461	33	13.9	98.3%	173 (37.5%)	187 (40.6%)	62 (13.4%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (7.4%)	56.6	317^th of 793 public middle schools	60.0%		56.4	321^st of 784 public middle schools	59.1%	4								60.3	55.5	45.1				50.3	39.4	56.2		73.9	$10,356	$1,869	$8,486
Edgewood Elementary	Public	3-5	317 E Calhoun Street	Whiteville	28472	Columbus County	Whiteville City Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(910) 642-3121	440	33	13.3	99.3%	175 (39.8%)	172 (39.1%)	51 (11.6%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (8.4%)	48.3	778^th of 1505 public elementary schools	48.3%		44.3	862^nd of 1502 public elementary schools	42.6%	84					76.1	48.6	55.3				43.0	37.0	50.0				67.3		$10,409	$1,863	$8,546
Whiteville Primary	Public	PK, KG-2	805 Barbcrest Avenue	Whiteville	28472	Columbus County	Whiteville City Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(910) 642-4119	492	35	14.1	99.4%	194 (39.4%)	209 (42.5%)	56 (11.4%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (5.5%)								(n/a)																			$11,650	$2,013	$9,637
Whiteville High	Public	9-12	413 N Lee Street	Whiteville	28472	Columbus County	Whiteville City Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(910) 914-4189	635	43	14.8	99.5%	251 (39.5%)	238 (37.5%)	84 (13.2%)	8 (1.3%)	7 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	47 (7.4%)	45.2	331^st of 640 public high schools	48.3%		31.7	421^st of 626 public high schools	32.7%	90	49.7	56.4	28.2	70.4															$10,302	$1,532	$8,770
North Whiteville Academy	Public	6-12	310 S Martin Luther King Jr Av	Whiteville	28472	Columbus County	Whiteville City Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(910) 914-4161	23	6	3.8	87.0%	6 (26.1%)	14 (60.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (13.0%)								(n/a)																			$24,391	$612	$23,779
Classical Charter Schools of Whiteville	Public, Charter	K-8	35 Bacon's Way	Whiteville	28472	Columbus County	Classical Charter Schools of Whiteville	Yes	No	No	Yes	(910) 641-4042	892	22	39.9	94.8%	383 (42.9%)	258 (28.9%)	25 (2.8%)	5 (0.6%)	117 (13.1%)	0 (0.0%)	104 (11.7%)	16.8	1328^th of 1505 public elementary schools	11.8%		14.9	1337^th of 1502 public elementary schools	11.0%	9					39.8	28.3	23.4	38.5	41.5	63.6	37.8	42.4	23.4	38.5	45.1	72.7	38.3	89.6
Thomas Academy	Public, Charter	6-12	206-B Rube MCCRAY Circle	Lake Waccamaw	28450	Columbus County	Thomas Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(910) 646-2237	70	3	22.8		19 (27.1%)	21 (30.0%)	17 (24.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (17.1%)								(n/a)										6.3						18.8		25.0
East Arcadia Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	21451 NC Hwy 87 East	Riegelwood	28456	Columbus County	Bladen County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(910) 247-4609	75	7	11.2	96.0%	7 (9.3%)	42 (56.0%)	16 (21.3%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (6.7%)	1 (1.3%)	4 (5.3%)	20.6	1275^th of 1505 public elementary schools	15.3%					(n/a)					52.9	21.4					35.3	35.7							$21,299	$3,259	$18,039
East Columbus Junior-Senior High	Public	7-12	32 Gator Lane	Lake Waccamaw	28450	Columbus County	Columbus County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(910) 646-4094	560	38	14.7	99.5%	154 (27.5%)	179 (32.0%)	95 (17.0%)	0 (0.0%)	75 (13.4%)	0 (0.0%)	57 (10.2%)	15.8	546^th of 640 public high schools	14.7%		17.7	526^th of 626 public high schools	16.0%	20	15.1	34.9	16.5	47.5					50.0	20.2					39.3	30.5		42.1	$10,383	$1,233	$9,149
South Columbus High	Public	9-12	40 Stallion Drive	Tabor City	28463	Columbus County	Columbus County Schools	No	No	No	No	(910) 653-4073	689	42	16.5	99.4%	437 (63.4%)	154 (22.4%)	76 (11.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (2.5%)	31.3	439^th of 640 public high schools	31.4%		37.4	377^th of 626 public high schools	39.8%	62	43.7	42.0	42.6	43.9															$9,661	$1,025	$8,636
Acme Delco Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	16337 Old Lake Road	Riegelwood	28456	Columbus County	Columbus County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(910) 655-2957	310	22	14.1	99.0%	111 (35.8%)	89 (28.7%)	75 (24.2%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.9%)	4 (1.3%)	19 (6.1%)	23	1230^th of 1505 public elementary schools	18.3%		40.9	916^th of 1502 public elementary schools	39.0%	314					63.9	54.8	31.3	41.0			30.6	45.2	25.0	17.9			35.4		$10,358	$1,643	$8,715
Chadbourn Elementary	Public	K-5	409 E Third Avenue	Chadbourn	28431	Columbus County	Columbus County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(910) 654-3825	199	17	11.9	98.5%	42 (21.1%)	121 (60.8%)	22 (11.1%)	1 (0.5%)	3 (1.5%)	1 (0.5%)	9 (4.5%)	39	953^rd of 1505 public elementary schools	36.7%		36.3	984^th of 1502 public elementary schools	34.5%	31					60.0	60.0	33.3				50.0	50.0	33.3				57.6		$12,202	$2,284	$9,918
Hallsboro-Artesia Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	1337 Giles Byrd Road	Hallsboro	28442	Columbus County	Columbus County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(910) 646-3510	376	23	16.0	99.2%	86 (22.9%)	86 (22.9%)	66 (17.6%)	1 (0.3%)	64 (17.0%)	0 (0.0%)	73 (19.4%)	38.4	963^rd of 1505 public elementary schools	36.0%		39.2	949^th of 1502 public elementary schools	36.8%	14					63.8	30.6	31.9	47.4			48.3	24.5	44.7	54.4			66.0		$10,419	$1,866	$8,554
Old Dock Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	12489 New Britton Hwy	Whiteville	28472	Columbus County	Columbus County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(910) 642-2084	278	21	13.4	98.9%	168 (60.4%)	24 (8.6%)	71 (25.5%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.1%)	2 (0.7%)	10 (3.6%)	62.4	536^th of 1505 public elementary schools	64.4%		78.2	268^th of 1502 public elementary schools	82.2%	268					72.5	61.5					35.3	69.2							$10,629	$1,731	$8,898
West Columbus High	Public	9-12	7294 Andrew Jackson Hwy	Cerro Gordo	28430	Columbus County	Columbus County Schools	No	No	No	No	(910) 654-6111	455	29	15.9	99.3%	206 (45.3%)	194 (42.6%)	21 (4.6%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.4%)	1 (0.2%)	22 (4.8%)	17.1	537^th of 640 public high schools	16.1%		17.4	528^th of 626 public high schools	15.7%	9	16.8	35.2	27.2	45.8															$11,672	$1,304	$10,369
Williams Township	Public	PK, KG-8	10400 James B White Hwy	Whiteville	28472	Columbus County	Columbus County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(910) 653-3791	634	41	15.3	99.5%	510 (80.4%)	75 (11.8%)	33 (5.2%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (2.1%)	45.9	821^st of 1505 public elementary schools	45.4%		39.7	941^st of 1502 public elementary schools	37.4%	120					61.3	78.6	50.7	47.9	43.2	50.0	33.9	62.5	47.9	34.2	41.9	48.1	60.3	70.4	$9,580	$1,302	$8,278
Columbus Career and College Academy	Public	9-12	4564 Chadbourn Hwy	Whiteville	28472	Columbus County	Columbus County Schools	No	No	No	No	(910) 788-6281	242	13	18.3	97.1%	133 (55.0%)	46 (19.0%)	50 (20.7%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.7%)	56.1	255^th of 640 public high schools	60.2%		40.7	348^th of 626 public high schools	44.4%	93	56.3	71.7	41.3	63.0															$6,813	$326	$6,488
Nakina Middle	Public	5-8	9822 Seven Creeks Hwy	Nakina	28455	Columbus County	Columbus County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(910) 642-8301	207	12	16.8	98.6%	129 (62.3%)	20 (9.7%)	47 (22.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (5.3%)	59	293^rd of 793 public middle schools	63.1%		61.1	279^th of 784 public middle schools	64.4%	14							58.0	41.5	38.5	46.2			54.9	65.9	50.9	56.9	62.7	86.2	$9,493	$1,505	$7,989
West Columbus School	Public	PK, KG-8	7685 Andrew Jackson Hwy SW	Cerro Gordo	28430	Columbus County	Columbus County Schools	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(910) 654-4250	812	54	14.9	99.6%	423 (52.1%)	256 (31.5%)	71 (8.7%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.6%)	2 (0.2%)	55 (6.8%)	21.4	1259^th of 1505 public elementary schools	16.3%					(n/a)					56.6	27.8	39.7	26.2	22.3	23.7	36.8	44.3	34.2	35.0	35.0	30.5	46.6	46.6

Best Public Schools in Columbus County, NC

Old Dock Elementary

Nakina Middle

Central Middle

Columbus Career and College Academy

Edgewood Elementary

Williams Township

Whiteville High

Chadbourn Elementary

Hallsboro-Artesia Elementary

South Columbus High

Acme Delco Elementary

West Columbus School

East Arcadia Elementary

West Columbus High

Classical Charter Schools of Whiteville

East Columbus Junior-Senior High

North Whiteville Academy

Tabor City School

Thomas Academy

Whiteville Primary

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