Best Public Schools in Orange 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
Chapel Hill High	Public	9-12	9217 Seawell School Rd	Chapel Hill	27516	Orange County	Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 929-2106	1,597	99	16.0	24.7%	851 (53.3%)	183 (11.5%)	269 (16.8%)	200 (12.5%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	93 (5.8%)	74	160^th of 640 public high schools	75.0%		77.4	142^nd of 626 public high schools	77.3%	18	71.6	80.6	41.3	76.8															$11,533	$502	$11,031
Seawell Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	9115 Seawell School Rd	Chapel Hill	27516	Orange County	Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 967-4343	491	39	12.6	30.5%	169 (34.4%)	74 (15.1%)	54 (11.0%)	142 (28.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	52 (10.6%)	90.7	104^th of 1505 public elementary schools	93.1%		94.4	53^rd of 1502 public elementary schools	96.5%	51					67.2	86.5	83.0				70.1	78.1	81.1				88.7		$13,527	$419	$13,108
Ephesus Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1495 Ephesus Church Rd	Chapel Hill	27517	Orange County	Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(919) 929-8715	381	34	11.2	35.7%	190 (49.9%)	59 (15.5%)	52 (13.6%)	49 (12.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (8.1%)	77.5	288^th of 1505 public elementary schools	80.9%		80.1	235^th of 1502 public elementary schools	84.4%	53					70.8	64.4	77.5				58.3	63.0	67.6				76.1		$13,810	$557	$13,253
Estes Hills Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	500 N Estes Dr	Chapel Hill	27514	Orange County	Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(919) 942-4753	340	30	11.3	31.2%	189 (55.6%)	48 (14.1%)	38 (11.2%)	27 (7.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (11.2%)	83.3	198^th of 1505 public elementary schools	86.8%		78.6	263^rd of 1502 public elementary schools	82.5%	65					70.9	69.0	81.9				67.3	60.3	73.6				83.3		$14,515	$862	$13,653
FPG Elementary	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	101 Smith Level Rd	Chapel Hill	27516	Orange County	Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(919) 942-6491	528	39	13.5	40.3%	193 (36.6%)	25 (4.7%)	277 (52.5%)	4 (0.8%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (5.1%)	64	510^th of 1505 public elementary schools	66.1%		59.5	589^th of 1502 public elementary schools	60.8%	79					61.3	65.4	57.3				62.4	64.1	57.3				62.2		$11,908	$501	$11,407
Culbreth Middle	Public	6-8	225 Culbreth Rd	Chapel Hill	27516	Orange County	Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 929-7161	656	50	13.0	33.4%	326 (49.7%)	70 (10.7%)	170 (25.9%)	44 (6.7%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	44 (6.7%)	69.8	210^th of 793 public middle schools	73.5%		74.4	171^st of 784 public middle schools	78.2%	39								53.4	61.0	51.8				59.8	65.7	60.9		75.0	$12,195	$336	$11,860
Phillips Middle	Public	6-8	606 N Estes Dr	Chapel Hill	27514	Orange County	Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 929-2188	609	57	10.7	29.9%	274 (45.0%)	98 (16.1%)	70 (11.5%)	117 (19.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	50 (8.2%)	83.3	107^th of 793 public middle schools	86.5%		87.1	82^nd of 784 public middle schools	89.5%	25								72.6	71.4	66.4				68.4	64.3	71.1		76.0	$12,655	$480	$12,175
UNC Hospital School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	101 Manning Dr	Chapel Hill	27514	Orange County	Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 966-5009	0	14	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)																			$135,341	$129	$135,212
Scroggs Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	501 Kildaire Rd	Chapel Hill	27516	Orange County	Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 918-7165	392	33	11.9	28.8%	208 (53.1%)	58 (14.8%)	52 (13.3%)	34 (8.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (10.2%)	86.1	167^th of 1505 public elementary schools	88.9%		87.9	135^th of 1502 public elementary schools	91.0%	32					76.3	69.1	77.0				71.1	70.9	71.6				82.4		$13,218	$771	$12,446
Smith Middle	Public	6-8	9201 Seawell School Rd	Chapel Hill	27516	Orange County	Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 918-2145	768	60	12.8	24.0%	356 (46.4%)	81 (10.5%)	115 (15.0%)	152 (19.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	64 (8.3%)	89.4	68^th of 793 public middle schools	91.4%		90.7	59^th of 784 public middle schools	92.5%	9								75.3	71.9	71.9				75.3	74.0	74.2		82.4	$11,562	$338	$11,224
Rashkis Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	601 Meadowmont Ln	Chapel Hill	27517	Orange County	Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(919) 918-2160	427	37	11.4	47.5%	155 (36.3%)	93 (21.8%)	49 (11.5%)	96 (22.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (8.0%)	74.7	328^th of 1505 public elementary schools	78.2%		77.1	285^th of 1502 public elementary schools	81.0%	43					76.3	72.5	74.4				58.8	57.1	51.3				79.5		$15,130	$665	$14,464
Phoenix Academy High	Public	8-12	750 S Merritt Mill Rd	Chapel Hill	27516	Orange County	Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 918-2300	25	13	1.9	88.0%	3 (12.0%)	14 (56.0%)	5 (20.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (12.0%)								(n/a)				20.0															$46,250	$370	$45,881
Northside Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	350 Caldwell St	Chapel Hill	27516	Orange County	Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(919) 918-2220	395	36	10.8	48.1%	180 (45.6%)	88 (22.3%)	49 (12.4%)	51 (12.9%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (6.3%)	38.6	961^st of 1505 public elementary schools	36.1%		44.9	847^th of 1502 public elementary schools	43.6%	114					54.3	47.4	47.9				50.6	51.3	42.3				49.3		$14,816	$528	$14,288
Virtual Academy School	Public, Virtual	9-12	750 S Merritt Mill Rd	Chapel Hill	27516	Orange County	Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools	No	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(919) 967-8211	39	0		56.4%	10 (25.6%)	18 (46.2%)	7 (17.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (7.7%)								(n/a)
East Chapel Hill High	Public	9-12	500 Weaver Dairy Rd	Chapel Hill	27514	Orange County	Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 969-2482	1,447	90	16.0	21.4%	713 (49.3%)	155 (10.7%)	171 (11.8%)	295 (20.4%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	112 (7.7%)	79.7	135^th of 640 public high schools	78.9%		83.3	112^th of 626 public high schools	82.1%	23	77.4	82.5	47.8	78.3															$11,539	$386	$11,153
McDougle Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	890 Old Fayetteville Rd	Chapel Hill	27516	Orange County	Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(919) 969-2435	489	40	12.3	30.9%	280 (57.3%)	72 (14.7%)	78 (16.0%)	23 (4.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (7.2%)	85.6	170^th of 1505 public elementary schools	88.7%		79.5	247^th of 1502 public elementary schools	83.6%	77					81.2	71.6	77.9				71.0	72.7	66.3				77.9		$12,936	$505	$12,431
Cedar Ridge High	Public	9-12	1125 New Grady Brown Sch Rd	Hillsborough	27278	Orange County	Orange County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 245-4000	1,104	63	17.5	42.4%	517 (46.8%)	109 (9.9%)	378 (34.2%)	23 (2.1%)	4 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	73 (6.6%)	54	273^rd of 640 public high schools	57.3%		59.1	234^th of 626 public high schools	62.6%	39	56.9	66.9	39.4	63.4															$10,912	$399	$10,512
Orange High	Public	9-12	500 Orange High Rd	Hillsborough	27278	Orange County	Orange County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 732-6133	1,341	81	16.4	40.8%	747 (55.7%)	226 (16.9%)	269 (20.1%)	16 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	82 (6.1%)	50.7	294^th of 640 public high schools	54.1%		35.7	395^th of 626 public high schools	36.9%	101	54.1	61.6	28.2	70.1															$9,879	$469	$9,410
Hillsborough Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	402 North Nash Street	Hillsborough	27278	Orange County	Orange County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 732-6137	425	32	13.2	17.4%	326 (76.7%)	29 (6.8%)	25 (5.9%)	8 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (8.7%)	90.6	108^th of 1505 public elementary schools	92.8%		89.9	107^th of 1502 public elementary schools	92.9%	1					82.2	74.3	74.3				71.2	82.4	75.7				91.4		$11,531	$386	$11,145
River Park Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	240 St. Mary's Road	Hillsborough	27278	Orange County	Orange County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 732-9326	559	41	13.7	35.8%	330 (59.0%)	39 (7.0%)	139 (24.9%)	11 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (7.2%)	70.7	390^th of 1505 public elementary schools	74.1%		75.5	314^th of 1502 public elementary schools	79.1%	76					75.3	73.5	65.4				63.9	69.4	53.3				58.9		$10,994	$454	$10,540
Central Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	154 Hayes St	Hillsborough	27278	Orange County	Orange County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(919) 732-3622	296	26	11.2	75.0%	107 (36.1%)	79 (26.7%)	71 (24.0%)	6 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (11.1%)	29.8	1102^nd of 1505 public elementary schools	26.8%		26.4	1148^th of 1502 public elementary schools	23.6%	46					60.0	46.6	35.3				44.4	48.3	33.3				41.2		$14,465	$1,168	$13,297
Orange Middle	Public	6-8	308 Orange High Rd	Hillsborough	27278	Orange County	Orange County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 732-6121	525	37	14.1	40.0%	323 (61.5%)	75 (14.3%)	89 (17.0%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (6.7%)	65	249^th of 793 public middle schools	68.6%		60.8	286^th of 784 public middle schools	63.5%	37								67.7	59.1	53.5				61.1	49.7	49.7		72.4	$10,665	$408	$10,256
McDougle Middle	Public	6-8	900 Old Fayetteville Rd	Chapel Hill	27516	Orange County	Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 933-1556	752	64	11.7	27.5%	410 (54.5%)	71 (9.4%)	185 (24.6%)	32 (4.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	53 (7.0%)	83	110^th of 793 public middle schools	86.1%		81.2	128^th of 784 public middle schools	83.7%	18								66.8	70.6	60.4				64.5	70.3	72.5		81.3	$13,223	$311	$12,913
The Expedition School	Public, Charter	K-8	437 Dimmocks Mill Rd Ste 33	Hillsborough	27278	Orange County	The Expedition School	Yes	No	No	No	(919) 245-8432	361	29	12.4		261 (72.3%)	12 (3.3%)	39 (10.8%)	18 (5.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	30 (8.3%)	94.3	56^th of 1505 public elementary schools	96.3%		95.5	33^rd of 1502 public elementary schools	97.8%	23					77.5	87.5	83.7	93.2	92.7	89.7	77.5	85.0	81.4	86.4	92.7	93.1	86.0
Carrboro Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	400 Shelton St	Carrboro	27510	Orange County	Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(919) 968-3652	501	38	13.1	35.1%	279 (55.7%)	16 (3.2%)	154 (30.7%)	21 (4.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (6.0%)	75.2	323^rd of 1505 public elementary schools	78.5%		76.9	290^th of 1502 public elementary schools	80.7%	33					69.0	68.2	69.5				59.5	61.4	70.7				72.0		$13,407	$564	$12,843
Efland Cheeks Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	4401 Fuller Rd	Efland	27243	Orange County	Orange County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(919) 563-5112	545	38	14.2	69.7%	184 (33.8%)	117 (21.5%)	154 (28.3%)	24 (4.4%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	63 (11.6%)	42.1	884^th of 1505 public elementary schools	41.3%		39.5	943^rd of 1502 public elementary schools	37.2%	59					63.6	65.0	40.2				42.0	58.0	37.0				46.7		$11,292	$882	$10,410
Grady Brown Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1100 New Grady Brown Rd	Hillsborough	27278	Orange County	Orange County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(919) 732-6138	406	36	11.2	60.3%	169 (41.6%)	51 (12.6%)	135 (33.3%)	10 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (10.1%)	30.2	1094^th of 1505 public elementary schools	27.3%		39.7	942^nd of 1502 public elementary schools	37.3%	152					52.8	52.3	41.3				40.3	40.0	37.3				54.7		$12,441	$1,012	$11,429
North Chatham Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	3380 Lystra Road	Chapel Hill	27517	Orange County	Chatham County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 967-3094	616	39	15.7	32.3%	341 (55.4%)	39 (6.3%)	188 (30.5%)	19 (3.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (4.5%)	81.3	221^st of 1505 public elementary schools	85.3%		76.8	291^st of 1502 public elementary schools	80.6%	70					67.4	77.7	75.8				58.7	68.9	69.8				78.9		$10,576	$485	$10,091
Margaret B. Pollard Middle	Public	6-8	185 Granite Mill Blvd.	Chapel Hill	27516	Orange County	Chatham County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 969-0070	768	41	18.8	20.1%	515 (67.1%)	47 (6.1%)	140 (18.2%)	13 (1.7%)	1 (0.1%)	4 (0.5%)	48 (6.3%)	85.2	97^th of 793 public middle schools	87.8%		86.6	86^th of 784 public middle schools	89.0%	11								74.3	73.1	58.3				72.2	66.7	75.0		80.9	$8,507	$455	$8,052
A L Stanback Middle	Public	6-8	3700 NC 86 South	Hillsborough	27278	Orange County	Orange County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 644-3200	646	46	14.1	58.8%	261 (40.4%)	57 (8.8%)	275 (42.6%)	12 (1.9%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (6.0%)	49	405^th of 793 public middle schools	48.9%		48.6	391^st of 784 public middle schools	50.1%	14								54.3	45.3	45.1				52.2	45.3	46.0		68.1	$11,425	$789	$10,636
New Hope Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1900 New Hope Church Rd	Chapel Hill	27514	Orange County	Orange County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(919) 942-9696	548	43	12.6	72.6%	172 (31.4%)	49 (8.9%)	272 (49.6%)	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	51 (9.3%)	42.9	872^nd of 1505 public elementary schools	42.1%		38.2	957^th of 1502 public elementary schools	36.3%	85					55.7	62.0	58.7				38.0	46.7	41.3				58.7		$13,203	$1,160	$12,043
Pathways Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	431 Strouds Creek Road	Hillsborough	27278	Orange County	Orange County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 732-9136	351	27	13.1	53.3%	217 (61.8%)	56 (16.0%)	46 (13.1%)	4 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (8.0%)	52	715^th of 1505 public elementary schools	52.5%		45.3	841^st of 1502 public elementary schools	44.0%	126					71.4	67.8	55.0				55.1	52.5	41.7				50.0		$14,700	$1,138	$13,561
Partnership Academy	Public	9-12	920 Corporate Drive	Hillsborough	27278	Orange County	Orange County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 245-4030	37	6	6.1	70.3%	21 (56.8%)	8 (21.6%)	6 (16.2%)	1 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.7%)	14.4	554^th of 640 public high schools	13.4%		2.6	616^th of 626 public high schools	1.6%	62	36.4	31.3																	$22,657	$918	$21,740
Gravelly Hill Middle	Public	6-8	4801 West Ten Road	Efland	27243	Orange County	Orange County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 245-4050	425	29	14.4	54.4%	193 (45.4%)	85 (20.0%)	105 (24.7%)	10 (2.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (7.3%)	42.9	461^st of 793 public middle schools	41.9%		35.4	504^th of 784 public middle schools	35.7%	43								52.0	52.3	35.0				43.1	46.1	43.3		65.6	$11,455	$480	$10,975
Eno River Academy	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	1212 NC Highway 57 North	Hillsborough	27278	Orange County	Eno River Academy	Yes	No	No	No	(919) 644-6272	782	60	13.0		620 (79.3%)	35 (4.5%)	64 (8.2%)	10 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.4%)	50 (6.4%)								(n/a)	69.9	84.5	65.4	84.6	75.0	70.7	82.9	79.7	82.5	75.8	72.5	75.6	78.0	78.0	77.8	77.4	97.5	87.1
Woods Charter	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	160 Woodland Grove Ln	Chapel Hill	27516	Orange County	Woods Charter School	Yes	No	No	No	(919) 960-8353	508	54	9.4		365 (71.9%)	25 (4.9%)	53 (10.4%)	29 (5.7%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (6.7%)								(n/a)	83.0	93.2	70.6	85.1	97.2	94.3	72.5	75.0	77.5	77.5	89.2	91.4	80.0	75.0	65.0	90.0	82.5	92.5
Glenwood Elementary	Public	K-5	2 Prestwick Rd	Chapel Hill	27517	Orange County	Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 968-3473	433	28	15.4	20.1%	162 (37.4%)	33 (7.6%)	20 (4.6%)	142 (32.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	75 (17.3%)	93	70^th of 1505 public elementary schools	95.3%		92.9	81^st of 1502 public elementary schools	94.6%	11					82.4	84.1	82.5				73.0	87.3	79.4				85.7		$13,438	$519	$12,919
Carrboro High	Public	9-12	201 Rock Haven Rd	Carrboro	27510	Orange County	Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 918-2200	870	56	15.4	28.7%	469 (53.9%)	79 (9.1%)	224 (25.7%)	39 (4.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	59 (6.8%)	64.7	206^th of 640 public high schools	67.8%		70.9	173^rd of 626 public high schools	72.4%	33	71.1	72.0	16.8	76.7															$13,304	$311	$12,993
Morris Grove Elementary	Public	K-5	215 Eubanks Rd	Chapel Hill	27516	Orange County	Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 918-4800	421	36	11.6	22.3%	257 (61.0%)	26 (6.2%)	58 (13.8%)	55 (13.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (5.7%)	95.1	46^th of 1505 public elementary schools	96.9%		90.4	101^st of 1502 public elementary schools	93.3%	55					84.1	87.5	86.7				76.2	81.8	84.0				90.7		$12,863	$298	$12,565

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