Best Middle Schools in North Carolina

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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 (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 793)	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	Average Standard Score (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
370483001940	71	Parkway Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	160 Parkway School Dr	Boone	28607	Watauga County	Watauga County Schools	No	No	No	No	(828) 264-3032	647	47	13.9	35.5%	450 (69.6%)	2 (0.3%)	70 (10.8%)	8 (1.2%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	114 (17.6%)	$9,618			$414			$9,204	89	87.3	81	10
370462002800	72	Porter Ridge Middle School	Public	6-8	2827 Ridge Road	Indian Trail	28079	Union County	Union County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 225-7555	1,291	63	20.5	39.7%	683 (52.9%)	180 (13.9%)	306 (23.7%)	47 (3.6%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	73 (5.7%)	$7,814			$463			$7,351	89	87.1	83	11
370063002205	73	Broad Creek Middle	Public	6-8	2382 Hwy 24	Newport	28570	Carteret County	Carteret County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(252) 247-3135	710	45	15.7	99.6%	593 (83.5%)	7 (1.0%)	70 (9.9%)	7 (1.0%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.3%)	30 (4.2%)	$8,447			$680			$7,767	88.9	88.9	71	2
370204000580	74	Bethel Middle	Public	6-8	630 Sonoma Road	Waynesville	28786	Haywood County	Haywood County Schools	No	No	No	No	(828) 646-3442	245	19	13.1	53.1%	222 (90.6%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (6.1%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.4%)	$11,023			$637			$10,386	88.8	91.9	53	21
370331002084	75	Tucker Creek Middle	Public	6-8	200 Sermons Boulevard	Havelock	28532	Craven County	Craven County Board of Education	No	No	No	No	(252) 444-7200	519	28	18.7	43.9%	307 (59.2%)	71 (13.7%)	72 (13.9%)	9 (1.7%)	3 (0.6%)	4 (0.8%)	53 (10.2%)	$9,904			$667			$9,237	88.5	81.3	127	52
370297000632	76	South Charlotte Middle	Public	6-8	8040 Strawberry Ln	Charlotte	28277	Mecklenburg County	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	No	No	No	No	(980) 343-3670	808	45	18.1	14.5%	487 (60.3%)	96 (11.9%)	119 (14.7%)	67 (8.3%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	37 (4.6%)	$7,839			$548			$7,292	88.3	88.7	72	4
370432003440	77	Oakboro Choice STEM	Public	K-8	1244 N Main St	Oakboro	28129	Stanly County	Stanly County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(704) 961-4700	344	24	14.5	99.1%	288 (83.7%)	8 (2.3%)	28 (8.1%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (5.2%)	$8,393			$828			$7,565	88.1	90.2	66	11
370309002331	78	West Pine Middle	Public	6-8	144 Archie Road	West End	27376	Moore County	Moore County Schools	No	No	No	No	(910) 673-1464	688	41	16.9	27.9%	494 (71.8%)	56 (8.1%)	83 (12.1%)	13 (1.9%)	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	38 (5.5%)	$8,445			$445			$8,000	88	88.5	75	3
370001201494	79	Chicod	Public	PK, KG-8	3833 Stokestown-St. John Road	Greenville	27858	Pitt County	Pitt County Schools	No	No	No	No	(252) 746-6742	958	60	16	35.1%	705 (73.6%)	93 (9.7%)	121 (12.6%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (3.9%)	$8,818			$645			$8,174	87.9	93.4	39	40
370231002299	80	Oakwood Middle IB School	Public	6-8	321 Clegg Street	Statesville	28677	Iredell County	Iredell-Statesville Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 873-7354	500	30	16.7	36.8%	314 (62.8%)	59 (11.8%)	93 (18.6%)	8 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	25 (5.0%)	$7,885			$316			$7,568	87.7	95.9	21	59

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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.