Best Elementary 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 1505)	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)
370001100414	601	Alderman Road Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2860 Alderman Road	Fayetteville	28306	Cumberland County	Cumberland County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(910) 321-0398	628	49	12.8	99.5%	275 (43.8%)	195 (31.1%)	84 (13.4%)	4 (0.6%)	20 (3.2%)	1 (0.2%)	49 (7.8%)	$10,104			$1,239			$8,865	59.1	55.5	660	59
370001102121	602	C Wayne Collier Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	3522 Sturbridge Drive	Hope Mills	28348	Cumberland County	Cumberland County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(910) 424-7200	526	29	18.3	99.4%	138 (26.2%)	215 (40.9%)	96 (18.3%)	5 (1.0%)	12 (2.3%)	7 (1.3%)	53 (10.1%)	$9,988			$1,541			$8,447	59	29.2	1101	499
370327001346	603	Coopers Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	6833 NC Highway 58	Elm City	27822	Wilson County	Nash County Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(252) 937-9035	585	35	16.9	61.7%	363 (62.1%)	125 (21.4%)	72 (12.3%)	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (3.6%)	$9,621			$1,245			$8,377	59	66.3	478	125
370001100431	604	J W Seabrook Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	4619 NC Hwy 210 South	Fayetteville	28301	Cumberland County	Cumberland County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(910) 323-2930	269	21	12.6	98.9%	105 (39.0%)	78 (29.0%)	29 (10.8%)	7 (2.6%)	10 (3.7%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (14.9%)	$11,197			$1,825			$9,372	58.7	42.6	886	282
370003000007	605	Edwin M Holt Elementary	Public	K-5	4751 S Nc 62	Burlington	27215	Alamance County	Alamance-Burlington Schools	No	No	No	No	(336) 570-6420	514	37	13.9	42.6%	395 (76.8%)	43 (8.4%)	46 (8.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (5.8%)	$9,443			$688			$8,755	58.7	70.8	396	209
370294001176	606	Eastfield Global Magnet School	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	170 Eastfield School Road	Marion	28752	McDowell County	McDowell County Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(828) 652-3730	266	21	12.6	84.2%	160 (60.2%)	6 (2.3%)	85 (32.0%)	2 (0.8%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	11 (4.1%)	$11,548			$1,932			$9,616	58.6	60.5	570	36
370495001984	607	Ronda-Clingman Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	316 Ronda-Clingman School Rd	Ronda	28670	Wilkes County	Wilkes County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(336) 651-4200	315	19	16.8	99.0%	257 (81.6%)	6 (1.9%)	35 (11.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (5.4%)	$9,687			$1,270			$8,417	58.5	72.9	362	245
370011802603	608	New Dimensions	Public, Charter	K-8	550 Lenoir Road	Morganton	28655	Burke County	The New Dimensions School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(828) 437-5753	535	37	14.5		481 (89.9%)	19 (3.6%)	12 (2.2%)	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (3.6%)								58.5	72.8	364	244
370045002063	609	Estes Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	275 Overlook Road	Asheville	28803	Buncombe County	Buncombe County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(828) 654-1795	732	53	13.7	49.5%	411 (56.1%)	85 (11.6%)	141 (19.3%)	28 (3.8%)	1 (0.1%)	4 (0.5%)	62 (8.5%)	$10,805			$1,421			$9,384	58.4	68.4	436	173
370472001899	610	Vandora Springs Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1300 Vandora Springs Road	Garner	27529	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(919) 662-2486	548	42	13.1	72.1%	152 (27.7%)	195 (35.6%)	159 (29.0%)	8 (1.5%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	31 (5.7%)	$9,721			$811			$8,910	58.4	30	1087	477

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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.