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)
370075000307	651	Chatham Middle	Public	6-8	2025 South 2nd Avenue Ext	Siler City	27344	Chatham County	Chatham County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(919) 663-2414	556	41	13.5	89.2%	57 (10.3%)	77 (13.8%)	397 (71.4%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (4.0%)	$10,233			$1,267			$8,966	20.8	35.5	503	148
370001201507	652	Wellcome Middle	Public	6-8	3101 N Memorial Drive	Greenville	27834	Pitt County	Pitt County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(252) 752-5938	413	33	12.4	99.3%	23 (5.6%)	190 (46.0%)	182 (44.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	17 (4.1%)	$11,038			$1,557			$9,481	20.5	15.9	678	26
370012102582	653	Guilford Preparatory Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	2240 East Cone Blvd	Greensboro	27405	Guilford County	Guilford Preparatory Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(336) 954-1344	551	36	15.4	97.3%	12 (2.2%)	461 (83.7%)	45 (8.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (5.6%)								20.2	22.5	641	12
370294003609	654	McDowell Virtual Academy	Public, Virtual	6-12	346 West McDowell Junior High	Marion	28752	McDowell County	McDowell County Schools	No	No	Yes	No	(828) 652-3390	140	7	20	26.4%	121 (86.4%)	9 (6.4%)	5 (3.6%)	2 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.1%)								20.1	28.6	570	84
370132000556	655	Phillips Middle	Public	6-8	4371 Battleboro-Leggett Road	Battleboro	27809	Edgecombe County	Edgecombe County Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(252) 446-2031	129	12	11.2	97.7%	5 (3.9%)	88 (68.2%)	26 (20.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (7.8%)	$13,631			$2,688			$10,943	20	18.2	663	8
370192000832	656	Eastern Guilford Middle	Public	6-8	435 Peeden Drive	Gibsonville	27249	Guilford County	Guilford County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(336) 449-4255	980	55	17.8	75.4%	172 (17.6%)	472 (48.2%)	208 (21.2%)	59 (6.0%)	4 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	65 (6.6%)	$8,157			$966			$7,191	20	15.5	685	29
370288003576	657	South Creek Middle	Public	6-8	21077 NC Hwy 903	Robersonville	27871	Martin County	Martin County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(252) 792-1575	204	16	13.1	98.5%	33 (16.2%)	131 (64.2%)	31 (15.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.0%)	7 (3.4%)								19.9	13.8	701	44
370405001615	658	Corriher Lipe Middle	Public	6-8	214 West Rice St	Landis	28088	Rowan County	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 857-7946	476	25	19.4	64.1%	275 (57.8%)	42 (8.8%)	121 (25.4%)	3 (0.6%)	3 (0.6%)	2 (0.4%)	30 (6.3%)	$9,905			$690			$9,216	19.8	21.2	645	13
370001201500	659	Grifton	Public	PK, KG-8	513 E McCrae St	Grifton	28530	Pitt County	Pitt County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(252) 524-5141	391	30	12.8	99.2%	108 (27.6%)	161 (41.2%)	104 (26.6%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (4.1%)	$10,793			$1,896			$8,897	19.7	30.8	545	114
370297001249	660	Northeast Middle	Public, Magnet	6-8	5960 Brickstone Dr	Mint Hill	28227	Mecklenburg County	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(980) 343-6920	569	30	18.9	52.9%	75 (13.2%)	205 (36.0%)	238 (41.8%)	22 (3.9%)	5 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (4.2%)	$11,166			$1,453			$9,713	19.6	19.1	658	2

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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.