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)
370031703184	81	Mountain Island Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	13440 Lucia Riverbend Highway	Mount Holly	28120	Gaston County	Mountain Island Charter	Yes	No	No	Yes	(704) 827-8840	1,746	97	18	26.9%	928 (53.2%)	487 (27.9%)	156 (8.9%)	30 (1.7%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	143 (8.2%)								87.7	82.3	118	37
370472002684	82	Holly Ridge Middle	Public	6-8	950 Holly Springs Road	Holly Springs	27540	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 577-1335	980	58	16.9	26.8%	624 (63.7%)	136 (13.9%)	123 (12.6%)	46 (4.7%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.2%)	48 (4.9%)	$8,619			$411			$8,207	87.7	85.2	100	18
370117002816	83	William Ellis Middle	Public	6-8	144 William Ellis Drive	Advance	27006	Davie County	Davie County Schools	No	No	No	No	(336) 751-2107	469	33	14.3	38.4%	370 (78.9%)	20 (4.3%)	53 (11.3%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (5.1%)	$9,860			$557			$9,303	87.5	90.4	63	20
370472002654	84	Moore Square Middle	Public, Magnet	6-8	301 South Person Street	Raleigh	27601	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(919) 664-5737	590	51	11.5	25.4%	314 (53.2%)	161 (27.3%)	67 (11.4%)	17 (2.9%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (4.7%)	$11,326			$607			$10,719	87.4	89.6	68	16
370483001935	85	Blowing Rock Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	165 Morris Street	Blowing Rock	28605	Watauga County	Watauga County Schools	No	No	No	No	(828) 295-3204	431	32	13.2	20.4%	396 (91.9%)	5 (1.2%)	17 (3.9%)	4 (0.9%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	7 (1.6%)	$10,946			$628			$10,318	87.4	90.4	62	23
370012602611	86	The Arts Based School	Public, Charter	K-8	1380 Martin Luther King Jr Dr	Winston Salem	27101	Forsyth County	Arts Based School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(336) 748-4116	611	45	13.5		378 (61.9%)	118 (19.3%)	49 (8.0%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	62 (10.1%)								87.1	86.4	87	1
370441001755	87	Pilot Mountain Middle	Public	6-8	543 Old Westfield Road	Pilot Mountain	27041	Surry County	Surry County Schools	No	No	No	No	(336) 368-2641	406	27	14.8	99.3%	323 (79.6%)	7 (1.7%)	56 (13.8%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (4.2%)	$9,172			$1,003			$8,168	86.7	83.4	107	20
370472003379	88	Pine Hollow Middle	Public	6-8	5365 Bartram Place	Raleigh	27617	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 694-8880	786	48	16.2	30.8%	460 (58.5%)	148 (18.8%)	105 (13.4%)	37 (4.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (4.6%)	$8,836			$462			$8,374	86.7	90.6	60	28
370150003562	89	Lewisville Middle	Public	6-8	1115 Lewisville Vienna Rd	Lewisville	27023	Forsyth County	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	No	No	No	No	(336) 866-3032	871	52	16.8	32.4%	584 (67.0%)	91 (10.4%)	117 (13.4%)	26 (3.0%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.2%)	50 (5.7%)								86.6	85.4	99	10
370472001841	90	Carnage Middle	Public, Magnet	6-8	1425 Carnage Dr	Raleigh	27610	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(919) 856-7600	878	60	14.6	29.3%	64 (7.3%)	207 (23.6%)	83 (9.5%)	501 (57.1%)	5 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (2.1%)	$9,215			$431			$8,784	86.4	85.8	96	6

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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.