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)
370321001340	241	Mount Airy Middle	Public	6-8	249 Hamburg Street	Mount Airy	27030	Surry County	Mount Airy City Schools	No	No	No	No	(336) 789-9021	409	29	13.8	57.2%	238 (58.2%)	26 (6.4%)	110 (26.9%)	4 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (7.6%)	$10,309			$806			$9,503	66	63.9	254	13
370032203260	242	Bear Grass Charter School	Public, Charter	6-12	6344 E Bear Grass Rd	Williamston	27982	Dare County	Bear Grass Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(252) 789-1010	433	30	14.3		389 (89.8%)	14 (3.2%)	16 (3.7%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.5%)								66	60.2	291	49
370351001451	243	Pamlico County Middle	Public	6-8	15526 NC Hwy 55 East	Bayboro	28515	Pamlico County	Pamlico County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(252) 745-4061	271	20	13.4	98.5%	163 (60.1%)	53 (19.6%)	31 (11.4%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	21 (7.7%)	$19,561			$364			$19,196	65.9	61.1	278	35
370039403360	244	Northeast Academy of Aerospace & AdvTech	Public, Charter	5-12	1413 W Ehringhaus St	Elizabeth City	27909	Pasquotank County	Northeast Academy of Aerospace & AdvTech	Yes	No	No	Yes	(252) 562-0653	756	39	19.2	33.1%	498 (65.9%)	151 (20.0%)	43 (5.7%)	6 (0.8%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	56 (7.4%)								65.5	62.2	266	22
370453001779	245	Brevard Middle	Public	6-8	400 Fisher Rd	Brevard	28712	Transylvania County	Transylvania County Schools	No	No	No	No	(828) 884-2091	535	47	11.3	57.6%	376 (70.3%)	30 (5.6%)	77 (14.4%)	3 (0.6%)	3 (0.6%)	2 (0.4%)	44 (8.2%)	$10,976			$1,048			$9,927	65.2	69	213	32
370032303256	246	North East Carolina Prep	Public, Charter, Alternative	PK, KG-12	274 Husky Trail	Tarboro	27886	Edgecombe County	North East Carolina Preparatory School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(252) 641-0464	909	68	13.4	72.8%	440 (48.4%)	301 (33.1%)	126 (13.9%)	6 (0.7%)	2 (0.2%)	2 (0.2%)	32 (3.5%)								65.2	60.8	287	41
370008502458	247	The Mountain Community School	Public, Charter	K-8	613 Glover Street	Hendersonville	28792	Henderson County	The Mountain Community School	Yes	No	No	No	(828) 696-8480	198	15	13.6		161 (81.3%)	3 (1.5%)	23 (11.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (5.6%)								65.1	81	129	118
370234001004	248	Fairview School	Public	PK, KG-8	251 Big Orange Way	Sylva	28779	Jackson County	Jackson County Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(828) 586-2819	762	50	15.2	58.0%	569 (74.7%)	11 (1.4%)	95 (12.5%)	10 (1.3%)	29 (3.8%)	1 (0.1%)	47 (6.2%)	$8,533			$860			$7,673	65.1	63.3	258	10
370348001444	249	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%)	$10,665			$408			$10,256	65	60.8	286	37
370309002533	250	Southern Middle	Public	6-8	717 Johnson Street	Aberdeen	28315	Moore County	Moore County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(910) 693-1550	576	38	15.1	53.3%	279 (48.4%)	133 (23.1%)	93 (16.1%)	5 (0.9%)	7 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	59 (10.2%)	$9,266			$896			$8,370	64.9	53.7	351	101

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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.

Educational resources:

Per-Pupil Spending: Understanding the Breakdown of Federal, State, and Local Funds

Alternative Schools vs Public Schools: A Comparison

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.