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)
370192000773	431	General Greene Elementary	Public, Magnet	K-5	1501 Benjamin Parkway	Greensboro	27408	Guilford County	Guilford County Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(336) 545-2015	393	29	13.5	45.0%	181 (46.1%)	130 (33.1%)	39 (9.9%)	8 (2.0%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.5%)	32 (8.1%)	$9,037			$524			$8,513	68.8	74.2	339	92
370333001367	432	Bradley Creek Elementary	Public	K-5	6211 Greenville Loop	Wilmington	28409	New Hanover County	New Hanover County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(910) 350-2051	352	28	12.6	99.1%	167 (47.4%)	10 (2.8%)	164 (46.6%)	4 (1.1%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.7%)	$11,533			$978			$10,555	68.7	68.7	429	3
370003000002	433	Altamahaw-Ossipee Elementary	Public	K-5	2832 N Nc 87	Elon	27244	Alamance County	Alamance-Burlington Schools	No	No	No	No	(336) 538-6030	580	40	14.6	53.1%	355 (61.2%)	70 (12.1%)	113 (19.5%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.3%)	38 (6.6%)	$8,982			$507			$8,475	68.7	55.6	657	224
370002902321	434	Summit Charter	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	370 Mitten Lane	Cashiers	28717	Jackson County	Summit Charter	Yes	No	No	Yes	(828) 743-5755	292	20	14.3		221 (75.7%)	0 (0.0%)	60 (20.5%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.1%)								68.6	78.6	260	174
370048403629	435	Wake Preparatory Academy	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	14111 Capital Blvd	Wake Forest	27587	Wake County	Wake Preparatory Academy	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(984) 245-0050	1,961	1	1961		1,191 (60.7%)	333 (17.0%)	297 (15.1%)	40 (2.0%)	10 (0.5%)	2 (0.1%)	88 (4.5%)								68.6			(n/a)
370219000945	436	W M Jenkins Elementary	Public	K-5	3750 N Center Street	Hickory	28601	Catawba County	Hickory City Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(828) 327-3491	261	19	13.8	56.7%	124 (47.5%)	50 (19.2%)	47 (18.0%)	12 (4.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (10.7%)	$9,330			$894			$8,436	68.5	77.4	283	153
370078000319	437	Hiwassee Dam Elementary/Middle	Public	PK, KG-8	337 Blue Eagle Circle	Murphy	28906	Cherokee County	Cherokee County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(828) 644-5115	120	11	10.9	97.5%	105 (87.5%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (5.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (5.8%)	$13,929			$1,973			$11,956	68.5	62.3	542	105
370012602611	438	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	579	41	14.1		388 (67.0%)	98 (16.9%)	42 (7.3%)	4 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	46 (7.9%)								68.3	77	288	150
370204000902	439	Hazelwood Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1111 Plott Creek Road	Waynesville	28786	Haywood County	Haywood County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(828) 456-2406	492	36	13.7	99.4%	394 (80.1%)	3 (0.6%)	68 (13.8%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	22 (4.5%)	$9,672			$1,194			$8,479	68.3	67.2	464	25
370472001837	440	Briarcliff Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1220 Pond St	Cary	27511	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 460-3443	448	34	13	34.8%	271 (60.5%)	38 (8.5%)	89 (19.9%)	35 (7.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (3.3%)	$10,299			$630			$9,670	68.2	76	303	137

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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.