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)
370041703413	201	Pine Springs Preparatory Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	220 Rosewood Centre Dr	Holly Springs	27540	Wake County	Pine Springs Preparatory Academy	Yes	No	No	No	(919) 439-9448	1,243	72	17.3		891 (71.7%)	70 (5.6%)	82 (6.6%)	102 (8.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	97 (7.8%)								83.2	84.8	167	34
370192000820	202	Colfax Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	9112 West Market Street	Colfax	27235	Guilford County	Guilford County Schools	No	No	No	No	(336) 275-4332	579	39	14.8	38.3%	306 (52.8%)	114 (19.7%)	71 (12.3%)	53 (9.2%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	33 (5.7%)	$9,282			$751			$8,531	83.2	85	165	37
370472002864	203	Carpenter Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2100 Morrisville Parkway	Cary	27519	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 462-6780	657	47	14	32.1%	168 (25.6%)	73 (11.1%)	143 (21.8%)	251 (38.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (3.2%)	$9,401			$613			$8,788	83.2	83.2	192	11
370114000482	204	Wallburg Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	205 Motsinger Road	Winston Salem	27107	Forsyth County	Davidson County Schools	No	No	No	No	(336) 769-2921	742	44	16.9	42.3%	558 (75.2%)	45 (6.1%)	80 (10.8%)	28 (3.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (4.2%)	$7,140			$414			$6,726	83.1	88.6	130	74
370472002414	205	Partnership Elementary	Public, Magnet	K-5	601 Devereux Street	Raleigh	27605	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(919) 856-8200	268	28	9.6	35.1%	127 (47.4%)	57 (21.3%)	70 (26.1%)	4 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	9 (3.4%)	$12,073			$582			$11,491	83	79.6	245	40
370044103465	206	Jackson Day School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	1209 Little Rock Rd	Charlotte	28214	Mecklenburg County	Jackson Day School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(704) 391-5516	817	50	16.2		359 (43.9%)	251 (30.7%)	87 (10.6%)	27 (3.3%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	91 (11.1%)								82.9	65.5	495	289
370108000452	207	Knotts Island Elementary	Public	K-5	413 Woodleigh Road	Knotts Island	27950	Currituck County	Currituck County Schools	No	No	No	No	(252) 722-0770	108	9	12	26.9%	87 (80.6%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (8.3%)	2 (1.9%)	1 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (8.3%)	$18,970			$771			$18,200	82.9	84.2	180	27
370210000922	208	Mills River Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	94 School House Road	Mills River	28759	Henderson County	Henderson County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(828) 891-6563	589	40	14.8	36.2%	487 (82.7%)	9 (1.5%)	60 (10.2%)	5 (0.8%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	26 (4.4%)	$9,074			$912			$8,162	82.7	84.6	171	37
370333002822	209	Edwin A Anderson Elementary	Public	K-5	455 Halyburton Memorial Parkwa	Wilmington	28412	New Hanover County	New Hanover County Schools	No	No	No	No	(910) 798-3311	624	42	14.9	40.5%	495 (79.3%)	39 (6.3%)	53 (8.5%)	9 (1.4%)	4 (0.6%)	2 (0.3%)	22 (3.5%)	$10,418			$855			$9,563	82.6	83.4	190	19
370345003566	210	Coastal Elementary	Public	K-5	370 Folkstone Rd	Holly Ridge	28445	Onslow County	Onslow County Schools	No	No	No	No	(910) 455-2448	822	51	16.1	31.0%	600 (73.0%)	23 (2.8%)	121 (14.7%)	8 (1.0%)	6 (0.7%)	2 (0.2%)	62 (7.5%)								82.5	72.5	368	158

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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.