Best High Schools in North Carolina

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The list is updated annually upon the release of the EOC 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 640)	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)
370180002829	571	Granville Central High	Public	9-12	2043 Sanders Rd	Stem	27581	Granville County	Granville County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 528-5530	638	36	17.7	74.5%	149 (23.4%)	197 (30.9%)	248 (38.9%)	6 (0.9%)	4 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	33 (5.2%)	$9,737			$646			$9,091	12.7	21.2	503	68
370231003595	572	ISS Virtual Academy	Public, Virtual, Alternative	K-12	222 Knox Street	Statesville	28677	Iredell County	Iredell-Statesville Schools	No	No	Yes	No	(704) 832-2522	148	2	70.8	15.5%	91 (61.5%)	21 (14.2%)	24 (16.2%)	3 (2.0%)	1 (0.7%)	1 (0.7%)	7 (4.7%)								12.6	21.4	502	70
370294003609	573	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%)								12.5	10.4	578	5
370150002194	574	J F Kennedy High	Public, Virtual, Magnet	6-12	890 E 11th Street	Winston Salem	27101	Forsyth County	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	(336) 703-4143	383	33	11.5	99.2%	43 (11.2%)	131 (34.2%)	190 (49.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (4.4%)	$14,798			$1,646			$13,152	12.5	7.9	594	20
370488001963	575	Southern Wayne High	Public	9-12	124 Walter Fulcher Rd	Dudley	28333	Wayne County	Wayne County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 705-6060	1,066	56	19.1	99.2%	270 (25.3%)	316 (29.6%)	445 (41.7%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (3.1%)	$9,549			$903			$8,646	12.5	12.5	554	21
370132000559	576	SouthWest Edgecombe High	Public	9-12	5912 NC 43 North	Pinetops	27864	Edgecombe County	Edgecombe County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(252) 827-5016	802	46	17.5	99.6%	285 (35.5%)	394 (49.1%)	90 (11.2%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (3.9%)	$9,044			$1,025			$8,019	12	26	466	110
370462001301	577	Monroe High	Public	9-12	1 High School Dr	Monroe	28112	Union County	Union County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 296-3130	1,041	68	15.3	76.8%	59 (5.7%)	311 (29.9%)	630 (60.5%)	8 (0.8%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (3.1%)	$12,060			$1,381			$10,678	12	18.4	519	58
370405001629	578	South Rowan High	Public	9-12	1655 Patterson St	China Grove	28023	Rowan County	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 857-1161	952	51	18.5	52.2%	643 (67.5%)	61 (6.4%)	191 (20.1%)	9 (0.9%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	46 (4.8%)	$9,584			$1,002			$8,582	11.9	11	570	8
370231000999	579	West Iredell High	Public	9-12	213 Warrior Dr	Statesville	28625	Iredell County	Iredell-Statesville Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 873-2181	844	49	17.1	61.3%	475 (56.3%)	134 (15.9%)	139 (16.5%)	34 (4.0%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	59 (7.0%)	$9,961			$600			$9,361	11.5	17.1	529	50
370405001630	580	West Rowan High	Public	9-12	8050 NC 801 Hwy	Mount Ulla	28125	Rowan County	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 278-9233	1,113	59	19	55.8%	571 (51.3%)	207 (18.6%)	243 (21.8%)	10 (0.9%)	7 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	75 (6.7%)	$9,333			$909			$8,424	11.5	8.4	592	12

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on EOC Biology, EOC English II, EOC Math I, EOC Math III 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.