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)
370034603302	111	Southeastern Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	12251 NC HWY 41 North	Lumberton	28358	Robeson County	Southeastern Academy	Yes	No	No	No	(910) 738-7828	218	14	15.5		145 (66.5%)	14 (6.4%)	2 (0.9%)	2 (0.9%)	47 (21.6%)	1 (0.5%)	7 (3.2%)								90.3	86.8	145	34
370210000930	112	Hendersonville Elementary	Public	K-5	1039 Randall Circle	Hendersonville	28791	Henderson County	Henderson County Schools	No	No	No	No	(828) 697-4752	330	24	14	32.1%	274 (83.0%)	13 (3.9%)	20 (6.1%)	3 (0.9%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (5.8%)	$10,145			$1,115			$9,030	90.2	93.2	74	38
370031703184	113	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	1,703	100	16.9	23.5%	947 (55.6%)	464 (27.2%)	140 (8.2%)	31 (1.8%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.1%)	118 (6.9%)								90.2	88.5	132	19
370333002101	114	Heyward C Bellamy Elementary	Public	K-5	70 Sanders Rd	Wilmington	28412	New Hanover County	New Hanover County Schools	No	No	No	No	(910) 350-2039	556	39	14.4	38.1%	422 (75.9%)	31 (5.6%)	66 (11.9%)	14 (2.5%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	20 (3.6%)	$10,008			$775			$9,233	90.1	88.8	126	12
370150000644	115	Vienna Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1975 Chickasha Road	Pfafftown	27040	Forsyth County	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	No	No	No	No	(336) 703-4178	768	48	16	28.8%	525 (68.4%)	69 (9.0%)	66 (8.6%)	58 (7.6%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	47 (6.1%)	$8,250			$455			$7,795	89.8	92.4	86	29
370268002163	116	Catawba Springs Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	206 North Little Egypt Rd	Denver	28037	Lincoln County	Lincoln County Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 736-1895	529	32	16.3	29.7%	375 (70.9%)	51 (9.6%)	53 (10.0%)	2 (0.4%)	6 (1.1%)	1 (0.2%)	41 (7.8%)	$7,867			$484			$7,383	89.7	84.4	173	57
370268001121	117	Rock Springs Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	3633 Hwy 16 N	Denver	28037	Lincoln County	Lincoln County Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 483-2281	647	39	16.6	21.8%	546 (84.4%)	23 (3.6%)	35 (5.4%)	10 (1.5%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	31 (4.8%)	$7,824			$403			$7,420	89.7	90	106	11
370038103322	118	Anderson Creek Academy	Public, Charter	K-5	4940 Ray Road	Spring Lake	28390	Cumberland County	Anderson Creek Academy	Yes	No	No	No	(910) 814-9001	288	11	26.3		138 (47.9%)	39 (13.5%)	57 (19.8%)	7 (2.4%)	7 (2.4%)	2 (0.7%)	38 (13.2%)								89.6	90.7	99	19
370462003096	119	Poplin Elementary	Public	K-5	5627 Poplin Rd	Indian Trail	28079	Union County	Union County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 296-0320	720	43	16.9	35.7%	450 (62.5%)	100 (13.9%)	103 (14.3%)	20 (2.8%)	5 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (5.8%)	$9,772			$606			$9,166	89.5	88.9	123	4
370031903193	120	Henderson Collegiate	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	1071 Old Epsom Rd	Henderson	27536	Vance County	Henderson Collegiate	Yes	No	No	Yes	(252) 598-1038	1,320	80	16.4	98.6%	65 (4.9%)	825 (62.5%)	338 (25.6%)	31 (2.3%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	58 (4.4%)								89.4	80.1	237	117

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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.