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)
370075002288	221	North Chatham Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	3380 Lystra Road	Chapel Hill	27517	Orange County	Chatham County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 967-3094	616	39	15.7	32.3%	341 (55.4%)	39 (6.3%)	188 (30.5%)	19 (3.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (4.5%)	$10,576			$485			$10,091	81.3	76.8	291	70
370331002980	222	Creekside Elementary	Public	K-5	2790 Landscape Drive	New Bern	28562	Craven County	Craven County Board of Education	No	No	No	No	(252) 514-4360	496	33	15.2	28.0%	333 (67.1%)	42 (8.5%)	66 (13.3%)	16 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (7.9%)	$9,117			$852			$8,265	81.2	89.5	117	105
370126000554	223	Morehead Montessori	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	909 Cobb Street	Durham	27707	Durham County	Durham Public Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(919) 560-3954	227	19	11.8	35.7%	113 (49.8%)	46 (20.3%)	42 (18.5%)	5 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (9.3%)	$16,804			$1,621			$15,183	81.2	82.2	205	18
370001102085	224	Armstrong Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	3395 Dunn Road	Eastover	28312	Cumberland County	Cumberland County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(910) 483-2425	478	34	14.1	99.4%	182 (38.1%)	130 (27.2%)	81 (16.9%)	5 (1.0%)	12 (2.5%)	2 (0.4%)	66 (13.8%)	$11,856			$1,515			$10,342	81.1	74	342	118
370075002080	225	Perry W Harrison Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2655 Hamlet Chapel Road	Pittsboro	27312	Chatham County	Chatham County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 967-9925	227	16	14	29.5%	159 (70.0%)	21 (9.3%)	25 (11.0%)	4 (1.8%)	1 (0.4%)	3 (1.3%)	14 (6.2%)	$9,108			$369			$8,739	81.1	89.7	113	112
370108000453	226	Moyock Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	255 Tulls Creek Road	Moyock	27958	Currituck County	Currituck County Schools	No	No	No	No	(252) 435-6521	725	42	17.3	12.4%	542 (74.8%)	33 (4.6%)	66 (9.1%)	6 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.4%)	75 (10.3%)	$8,539			$473			$8,067	81.1	71.6	382	156
370192002773	227	Lincoln Academy	Public, Magnet	4-8	1016 Lincoln Street	Greensboro	27401	Guilford County	Guilford County Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(336) 370-3471	630	39	16.1	57.0%	94 (14.9%)	335 (53.2%)	65 (10.3%)	102 (16.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (5.2%)	$8,890			$583			$8,307	81	82.9	199	28
370001100405	228	Eastover-Central Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	5174 Dunn Road	Eastover	28312	Cumberland County	Cumberland County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(910) 483-8997	397	31	13	43.3%	249 (62.7%)	74 (18.6%)	47 (11.8%)	6 (1.5%)	4 (1.0%)	3 (0.8%)	14 (3.5%)	$9,186			$836			$8,350	81	85.2	162	66
370297002782	229	Chantilly Montessori	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-6	701 Briar Creek Rd	Charlotte	28205	Mecklenburg County	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(980) 343-0692	306	18	17.1	10.5%	197 (64.4%)	45 (14.7%)	31 (10.1%)	13 (4.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (6.5%)	$12,899			$609			$12,290	81	84.5	172	57
370204000903	230	Junaluska Elementary	Public	K-5	2238 Asheville Road	Waynesville	28786	Haywood County	Haywood County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(828) 456-2407	447	31	14.4	52.3%	373 (83.4%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (8.1%)	3 (0.7%)	4 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (6.9%)	$9,950			$1,085			$8,865	80.8	82.4	204	26

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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.