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131
Falls Lake Academy
Public, Charter, Alternative
K-12
1701 East Lyon Station Road
Creedmoor
27522
Granville County
Falls Lake Academy
Yes
No
No
Yes
(919) 964-9003
1,104
87
12.6
784 (71.0%)
117 (10.6%)
118 (10.7%)
5 (0.5%)
4 (0.4%)
1 (0.1%)
75 (6.8%)
80.6
72.3
164
33
370126001547
132
Durham School of the Arts
Public, Magnet
6-12
401 North Duke Street
Durham
27701
Durham County
Durham Public Schools
No
Yes
No
No
(919) 560-3926
1,705
114
14.9
34.0%
603 (35.4%)
423 (24.8%)
520 (30.5%)
61 (3.6%)
3 (0.2%)
0 (0.0%)
95 (5.6%)
$10,260
$523
$9,737
80.5
81.6
118
14
370216003107
133
Cs Brown High - STEM Program
Public
9-12
102 CSB Dr
Winton
27986
Hertford County
Hertford County Schools
No
No
No
Yes
(252) 358-2852
73
5
14.6
95.9%
3 (4.1%)
65 (89.0%)
1 (1.4%)
0 (0.0%)
1 (1.4%)
0 (0.0%)
3 (4.1%)
$21,553
$437
$21,117
79.8
46.1
313
180
370336002754
134
Discovery High School
Public
9-12
301 West 18th St
Newton
28658
Catawba County
Newton Conover City Schools
No
No
No
No
(828) 466-5581
193
9
22.4
23.8%
134 (69.4%)
6 (3.1%)
32 (16.6%)
7 (3.6%)
0 (0.0%)
0 (0.0%)
14 (7.3%)
$7,999
$741
$7,259
79.8
77.6
141
7
370072001942
135
East Chapel Hill High
Public
9-12
500 Weaver Dairy Rd
Chapel Hill
27514
Orange County
Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools
No
No
No
No
(919) 969-2482
1,447
90
16
21.4%
713 (49.3%)
155 (10.7%)
171 (11.8%)
295 (20.4%)
1 (0.1%)
0 (0.0%)
112 (7.7%)
$11,539
$386
$11,153
79.7
83.3
112
23
370472002847
136
Holly Springs High
Public
9-12
5329 Cass Holt Road
Holly Springs
27540
Wake County
Wake County Schools
No
No
No
No
(919) 577-1444
2,140
108
19.7
12.5%
1,622 (75.8%)
168 (7.9%)
170 (7.9%)
93 (4.3%)
6 (0.3%)
1 (0.0%)
80 (3.7%)
$8,040
$403
$7,638
79.5
80.2
126
10
370010402520
137
Piedmont Community Charter School
Public, Charter, Alternative
K-12
2596 Robinwood Road
Gastonia
28054
Gaston County
Piedmont Community Charter
Yes
No
No
Yes
(704) 853-2428
1,906
116
16.3
1,004 (52.7%)
348 (18.3%)
393 (20.6%)
29 (1.5%)
0 (0.0%)
0 (0.0%)
132 (6.9%)
79.1
75.7
149
12
370297003175
138
William Amos Hough High
Public
9-12
12420 Bailey Rd
Cornelius
28031
Mecklenburg County
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
No
No
No
No
(980) 344-0514
2,518
116
21.6
14.3%
1,745 (69.3%)
254 (10.1%)
352 (14.0%)
90 (3.6%)
4 (0.2%)
5 (0.2%)
68 (2.7%)
$7,994
$484
$7,511
78.6
76.3
146
8
370150002765
139
Ronald W Reagan High School
Public
9-12
3750 Transou Road
Pfafftown
27040
Forsyth County
Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools
No
No
No
No
(336) 703-6776
2,146
110
19.5
30.5%
1,342 (62.5%)
314 (14.6%)
303 (14.1%)
92 (4.3%)
2 (0.1%)
2 (0.1%)
91 (4.2%)
$7,615
$522
$7,093
77.8
82.3
117
22
370078002892
140
Tri-County Early College High
Public
9-12
4700 East US 64 Alternate
Murphy
28906
Cherokee County
Cherokee County Schools
No
No
No
No
(828) 837-6775
129
8
15.4
62.0%
95 (73.6%)
0 (0.0%)
27 (20.9%)
2 (1.6%)
0 (0.0%)
1 (0.8%)
4 (3.1%)
$7,830
$280
$7,549
77.7
77.7
140
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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.
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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.
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