Best Elementary Schools in North Carolina

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Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish North Carolina test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

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)
370001100416	1201	Educational V Baldwin Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	4441 Legion Road	Hope Mills	28348	Cumberland County	Cumberland County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(910) 424-0145	606	43	14.2	99.5%	107 (17.7%)	295 (48.7%)	104 (17.2%)	7 (1.2%)	14 (2.3%)	7 (1.2%)	72 (11.9%)	$9,122			$1,184			$7,938	24.3	24	1191	10
370126000546	1202	Oak Grove Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	3810 Wake Forest Road	Durham	27703	Durham County	Durham Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(919) 560-3960	448	36	12.4	99.3%	30 (6.7%)	204 (45.5%)	188 (42.0%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (5.4%)	$12,244			$1,497			$10,747	24.3	32.4	1049	153
370495001973	1203	C C Wright Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	200 CC Wright School Rd	North Wilkesboro	28659	Wilkes County	Wilkes County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(336) 838-5513	327	27	12.3	99.1%	192 (58.7%)	38 (11.6%)	57 (17.4%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (11.9%)	$10,952			$1,205			$9,747	24.3	35.2	1009	194
370009000036	1204	Wittenburg Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	7300 Church Road	Taylorsville	28681	Alexander County	Alexander County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(828) 632-2395	279	19	15	98.9%	225 (80.6%)	7 (2.5%)	29 (10.4%)	4 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (5.0%)	$10,578			$975			$9,603	24.2	46.8	817	387
370472001878	1205	Millbrook Elementary	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	1520 E Millbrook Rd	Raleigh	27609	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(919) 850-8700	506	40	12.6	75.1%	67 (13.2%)	198 (39.1%)	214 (42.3%)	11 (2.2%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (2.6%)	$12,320			$1,878			$10,442	24.2	18.6	1276	71
370001100408	1206	College Lakes Elementary	Public	K-5	4963 Rosehill Road	Fayetteville	28311	Cumberland County	Cumberland County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(910) 488-6650	484	40	12.1	99.4%	51 (10.5%)	287 (59.3%)	60 (12.4%)	7 (1.4%)	3 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	75 (15.5%)	$10,387			$1,828			$8,559	24.1	23.6	1198	8
370268001116	1207	Love Memorial Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1463 Love Memorial Sch Rd	Lincolnton	28092	Lincoln County	Lincoln County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(704) 735-5649	291	26	11.3	99.0%	219 (75.3%)	10 (3.4%)	34 (11.7%)	2 (0.7%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (8.2%)	$12,264			$1,597			$10,666	24.1	32.7	1043	164
370327003634	1208	Nash Everywhere Digital Academy (NEDA)	Public, Virtual, Alternative	1-12	801 Williford St	Rocky Mount	27803	Nash County	Nash County Public Schools	No	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(252) 462-2855	238	11	21.2	58.8%	81 (34.0%)	118 (49.6%)	19 (8.0%)	6 (2.5%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (5.5%)								24	17.8	1292	84
370297001198	1209	Briarwood Academy	Public	PK, KG-5	1001 Wilann Dr	Charlotte	28215	Mecklenburg County	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(980) 343-6475	687	35	19.8	99.6%	16 (2.3%)	178 (25.9%)	429 (62.4%)	47 (6.8%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	15 (2.2%)	$10,516			$1,259			$9,257	23.9	41.1	914	295
370045000163	1210	Williams Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	161 Bee Tree Road	Swannanoa	28778	Buncombe County	Buncombe County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(828) 686-3856	465	34	13.5	99.4%	261 (56.1%)	31 (6.7%)	132 (28.4%)	6 (1.3%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	32 (6.9%)	$10,816			$1,108			$9,708	23.9	15	1333	123

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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.