Best Middle Schools in North Carolina

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Find the best North Carolina middle schools with SchoolDigger.com! Focused on test scores for accurate rankings, our user-friendly site simplifies your search. Empower your decisions by exploring top-rated schools, only on SchoolDigger.com - the ultimate guide to K-12 schools!

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 793)	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)
370048002193	381	East Burke Middle	Public	6-8	3519 Miller Bridge Road	Connellys Springs	28612	Burke County	Burke County Schools	No	No	No	No	(828) 397-7446	645	33	19.2	71.3%	489 (75.8%)	8 (1.2%)	65 (10.1%)	52 (8.1%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	27 (4.2%)	$8,638			$679			$7,959	51.4	65.3	241	140
370357002602	382	Cape Fear Middle	Public	6-8	1886 NC Hwy 133	Rocky Point	28457	Pender County	Pender County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(910) 602-3334	462	33	14	70.6%	223 (48.3%)	42 (9.1%)	166 (35.9%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (6.1%)	$8,993			$959			$8,034	51.3	39.7	467	85
370090002716	383	Kings Mountain Middle	Public	7-8	1000 Phifer Road	Kings Mountain	28086	Cleveland County	Cleveland County Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 476-8340	712	41	17.2	66.6%	438 (61.5%)	139 (19.5%)	60 (8.4%)	11 (1.5%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	62 (8.7%)	$8,838			$691			$8,147	51.1	64.4	249	134
370011702569	384	ArtSpace Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	2030 US Hwy 70	Swannanoa	28778	Buncombe County	ArtSpace Charter	Yes	No	No	Yes	(828) 298-2787	398	32	12.6		322 (80.9%)	6 (1.5%)	39 (9.8%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (7.3%)								51.1	77.5	157	227
370180003483	385	Granville Academy	Public, Virtual, Alternative	K-12	200 Taylor St	Oxford	27565	Granville County	Granville County Schools	No	No	Yes	No	(919) 693-3914	231	15	15.1	44.2%	131 (56.7%)	56 (24.2%)	21 (9.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (9.1%)	$7,924			$156			$7,768	51	56	327	58
370075000316	386	Silk Hope School	Public	PK, KG-8	7945 Silk Hope Gum Springs Rd	Siler City	27344	Chatham County	Chatham County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(919) 742-3911	276	23	12	50.7%	186 (67.4%)	11 (4.0%)	57 (20.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (8.0%)	$12,214			$733			$11,481	50.9	56.1	326	60
370231002300	387	North Iredell Middle	Public	6-8	2467 Jennings Rd	Olin	28660	Iredell County	Iredell-Statesville Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 876-4802	551	32	17.4	55.9%	411 (74.6%)	20 (3.6%)	99 (18.0%)	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (3.1%)	$8,318			$681			$7,637	50.9	47.3	401	14
370002202089	388	Maureen Joy Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	107 South Driver Street	Durham	27703	Durham County	Maureen Joy Charter	Yes	No	No	Yes	(919) 908-1602	616			68.3%	12 (1.9%)	179 (29.1%)	387 (62.8%)	11 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (4.4%)								50.5	31.5	543	155
370036403326	389	Wake Forest Charter Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	1851 Friendship Chapel Rd	Wake Forest	27587	Wake County	Wake Forest Charter Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(919) 263-8673	636	37	17	41.5%	246 (38.7%)	147 (23.1%)	89 (14.0%)	40 (6.3%)	3 (0.5%)	4 (0.6%)	107 (16.8%)								50.3	60.6	289	100
370297003405	390	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Virtual School	Public, Virtual	5-12	7030 Nations Ford Road	Charlotte	28217	Mecklenburg County	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	No	No	Yes	No	(980) 343-3066	1,347	76	17.8	51.4%	186 (13.8%)	752 (55.8%)	286 (21.2%)	57 (4.2%)	3 (0.2%)	4 (0.3%)	59 (4.4%)	$6,482			$435			$6,047	50.3	28.7	569	179

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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.

Educational resources:

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Virtual Schools: The Future of Online Education

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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.