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)
370393001581	1301	Piney Grove Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	1680 Piney Grove Road	Lumberton	28358	Robeson County	Public Schools of Robeson County	No	No	No	Yes	(910) 671-6025	477	28	17.1	99.4%	40 (8.4%)	46 (9.6%)	107 (22.4%)	0 (0.0%)	242 (50.7%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (8.8%)	$9,844			$1,827			$8,017	18.9	28.2	1119	182
370297001236	1302	Long Creek Elementary	Public, Magnet	K-5	9213-A Beatties Ford Rd	Huntersville	28078	Mecklenburg County	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(980) 343-6095	476	34	14	52.7%	35 (7.4%)	308 (64.7%)	93 (19.5%)	15 (3.2%)	3 (0.6%)	2 (0.4%)	20 (4.2%)	$11,169			$798			$10,372	18.7	33.7	1027	275
370405002250	1303	Isenberg Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2800 Jake Alexander Blvd N	Salisbury	28147	Rowan County	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(704) 639-3009	464	33	14	93.1%	86 (18.5%)	226 (48.7%)	84 (18.1%)	3 (0.6%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	63 (13.6%)	$10,360			$1,726			$8,634	18.5	17.4	1300	3
370180000747	1304	West Oxford Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	412 Ivey Day Rd	Oxford	27565	Granville County	Granville County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(919) 693-9161	443	30	14.5	85.1%	75 (16.9%)	233 (52.6%)	101 (22.8%)	7 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	26 (5.9%)	$10,845			$1,297			$9,548	18.4	8.5	1435	131
370003000003	1305	B. Everett Jordan Elementary	Public	K-5	5827 Church Road	Graham	27253	Alamance County	Alamance-Burlington Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(336) 376-3673	353	25	14.1	64.6%	200 (56.7%)	26 (7.4%)	98 (27.8%)	7 (2.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (5.9%)	$10,310			$1,141			$9,169	18.3	13.8	1351	46
370216000938	1306	Riverview Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	236 US 158 Business	Murfreesboro	27855	Hertford County	Hertford County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(252) 398-4862	344	27	12.5	99.1%	31 (9.0%)	264 (76.7%)	37 (10.8%)	4 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.3%)	$13,668			$2,469			$11,199	18.2	11.1	1403	97
370192000848	1307	Sedgefield Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2905 Groometown Road	Greensboro	27407	Guilford County	Guilford County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(336) 316-5858	466	32	14.4	99.4%	10 (2.1%)	168 (36.1%)	237 (50.9%)	34 (7.3%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (3.2%)	$10,852			$1,372			$9,480	18.2	14.9	1335	28
370357000895	1308	Malpass Corner Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	4992 Malpass Corner Road	Burgaw	28425	Pender County	Pender County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(910) 283-5889	480	39	12.4	89.0%	180 (37.5%)	141 (29.4%)	127 (26.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (6.5%)	$11,511			$1,863			$9,647	18.2	25.6	1161	147
370387001556	1309	Monroe Avenue Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	400 Monroe Ave	Hamlet	28345	Richmond County	Richmond County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(910) 582-7907	407	28	14.6	99.3%	89 (21.9%)	213 (52.3%)	43 (10.6%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (3.7%)	1 (0.2%)	46 (11.3%)	$11,634			$1,916			$9,718	18.2	25	1174	135
370012302597	1310	KIPP Gaston College Preparatory	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	320 Pleasant Hill Road	Gaston	27832	Northampton County	KIPP Gaston College Preparatory	Yes	No	No	Yes	(252) 308-6932	1,286	69	18.6	97.7%	81 (6.3%)	1,033 (80.3%)	85 (6.6%)	11 (0.9%)	8 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	67 (5.2%)								18	9.8	1423	113

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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.