Best Middle 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 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)
370003000206	641	Turrentine Middle	Public	6-8	1710 Edgewood Avenue	Burlington	27215	Alamance County	Alamance-Burlington Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(336) 570-6150	929	50	18.7	67.8%	222 (23.9%)	364 (39.2%)	255 (27.4%)	23 (2.5%)	2 (0.2%)	2 (0.2%)	61 (6.6%)	$8,378			$1,130			$7,248	21.6	14.3	696	55
370036002818	642	Bertie Middle	Public	6-8	652 US Hwy 13 North	Windsor	27983	Bertie County	Bertie County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(252) 794-2143	425	34	12.5	99.3%	35 (8.2%)	352 (82.8%)	14 (3.3%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (5.2%)	$10,552			$1,490			$9,062	21.6	17.9	665	23
370039002619	643	Tar Heel School	Public	PK, KG-8	14888 Hwy 87 West	Tar Heel	28392	Bladen County	Bladen County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(910) 862-2475	287	16	18.3	99.0%	67 (23.3%)	71 (24.7%)	129 (44.9%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (4.9%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.1%)	$9,148			$1,514			$7,634	21.6	26.7	590	53
370472002555	644	Centennial Campus Middle	Public, Magnet	6-8	1900 Main Campus Drive	Raleigh	27606	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(919) 233-4217	509	41	12.4	66.2%	111 (21.8%)	232 (45.6%)	131 (25.7%)	20 (3.9%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (2.6%)	$11,386			$725			$10,660	21.5	34.4	519	125
370414000939	645	Hobbton Middle	Public	6-8	12081 Hobbton Hwy	Newton Grove	28366	Sampson County	Sampson County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(910) 594-1420	417	26	15.8	99.3%	106 (25.4%)	51 (12.2%)	238 (57.1%)	3 (0.7%)	6 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (3.1%)	$9,725			$1,805			$7,920	21.3	50.4	375	270
370327000736	646	G R Edwards Middle	Public	6-8	720 Edwards Street	Rocky Mount	27803	Nash County	Nash County Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(252) 937-9025	410	23	18.1	88.0%	61 (14.9%)	281 (68.5%)	49 (12.0%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (3.9%)	$9,564			$1,325			$8,239	21.3	21.5	644	2
370035103285	647	Paul R. Brown Leadership Academy	Public, Charter	6-12	1360 Martin L King Jr Dr	Elizabethtown	28337	Bladen County	Paul R Brown Leadership Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(910) 862-2965	148	15	10.2	66.2%	35 (23.6%)	59 (39.9%)	13 (8.8%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (11.5%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (16.2%)								21.2	18.8	660	13
370297003121	648	Ridge Road Middle	Public	6-8	7260 Highland Creek Pkwy	Charlotte	28269	Mecklenburg County	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	No	No	No	No	(980) 344-3410	999	49	20.5	55.0%	94 (9.4%)	643 (64.4%)	159 (15.9%)	38 (3.8%)	6 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	58 (5.8%)	$8,052			$671			$7,381	21.2	25.7	605	43
370414001679	649	Roseboro-Salemburg Middle	Public	6-8	305 West Pleasant Street	Roseboro	28382	Sampson County	Sampson County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(910) 525-4764	406	25	16.5	99.3%	135 (33.3%)	115 (28.3%)	127 (31.3%)	1 (0.2%)	5 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (5.7%)	$9,500			$1,365			$8,135	20.8	29.4	563	86
370150002518	650	Virtual Academy	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	601 N Cherry St. Suite 250	Winston Salem	27101	Forsyth County	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	No	No	No	No	(336) 703-4296	411	40	10.1	73.5%	99 (24.1%)	195 (47.4%)	74 (18.0%)	8 (1.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (8.3%)	$205,940			$65,524			$140,417	20.8	24	620	30

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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:

Alternative Schools vs Public Schools: A Comparison

Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA): Transforming Education in America

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.