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)
370261001092	441	Pink Hill Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2666 HC Turner Road	Pink Hill	28572	Lenoir County	Lenoir County Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(252) 568-4176	439	31	14.2	99.3%	221 (50.3%)	35 (8.0%)	167 (38.0%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (3.2%)	$10,287			$1,414			$8,873	68.2	56.8	643	202
370472001884	442	Northwoods Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	8850 Chapel Hill Road	Cary	27513	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 460-3491	618	42	14.8	31.1%	202 (32.7%)	83 (13.4%)	105 (17.0%)	187 (30.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (6.5%)	$10,215			$549			$9,666	68.1	76	304	138
370432001707	443	Aquadale Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	11707 NC Hwy 138	Norwood	28128	Stanly County	Stanly County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(704) 961-5600	354	28	12.6	99.2%	230 (65.0%)	45 (12.7%)	24 (6.8%)	22 (6.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (9.3%)	$8,983			$974			$8,009	68.1	46.1	829	386
370078000321	444	Martins Creek Elementary/Mid	Public	PK, KG-8	1459 Tobe Stalcup Road	Murphy	28906	Cherokee County	Cherokee County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(828) 837-2831	190	13	14.1	98.4%	170 (89.5%)	3 (1.6%)	10 (5.3%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.1%)	$14,033			$1,512			$12,522	67.9	70.5	398	46
370312002779	445	East Mooresville Intermediate	Public	3-5	1711 Landis Highway	Mooresville	28115	Iredell County	Mooresville Graded School District	No	No	No	Yes	(704) 658-2700	600	37	16.1	47.5%	310 (51.7%)	133 (22.2%)	79 (13.2%)	21 (3.5%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	54 (9.0%)	$8,203			$736			$7,467	67.8	74	343	102
370240001037	446	Pollocksville Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	300 Trent St	Pollocksville	28573	Jones County	Jones County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(252) 224-8071	117	10	11.7	95.7%	52 (44.4%)	46 (39.3%)	8 (6.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (9.4%)	$13,464			$1,642			$11,822	67.8	71.8	380	66
370472002824	447	North Forest Pines Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	11501 Forest Pines Drive	Raleigh	27614	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 570-2220	523	38	13.6	41.5%	269 (51.4%)	87 (16.6%)	126 (24.1%)	8 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.6%)	30 (5.7%)	$9,951			$575			$9,376	67.7	67.1	467	20
370297002877	448	Highland Creek Elementary	Public	K-5	7242 Highland Creek Pkwy	Charlotte	28269	Mecklenburg County	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	No	No	No	No	(980) 343-1065	472	31	15	40.7%	152 (32.2%)	199 (42.2%)	64 (13.6%)	18 (3.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	38 (8.1%)	$9,491			$658			$8,833	67.7	73.9	344	104
370042000131	449	Waccamaw	Public	K-8	5901 Waccamaw School Road NW	Ash	28420	Brunswick County	Brunswick County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(910) 756-5560	441	27	16.3	99.3%	260 (59.0%)	61 (13.8%)	94 (21.3%)	2 (0.5%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	21 (4.8%)	$10,391			$955			$9,435	67.7	68.6	431	18
370472001911	450	York Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	5201 Brookhaven Drive	Raleigh	27612	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 881-4960	455	34	13.5	40.0%	231 (50.8%)	90 (19.8%)	101 (22.2%)	11 (2.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (4.6%)	$10,560			$712			$9,848	67.6	60.6	568	118

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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.