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School
Type
Grades
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City
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1
Chatham Early College
Public
9-12
501 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd
Siler City
27344
Chatham County
Chatham County Schools
No
No
No
No
(919) 663-5899
97
0
32.0%
58 (59.8%)
9 (9.3%)
17 (17.5%)
6 (6.2%)
0 (0.0%)
0 (0.0%)
7 (7.2%)
$2,517
$114
$2,403
97.4
96.3
5
4
370231003087
2
Crossroads Arts Sciences Early College
Public
9-12
476 N Center St
Statesville
28677
Iredell County
Iredell-Statesville Schools
No
No
No
No
(704) 978-0034
267
8
31.7
37.5%
155 (58.1%)
39 (14.6%)
40 (15.0%)
17 (6.4%)
0 (0.0%)
0 (0.0%)
16 (6.0%)
$7,670
$103
$7,567
97.2
96.3
4
2
370003002972
3
ABSS Early College at ACC
Public
9-12
1247 Jimmie Kerr Road
Graham
27253
Alamance County
Alamance-Burlington Schools
No
No
No
No
(336) 506-4001
221
8
26.7
35.7%
100 (45.2%)
25 (11.3%)
73 (33.0%)
9 (4.1%)
1 (0.5%)
0 (0.0%)
13 (5.9%)
$6,280
$165
$6,115
97
95.3
22
19
370192002629
4
Early College at Guilford
Public
9-12
5608 West Friendly Avenue
Greensboro
27410
Guilford County
Guilford County Schools
No
No
No
No
(336) 316-2860
195
9
22.9
9.2%
58 (29.7%)
21 (10.8%)
6 (3.1%)
100 (51.3%)
0 (0.0%)
1 (0.5%)
9 (4.6%)
$10,526
$188
$10,337
96.9
(n/a)
370210003139
5
Henderson County Early College
Public
9-12
300 East Campus Drive
Flat Rock
28731
Henderson County
Henderson County Schools
No
No
No
No
(828) 697-4561
205
7
31.5
46.3%
117 (57.1%)
3 (1.5%)
65 (31.7%)
10 (4.9%)
0 (0.0%)
0 (0.0%)
10 (4.9%)
$7,590
$759
$6,832
96.7
94.7
30
25
370162002521
6
Highland School of Technology
Public, Magnet
9-12
1600 N Morris Street
Gastonia
28052
Gaston County
Gaston County Schools
No
Yes
No
No
(704) 810-8816
514
41
12.5
28.0%
323 (62.8%)
71 (13.8%)
72 (14.0%)
30 (5.8%)
0 (0.0%)
0 (0.0%)
18 (3.5%)
$10,033
$715
$9,318
96.6
(n/a)
370294003487
7
McDowell Academy for Innovation
Public
9-12
54 College Drive
Marion
28752
McDowell County
McDowell County Schools
No
No
No
No
(828) 659-0411
113
8
14.1
51.3%
75 (66.4%)
7 (6.2%)
26 (23.0%)
1 (0.9%)
0 (0.0%)
0 (0.0%)
4 (3.5%)
$24,717
$228
$24,489
96.4
94.5
32
25
370204002873
8
Haywood Early College
Public
9-12
185 Freedlander Drive
Clyde
28721
Haywood County
Haywood County Schools
No
No
No
No
(828) 565-4000
176
7
25.1
42.0%
159 (90.3%)
1 (0.6%)
10 (5.7%)
1 (0.6%)
0 (0.0%)
0 (0.0%)
5 (2.8%)
$7,730
$690
$7,040
96.4
96.3
6
2
370472003637
9
Wake EC of Information & Biotechnologies
Public
9-12
RTP Campus/ 10908 Chapel Hill
Morrisville
27560
Wake County
Wake County Schools
No
(n/a)
No
(n/a)
(919) 335-1350
125
11
10.8
15.2%
48 (38.4%)
25 (20.0%)
11 (8.8%)
33 (26.4%)
0 (0.0%)
0 (0.0%)
8 (6.4%)
96.3
(n/a)
370001102756
10
Cross Creek Early College
Public
9-12
1200 Murchison Road
Fayetteville
28301
Cumberland County
Cumberland County Schools
No
No
No
No
(910) 500-7551
246
12
20.5
57.3%
41 (16.7%)
116 (47.2%)
44 (17.9%)
14 (5.7%)
6 (2.4%)
5 (2.0%)
20 (8.1%)
$7,352
$641
$6,711
96
94.5
33
23
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About our rankings:
Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on EOC Biology, EOC English II, EOC Math I, EOC Math III 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.
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