Best Middle Schools in North Carolina for Special Education Students

Check out our new feature available only on SchoolDigger: rankings for different groups of students in North Carolina!

Every year, the North Carolina Dept of Public Instruction shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, Special Education students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

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 (Special Education vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 473)	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	Statewide Rank Percentile (Special Education)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Special Education)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
370472003205	1	Mills Park Middle	Public	6-8	441 Mills Park Drive	Cary	27519	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 466-1500	1,630	85	19.1	6.3%	538 (33.0%)	76 (4.7%)	115 (7.1%)	848 (52.0%)	3 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	50 (3.1%)	$7,648			$376			$7,272	99.8%	99.7%	0.04%
370472003470	2	Apex Friendship Middle	Public	6-8	7701 Humie Olive Rd	Apex	27502	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 694-8960	1,397	76	18.3	11.8%	940 (67.3%)	94 (6.7%)	133 (9.5%)	173 (12.4%)	4 (0.3%)	2 (0.1%)	51 (3.7%)	$8,250			$361			$7,890	99.6%	98.5%	1.09%
370237003441	3	The Innovation Academy at South Campus	Public	6-8	521 Martin Luther King Dr	Smithfield	27577	Johnston County	Johnston County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 934-6481	232	19	12.2	52.6%	122 (52.6%)	33 (14.2%)	65 (28.0%)	2 (0.9%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.4%)	$8,168			$360			$7,808	99.4%	91.9%	7.44%
370013902921	4	Voyager Academy	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	101 Hock Parc Drive	Durham	27704	Durham County	Voyager Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(919) 433-3301	1,361	102	13.3	23.1%	735 (54.0%)	354 (26.0%)	133 (9.8%)	47 (3.5%)	9 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	83 (6.1%)								99.2%	92.2%	6.97%
370297001208	5	Davidson K-8 School	Public	K-8	635 South St	Davidson	28036	Mecklenburg County	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	No	No	No	No	(980) 343-3900	1,171	70	16.7	8.1%	886 (75.7%)	62 (5.3%)	124 (10.6%)	52 (4.4%)	2 (0.2%)	3 (0.3%)	42 (3.6%)	$8,947			$371			$8,576	98.9%	94.8%	4.11%
370036203331	6	Envision Science Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	590 Traditions Grande Blvd	Wake Forest	27587	Wake County	Envision Science Academy	Yes	No	No	No	(919) 435-4002	741	53	14		488 (65.9%)	107 (14.4%)	59 (8.0%)	39 (5.3%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	47 (6.3%)								98.7%	95.6%	3.15%
370297001250	7	Northwest School of the Arts	Public, Magnet	6-12	1415 Beatties Ford Rd	Charlotte	28216	Mecklenburg County	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(980) 343-5500	1,058	58	18.2	30.3%	338 (31.9%)	478 (45.2%)	171 (16.2%)	21 (2.0%)	3 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	47 (4.4%)	$9,618			$478			$9,141	98.5%	82.5%	16.05%
370462002904	8	Marvin Ridge Middle	Public	6-8	2831 Crane Road	Waxhaw	28173	Union County	Union County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 290-1510	1,358	63	21.5	3.6%	849 (62.5%)	60 (4.4%)	65 (4.8%)	319 (23.5%)	3 (0.2%)	2 (0.1%)	60 (4.4%)	$7,118			$318			$6,800	98.3%	99.6%	1.31%
370126001547	9	Durham School of the Arts	Public, Magnet	6-12	401 North Duke Street	Durham	27701	Durham County	Durham Public Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(919) 560-3926	1,705	114	14.9	34.0%	603 (35.4%)	423 (24.8%)	520 (30.5%)	61 (3.6%)	3 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	95 (5.6%)	$10,260			$523			$9,737	98.1%	91.7%	6.42%
370462002413	10	Weddington Middle	Public	6-8	5903 Deal Road	Matthews	28104	Union County	Union County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 296-6318	1,450	64	22.6	6.8%	892 (61.5%)	82 (5.7%)	108 (7.4%)	301 (20.8%)	3 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	64 (4.4%)	$6,716			$201			$6,515	97.9%	98.9%	0.98%

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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

Public School Districts and Their Services: A Comprehensive Guide

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.