Best Middle Schools in North Carolina for White 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, White 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 (White vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 652)	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 (White)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (White)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
370472003237	1	Wake Young Women's Leadership Academy	Public	6-12	301 Ashe Avenue	Raleigh	27606	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 508-9088	350	22	16.1	30.3%	113 (32.3%)	131 (37.4%)	64 (18.3%)	22 (6.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (5.4%)	$11,659			$232			$11,427	99.8%	96.5%	3.38%
370010702530	2	Metrolina Regional Scholars Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	5225 Seventy-seven Center Dr	Charlotte	28217	Mecklenburg County	Metrolina Regional Scholars Academy	Yes	No	No	No	(704) 503-1112	390	26	15.2		75 (19.2%)	16 (4.1%)	9 (2.3%)	272 (69.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (4.6%)								99.7%	99.2%	0.45%
370009902496	3	Quest Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	10908 Strickland Road	Raleigh	27615	Wake County	Quest Academy	Yes	No	No	No	(919) 841-0441	142	11	12.9		111 (78.2%)	4 (2.8%)	8 (5.6%)	7 (4.9%)	2 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (7.0%)								99.5%	99.9%	0.33%
370472003239	4	Wake Young Men's Leadership Academy	Public	6-12	567 East Hargett St	Raleigh	27601	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 664-5644	269	20	13.4	30.1%	73 (27.1%)	127 (47.2%)	37 (13.8%)	17 (6.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (5.6%)	$12,691			$443			$12,248	99.4%	98.0%	1.40%
370192002732	5	Brown Summit Middle	Public, Magnet	6-8	4720 NC Highway 150 East	Browns Summit	27214	Guilford County	Guilford County Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(336) 656-0432	235	13	17.9	16.2%	121 (51.5%)	45 (19.1%)	17 (7.2%)	40 (17.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (5.1%)	$9,102			$528			$8,574	99.2%	99.4%	0.14%
370126003195	6	Lakewood Montessori Middle	Public, Magnet	6-8	2119 Chapel Hill Rd	Durham	27707	Durham County	Durham Public Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(919) 560-2894	303	20	14.9	29.4%	155 (51.2%)	64 (21.1%)	66 (21.8%)	4 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (4.6%)	$14,182			$1,909			$12,273	99.1%	94.7%	4.38%
370126001547	7	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	98.9%	91.7%	7.25%
370126000570	8	Rogers-Herr Middle	Public, Magnet	6-8	911 Cornwallis Road	Durham	27707	Durham County	Durham Public Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(919) 560-3970	643	42	15.2	46.2%	169 (26.3%)	260 (40.4%)	164 (25.5%)	17 (2.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (5.0%)	$11,594			$781			$10,812	98.8%	83.1%	15.67%
370472003205	9	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	98.6%	99.7%	1.13%
370472001872	10	Ligon Middle	Public, Magnet	6-8	706 E Lenoir St	Raleigh	27601	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(919) 856-7929	893	61	14.7	30.8%	438 (49.0%)	254 (28.4%)	104 (11.6%)	56 (6.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	39 (4.4%)	$8,934			$336			$8,597	98.5%	87.3%	11.20%

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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:

Per-Pupil Spending: Understanding the Breakdown of Federal, State, and Local Funds

Student-Teacher Ratios and their Impact on Class Sizes & School Selection

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.