Best High Schools in North Carolina for Military Connected 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, Military Connected 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 EOC 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 (Military Connected vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 49)	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 (Military Connected)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Military Connected)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
370345003425	1	Onslow Early College	Public	9-12	444 Western Blvd	Jacksonville	28546	Onslow County	Onslow County Schools	No	No	No	No	(910) 938-6702	186	7	28.6	29.0%	119 (64.0%)	16 (8.6%)	34 (18.3%)	4 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.1%)	11 (5.9%)	$7,881			$227			$7,654	98.0%		(n/a)%
370001103228	2	Cumberland International Early College	Public	9-12	1200 Murchison Rd	Fayetteville	28301	Cumberland County	Cumberland County Schools	No	No	No	No	(910) 226-6485	269	13	21.3	55.0%	33 (12.3%)	149 (55.4%)	50 (18.6%)	12 (4.5%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	23 (8.6%)	$7,428			$562			$6,866	95.9%	93.8%	2.17%
370225002897	3	SandHoke Early College High	Public	9-12	1110 East Central Avenue	Raeford	28376	Hoke County	Hoke County Schools	No	No	No	No	(910) 878-5806	446	21	21.2	99.3%	119 (26.7%)	127 (28.5%)	137 (30.7%)	7 (1.6%)	18 (4.0%)	1 (0.2%)	37 (8.3%)	$6,937			$371			$6,566	93.9%	94.1%	0.18%
370001102756	4	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	91.8%	98.4%	6.60%
370001100420	5	Massey Hill Classical High	Public	9-12	1062 Southern Avenue	Fayetteville	28306	Cumberland County	Cumberland County Schools	No	No	No	No	(910) 485-8761	264	22	12	42.0%	123 (46.6%)	51 (19.3%)	50 (18.9%)	9 (3.4%)	5 (1.9%)	2 (0.8%)	24 (9.1%)	$11,273			$981			$10,292	89.8%	80.9%	8.86%
370063002369	6	Croatan High	Public	9-12	1 Cougar Lane	Newport	28570	Carteret County	Carteret County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(252) 393-7022	974	57	17	26.2%	828 (85.0%)	9 (0.9%)	88 (9.0%)	11 (1.1%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	35 (3.6%)	$9,671			$682			$8,989	87.8%	81.4%	6.35%
370357001469	7	Topsail High	Public	9-12	245 St. Johns Church Road	Hampstead	28443	Pender County	Pender County Schools	No	No	No	No	(910) 270-2755	1,777	83	21.5	21.8%	1,494 (84.1%)	49 (2.8%)	130 (7.3%)	17 (1.0%)	2 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	84 (4.7%)	$8,065			$589			$7,476	85.7%	77.3%	8.37%
370201003443	8	Harnett County Early College	Public	9-12	660 E Johnson St	Dunn	28334	Harnett County	Harnett County Schools	No	No	No	No	(910) 814-3470	102	5	20.4	39.2%	33 (32.4%)	30 (29.4%)	30 (29.4%)	1 (1.0%)	1 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (6.9%)	$8,448			$103			$8,345	83.7%	87.5%	3.83%
370108003037	9	The JP Knapp ECH (i)School	Public	9-12	2966 Caratoke Hwy	Currituck	27929	Currituck County	Currituck County Schools	No	No	No	No	(252) 232-3107	256	10	26.9	17.2%	209 (81.6%)	9 (3.5%)	15 (5.9%)	7 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (6.3%)	$8,725			$230			$8,496	81.6%	88.1%	6.49%
370309001321	10	Pinecrest High	Public	9-12	250 Voit Gilmore Lane	Southern Pines	28387	Moore County	Moore County Schools	No	No	No	No	(910) 692-6554	2,221	102	21.8	33.8%	1,345 (60.6%)	373 (16.8%)	293 (13.2%)	44 (2.0%)	23 (1.0%)	1 (0.0%)	142 (6.4%)	$7,767			$635			$7,132	79.6%	65.9%	13.65%

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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.
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.