Best Elementary 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 801)	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)
370297002642	1	Providence Spring Elementary	Public	K-5	10045 Providence Church Ln	Charlotte	28277	Mecklenburg County	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	No	No	No	No	(980) 343-6935	602	36	16.7	4.2%	464 (77.1%)	30 (5.0%)	27 (4.5%)	46 (7.6%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (5.5%)	$8,184			$407			$7,776	99.9%	99.1%	0.74%
370150000618	2	Lewisville Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	150 Lucy Lane	Lewisville	27023	Forsyth County	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	No	No	No	No	(336) 703-4224	591	35	16.7	31.8%	430 (72.8%)	36 (6.1%)	71 (12.0%)	17 (2.9%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (5.8%)	$8,934			$443			$8,490	99.8%	97.9%	1.88%
370192000840	3	Oak Ridge Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2050 Oak Ridge Road	Oak Ridge	27310	Guilford County	Guilford County Schools	No	No	No	No	(336) 643-8410	707	43	16.4	13.2%	510 (72.1%)	26 (3.7%)	38 (5.4%)	97 (13.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (5.1%)	$8,852			$563			$8,289	99.6%	98.6%	1.02%
370297003273	4	Grand Oak Elementary	Public, Magnet	K-5	15410 Stumptown Rd	Huntersville	28078	Mecklenburg County	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(980) 343-2063	479	34	14.1	15.2%	330 (68.9%)	58 (12.1%)	54 (11.3%)	14 (2.9%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	21 (4.4%)	$9,599			$758			$8,841	99.5%	98.7%	0.83%
370031403040	5	Endeavor Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	4879 One World Way	Wake Forest	27587	Wake County	Endeavor Charter	Yes	No	No	No	(919) 848-0333	767	53	14.5		580 (75.6%)	68 (8.9%)	35 (4.6%)	33 (4.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	51 (6.6%)								99.4%	97.1%	2.30%
370333001385	6	Ogden Elementary	Public	K-5	3637 Middle Sound Rd	Wilmington	28411	New Hanover County	New Hanover County Schools	No	No	No	No	(910) 686-6464	641	38	16.6	15.9%	554 (86.4%)	10 (1.6%)	41 (6.4%)	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	31 (4.8%)	$9,099			$487			$8,612	99.3%	99.8%	0.55%
370297003172	7	Dilworth Elementary School Latta Campus	Public	3-5	405 E. Park Ave	Charlotte	28203	Mecklenburg County	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	No	No	No	No	(980) 343-2240	291	18	16.1	16.8%	195 (67.0%)	48 (16.5%)	32 (11.0%)	5 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	10 (3.4%)	$11,343			$736			$10,607	99.1%	97.7%	1.39%
370309002330	8	Pinehurst Elementary	Public	K-5	100 Dundee Road	Pinehurst	28374	Moore County	Moore County Schools	No	No	No	No	(910) 295-6969	624	39	15.8	18.8%	486 (77.9%)	30 (4.8%)	39 (6.3%)	17 (2.7%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	50 (8.0%)	$8,340			$531			$7,809	99.0%	97.1%	1.86%
370357003124	9	Topsail Annandale Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	17385 US Hwy 17	Hampstead	28443	Pender County	Pender County Schools	No	No	No	No	(910) 270-1977	631	42	15	15.4%	558 (88.4%)	14 (2.2%)	40 (6.3%)	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (2.4%)	$8,786			$660			$8,125	98.9%	95.5%	3.39%
370006402399	10	Lake Norman Charter	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	12435 Old Statesville Road	Huntersville	28078	Mecklenburg County	Lake Norman Charter	Yes	No	No	No	(704) 948-8600	2,215	123	18		1,294 (58.4%)	262 (11.8%)	142 (6.4%)	357 (16.1%)	11 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	149 (6.7%)								98.8%	98.3%	0.48%

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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:

Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA): Transforming Education in America

Alternative Schools vs Public Schools: A Comparison

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.