Best Elementary Schools in North Carolina for Low Socio Economic Status 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, Low Socio Economic Status 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 (Low Socio Economic Status vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 1450)	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 (Low Socio Economic Status)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Low Socio Economic Status)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
370033002106	1	Chocowinity Primary	Public	PK, KG-4	606 Gray Road	Chocowinity	27817	Beaufort County	Beaufort County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(252) 946-3881	493	39	12.7	99.4%	247 (50.1%)	123 (24.9%)	77 (15.6%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (8.7%)	$10,834			$1,481			$9,353	99.9%	99.4%	0.53%
370297003311	2	Lincoln Heights Montessori	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-6	1900 New Castle St	Charlotte	28216	Mecklenburg County	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(980) 343-9442	210	14	14.6	21.9%	81 (38.6%)	78 (37.1%)	21 (10.0%)	14 (6.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.0%)	14 (6.7%)	$15,600			$194			$15,406	99.9%	86.8%	13.08%
370502002005	3	Rock Ridge Elementary	Public	K-5	6605 Rock Ridge School Rd	Wilson	27893	Wilson County	Wilson County Schools	No	No	No	No	(252) 399-7955	469	27	17.1	50.1%	251 (53.5%)	43 (9.2%)	155 (33.0%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (3.8%)	$8,909			$1,031			$7,878	99.8%	97.4%	2.38%
370204000900	4	Riverbend Elementary	Public	K-5	71 Learning Lane	Clyde	28721	Haywood County	Haywood County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(828) 627-6565	183	14	13.2	52.5%	173 (94.5%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (4.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$10,871			$924			$9,947	99.7%	99.2%	0.52%
370462002821	5	New Town Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1100 Waxhaw-Indian Tr. Rd.	Waxhaw	28173	Union County	Union County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 290-1525	761	47	16.1	8.0%	562 (73.9%)	46 (6.0%)	66 (8.7%)	57 (7.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (3.9%)	$8,693			$723			$7,971	99.7%	97.6%	2.05%
370502002002	6	Lucama Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	6260 Blalock Road	Lucama	27851	Wilson County	Wilson County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(252) 239-1257	362	24	14.8	99.2%	165 (45.6%)	72 (19.9%)	108 (29.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (4.7%)	$9,021			$1,340			$7,681	99.6%	96.1%	3.44%
370472003352	7	Scotts Ridge Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	6601 Apex Barbecue Rd	Apex	27502	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 694-0300	766	55	14	8.0%	572 (74.7%)	12 (1.6%)	51 (6.7%)	92 (12.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (5.1%)	$8,607			$341			$8,266	99.5%	98.5%	1.05%
370333001385	8	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	99.4%	99.8%	0.35%
370150000618	9	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	99.4%	97.9%	1.51%
370408001637	10	Cliffside Elementary School	Public	K-5	4016 US Hwy 221-A	Cliffside	28024	Rutherford County	Rutherford County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(828) 288-2235	213	17	12.2	98.6%	156 (73.2%)	17 (8.0%)	30 (14.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (4.2%)	$11,539			$1,925			$9,614	99.3%	93.7%	5.62%

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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.

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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.