Best Elementary Schools in North Carolina for Gifted and Talented 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, Gifted and Talented 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 (Gifted and Talented vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 669)	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 (Gifted and Talented)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Gifted and Talented)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
370297001270	1	Selwyn Elementary	Public	K-5	2840 Colony Rd	Charlotte	28211	Mecklenburg County	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	No	No	No	No	(980) 343-5835	651	40	16.3	14.6%	464 (71.3%)	82 (12.6%)	45 (6.9%)	28 (4.3%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (4.6%)	$9,008			$431			$8,577	99.9%	96.5%	3.31%
370069000286	2	Mountain View Elementary	Public	K-6	5911 Dwayne Starnes Road	Hickory	28602	Catawba County	Catawba County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(828) 294-2020	686	45	15.1	48.5%	480 (70.0%)	40 (5.8%)	39 (5.7%)	62 (9.0%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	64 (9.3%)	$8,895			$775			$8,120	99.7%	85.6%	14.05%
370237001019	3	Meadow School	Public	PK, KG-8	7507 NC Hwy 50 S	Benson	27504	Johnston County	Johnston County Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(919) 894-4226	609	45	13.5	59.1%	379 (62.2%)	24 (3.9%)	185 (30.4%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (3.1%)	$10,525			$841			$9,683	99.6%	75.9%	23.67%
370483001940	4	Parkway Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	160 Parkway School Dr	Boone	28607	Watauga County	Watauga County Schools	No	No	No	No	(828) 264-3032	647	47	13.9	35.5%	450 (69.6%)	2 (0.3%)	70 (10.8%)	8 (1.2%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	114 (17.6%)	$9,618			$414			$9,204	99.4%	82.0%	17.41%
370069000273	5	Balls Creek Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	2620 Balls Creek Road	Newton	28658	Catawba County	Catawba County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(828) 464-4766	679	46	14.8	56.7%	522 (76.9%)	13 (1.9%)	69 (10.2%)	27 (4.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	47 (6.9%)	$9,471			$1,315			$8,156	99.3%	74.6%	24.70%
370150000642	6	Speas Elementary	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	2000 W Polo Road	Winston Salem	27106	Forsyth County	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(336) 703-4135	767	50	15.3	99.6%	196 (25.6%)	261 (34.0%)	240 (31.3%)	10 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	60 (7.8%)	$9,845			$1,244			$8,601	99.1%	61.9%	37.24%
370040003398	7	Iredell Charter Academy of Arts &Science	Public, Charter	K-8	251 Home Improvement Street	Troutman	28166	Iredell County	Iredell Charter Academy of Arts & Scienc	Yes	No	No	Yes	(704) 508-0104	627	39	16.2	54.7%	354 (56.5%)	111 (17.7%)	103 (16.4%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	55 (8.8%)								99.0%	38.7%	60.22%
370009000029	8	Bethlehem Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	7900 NC Hwy 127	Taylorsville	28681	Alexander County	Alexander County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(828) 495-8198	458	28	16.5	51.1%	367 (80.1%)	11 (2.4%)	42 (9.2%)	20 (4.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (3.9%)	$9,332			$688			$8,643	98.8%	77.1%	21.66%
370237001015	9	Corinth-Holders Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	3976 Nc 231	Zebulon	27597	Wake County	Johnston County Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(919) 365-7560	550	41	13.4	60.2%	244 (44.4%)	70 (12.7%)	191 (34.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (7.8%)	$9,379			$977			$8,402	98.7%	55.1%	43.57%
370072000299	10	FPG Elementary	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	101 Smith Level Rd	Chapel Hill	27516	Orange County	Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(919) 942-6491	528	39	13.5	40.3%	193 (36.6%)	25 (4.7%)	277 (52.5%)	4 (0.8%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (5.1%)	$11,908			$501			$11,407	98.5%	66.1%	32.39%

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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.