Best Elementary 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 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 (Military Connected vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 75)	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)
370357003124	1	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	98.7%	95.5%	3.18%
370009102473	2	STARS Charter	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	140 Southern Dunes Dr	Vass	28394	Moore County	Sandhills Theatre Arts Renaiss	Yes	No	No	Yes	(910) 695-1004	809	55	14.6		587 (72.6%)	56 (6.9%)	102 (12.6%)	2 (0.2%)	12 (1.5%)	3 (0.4%)	47 (5.8%)								97.3%	94.8%	2.52%
370331002312	3	W Jesse Gurganus Elementary	Public	K-5	535 Hwy 70 W	Havelock	28532	Craven County	Craven County Board of Education	No	No	No	Yes	(252) 444-5150	373	26	14.5	45.6%	228 (61.1%)	37 (9.9%)	54 (14.5%)	5 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.1%)	45 (12.1%)	$10,110			$977			$9,133	96.0%	90.9%	5.10%
370309002330	4	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	94.7%	97.1%	2.48%
370039803362	5	NC Virtual Academy	Public, Virtual, Charter, Alternative	K-12	4220 NC Highway 55	Durham	27713	Durham County	NC Virtual Academy	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	(919) 346-0121	3,047	141	21.5		1,297 (42.6%)	912 (29.9%)	394 (12.9%)	45 (1.5%)	49 (1.6%)	12 (0.4%)	338 (11.1%)								93.3%	36.3%	56.99%
370357002346	6	North Topsail Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1310 Sloop Point Loop Road	Hampstead	28443	Pender County	Pender County Schools	No	No	No	No	(910) 270-0694	608	39	15.5	26.0%	498 (81.9%)	8 (1.3%)	49 (8.1%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	49 (8.1%)	$9,936			$444			$9,492	92.0%	91.4%	0.64%
370309003505	7	McDeeds Creek Elementary	Public	K-5	2953 Camp Easter Rd	Southern Pines	28387	Moore County	Moore County Schools	No	No	No	No	(910) 722-4248	625	38	16.4	18.4%	486 (77.8%)	27 (4.3%)	73 (11.7%)	5 (0.8%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	31 (5.0%)								90.7%	94.3%	3.62%
370001100418	8	Long Hill Elementary	Public	2-5	6490 Ramsey Street	Fayetteville	28311	Cumberland County	Cumberland County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(910) 488-0012	442	32	13.8	99.3%	198 (44.8%)	102 (23.1%)	70 (15.8%)	16 (3.6%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.5%)	53 (12.0%)	$8,174			$751			$7,422	89.3%	81.0%	8.34%
370309001325	9	Sandhills Farm Life Elementary	Public	K-5	2201 Farm Life Rd	Carthage	28327	Moore County	Moore County Schools	No	No	No	No	(910) 949-2501	394	27	14.8	27.2%	308 (78.2%)	19 (4.8%)	27 (6.9%)	5 (1.3%)	1 (0.3%)	3 (0.8%)	31 (7.9%)	$8,014			$534			$7,480	88.0%	89.8%	1.77%
370357003478	10	Surf City Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	12345-A Literacy Lane	Hampstead	28445	Onslow County	Pender County Schools	No	No	No	No	(910) 928-0067	808	44	18.3	30.8%	652 (80.7%)	25 (3.1%)	75 (9.3%)	5 (0.6%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	49 (6.1%)	$7,721			$547			$7,175	86.7%	81.8%	4.87%

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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.