Top North Carolina Public Schools
- North Carolina is the #9 largest school system in the United States, serving 1,553,334 students across the 2,691 public schools for the 2020 school year.
- The percentage of students achieving math proficiency in North Carolina is 47%. The percentage of students achieving reading proficiency is 46%.
- The top ranked public schools in North Carolina are Brown Summit Middle School, Nesbitt Discovery Academy and Highland School Of Technology. Overall school rank is based on a school's combined math and reading proficiency test score ranking.
- Minority enrollment is 52% (majority majority Black) and the student:teacher ratio is 16:1.
Student by Ethnicity
(NC) School Average
American Indian
1%
Asian
4%
Hispanic
18%
Black
25%
White
48%
Two or more races
4%
Top Overall Ranked Public Schools in North Carolina (2020)
- School Student Proficiency Grades Location
- 1.Math: ≥99% (Top 1%) Reading: ≥99% (Top 1%)Math: ≥99% (Top 1%)
Reading: ≥99% (Top 1%)
Grades: 6-84720 Nc Highway 150 East
Browns Summit, NC 27214
(336)656-0432 - 2.Math: ≥95% (Top 1%) Reading: ≥95% (Top 1%)Math: ≥95% (Top 1%)
Reading: ≥95% (Top 1%)
Grades: 9-12175 Bingham Rd Ste 10
Asheville, NC 28806
(828)271-4521 - 3.-6.Math: 90-94% (Top 1%) Reading: ≥95% (Top 1%)Math: 90-94% (Top 1%)
Reading: ≥95% (Top 1%)
Grades: 9-121600 N Morris Street
Gastonia, NC 28052
(704)810-8816 -
- 3.-6.Math: 95% (Top 1%) Reading: 95% (Top 1%)Math: 95% (Top 1%)
Reading: 95% (Top 1%)
Grades: K-85225 Seventy-seven Center Dr
Charlotte, NC 28217
(704)503-1112 - 3.-6.Math: ≥95% (Top 1%) Reading: 90-94% (Top 1%)Math: ≥95% (Top 1%)
Reading: 90-94% (Top 1%)
Grades: K-810908 Strickland Road
Raleigh, NC 27615
(919)841-0441 - 3.-6.Math: 90-94% (Top 1%) Reading: ≥95% (Top 1%)Math: 90-94% (Top 1%)
Reading: ≥95% (Top 1%)
Grades: 9-121307 Glenwood Avenue
Raleigh, NC 27605
(919)715-1155 - 7.Math: 92% (Top 1%) Reading: 94% (Top 1%)Math: 92% (Top 1%)
Reading: 94% (Top 1%)
Grades: 9-12600 Brewer Dr
Monroe, NC 28112
(704)296-3088 - 8.-12.Math: ≥90% (Top 1%) Reading: ≥90% (Top 1%)Math: ≥90% (Top 1%)
Reading: ≥90% (Top 1%)
Grades: 9-125608 West Friendly Avenue
Greensboro, NC 27410
(336)316-2860 - 8.-12.Math: ≥90% (Top 1%) Reading: ≥90% (Top 1%)Math: ≥90% (Top 1%)
Reading: ≥90% (Top 1%)
Grades: 9-13185 Freedlander Drive
Clyde, NC 28721
(828)565-4000 - 8.-12.Math: ≥90% (Top 1%) Reading: ≥90% (Top 1%)Math: ≥90% (Top 1%)
Reading: ≥90% (Top 1%)
Grades: 9-13Dr. Molly Parkhill Building, 3
Flat Rock, NC 28731
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Top North Carolina Public Schools by County (2020)
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