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North Carolina public schools by raw proficiency

The traditional ranking: North Carolina public schools by combined math + reading proficiency on the state assessment. Best read alongside the BeatsExpectations ranking, which controls for student poverty.

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NORTH CAROLINA · HIGHEST PROFICIENCY

#	School	City	District	Level	% FRL	Students	% Proficient
851	East Surry High	Pilot Mountain	Surry County Schools	High	99.5%	576	58.1%
852	Celeste Henkel Elementary	Statesville	Iredell-Statesville Schools	Elementary	98.9%	558	58.1%
853	Parkwood Middle	Monroe	Union County Public Schools	Middle	47.2%	879	58.1%
854	Briarcliff Elementary	Cary	Wake County Schools	Elementary	43.0%	486	58.1%
855	Catawba Elementary School	Catawba	Catawba County Schools	Elementary	99.3%	450	58.1%
856	Town Creek Middle	Winnabow	Brunswick County Schools	Middle	99.4%	540	58.0%
857	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Virtual School	Charlotte	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	50.6%	619	58.0%
858	Fallston Elementary	Fallston	Cleveland County Schools	Elementary	99.4%	502	58.0%
859	Level Cross Elementary School	Randleman	Randolph County School System	Elementary	99.3%	440	58.0%
860	Highland Elementary	Sanford	Harnett County Schools	Elementary	54.6%	854	58.0%
861	Brinson Memorial Elementary	New Bern	Craven County Board of Education	Elementary	97.5%	446	57.9%
862	Central Wilkes Middle School	Moravian Falls	Wilkes County Schools	Middle	99.5%	564	57.9%
863	Manteo Middle School	Manteo	Dare County Schools	Middle	47.3%	383	57.9%
864	Sherwood Park Elementary	Fayetteville	Cumberland County Schools	Elementary	95.5%	335	57.9%
865	Holly Shelter Middle	Castle Hayne	New Hanover County Schools	Middle	99.1%	801	57.8%
866	Banks Road Elementary	Raleigh	Wake County Schools	Elementary	45.8%	651	57.7%
867	Prospect Elementary	Monroe	Union County Public Schools	Elementary	98.7%	373	57.7%
868	Southmont Elementary School	Asheboro	Randolph County School System	Elementary	99.5%	557	57.7%
869	Tabernacle Elementary School	Asheboro	Randolph County School System	Elementary	96.7%	333	57.6%
870	Stanfield Elementary	Stanfield	Stanly County Schools	Elementary	99.4%	483	57.6%
871	Norwayne Middle	Fremont	Wayne County Public Schools	Middle	99.6%	848	57.6%
872	North Wilkes High School	Hays	Wilkes County Schools	High	97.9%	578	57.6%
873	Yates Mill Elementary	Raleigh	Wake County Schools	Elementary	99.4%	538	57.6%
874	Wake Forest Elementary	Wake Forest	Wake County Schools	Elementary	45.9%	444	57.6%
875	Hildebran Elementary	Hildebran	Burke County Schools	Elementary	96.0%	297	57.5%
876	Wilton Elementary	Franklinton	Granville County Schools	Elementary	99.1%	350	57.5%
877	Cameron Elementary	Cameron	Moore County Schools	Elementary	98.6%	215	57.5%
878	Mocksville Elementary	Mocksville	Davie County Schools	Elementary	68.1%	543	57.5%
879	Heritage High	Wake Forest	Wake County Schools	High	27.7%	1,778	57.5%
880	Murphy Elementary	Murphy	Cherokee County Schools	Elementary	99.4%	467	57.5%
881	Southwood Elementary	Kinston	Lenoir County Public Schools	Elementary	98.6%	218	57.5%
882	Riverwood Middle	Clayton	Johnston County Public Schools	Middle	99.4%	902	57.5%
883	Elkin Middle	Elkin	Elkin City Schools	Middle	49.7%	193	57.5%
884	Brunson Elementary	Winston Salem	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	Elementary	99.2%	355	57.4%
885	Catawba Heights Elementary	Belmont	Gaston County Schools	Elementary	98.7%	238	57.4%
886	Spring Creek Middle	Seven Springs	Wayne County Public Schools	Middle	99.5%	571	57.4%
887	Southwest Elementary	Jacksonville	Onslow County Schools	Elementary	60.4%	720	57.4%
888	Mount Airy Middle	Mount Airy	Mount Airy City Schools	Middle	99.2%	395	57.4%
889	West Carteret High	Morehead City	Carteret County Public Schools	High	99.0%	1,095	57.4%
890	Western Union Elementary	Waxhaw	Union County Public Schools	Elementary	40.6%	539	57.3%
891	Cape Hatteras Secondary School	Buxton	Dare County Schools	High	99.2%	364	57.3%
892	Copeland Elementary	Dobson	Surry County Schools	Elementary	98.9%	274	57.3%
893	Idlewild Elementary	Charlotte	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	Elementary	99.6%	850	57.2%
894	Landis Elementary	Landis	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	Elementary	99.5%	613	57.2%
895	Drexel Elementary	Morganton	Burke County Schools	Elementary	98.7%	477	57.2%
896	Cane River Middle	Burnsville	Yancey County Schools	Middle	98.1%	210	57.2%
897	Currituck County Middle	Barco	Currituck County Schools	Middle	50.3%	435	57.2%
898	Crest Middle	Shelby	Cleveland County Schools	Middle	98.9%	810	57.2%
899	Plain View Elementary	Dunn	Sampson County Schools	Elementary	99.2%	362	57.2%
900	Brevard High	Brevard	Transylvania County Schools	High	99.6%	799	57.2%

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