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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
951	Kiser Middle	Greensboro	Guilford County Schools	Middle	99.7%	1,074	56.3%
952	Cedar Creek Middle	Youngsville	Franklin County Schools	Middle	98.9%	529	56.3%
953	Wake Forest High School	Wake Forest	Wake County Schools	High	30.4%	2,043	56.2%
954	Stateside Elementary	Jacksonville	Onslow County Schools	Elementary	47.8%	579	56.2%
955	Estes Elementary	Asheville	Buncombe County Schools	Elementary	99.5%	754	56.1%
956	Southern Middle	Aberdeen	Moore County Schools	Middle	98.9%	620	56.1%
957	Fairview School	Sylva	Jackson County Public Schools	Elementary	98.0%	797	56.0%
958	Northwood High	Pittsboro	Chatham County Schools	High	99.5%	634	56.0%
959	North Stanly Middle	New London	Stanly County Schools	Middle	99.4%	471	56.0%
960	South Toe Elementary	Burnsville	Yancey County Schools	Elementary	97.2%	107	56.0%
961	South Elementary	Roxboro	Person County Schools	Elementary	99.4%	463	56.0%
962	West Clayton Elementary	Clayton	Johnston County Public Schools	Elementary	98.5%	742	55.9%
963	Perquimans County Middle	Winfall	Perquimans County Schools	Middle	99.0%	387	55.9%
964	North Buncombe High	Weaverville	Buncombe County Schools	High	99.0%	896	55.9%
965	North End Elementary	Roxboro	Person County Schools	Elementary	98.9%	283	55.9%
966	Alderman Road Elementary	Fayetteville	Cumberland County Schools	Elementary	96.2%	655	55.9%
967	Trindale Elementary School	Archdale	Randolph County School System	Elementary	99.2%	382	55.9%
968	New Century International Elementary	Fayetteville	Cumberland County Schools	Elementary	97.4%	686	55.9%
969	Belmont Elementary School	Roanoke Rapids	Roanoke Rapids City Schools	Elementary	99.5%	614	55.8%
970	East Burke High	Connelly Springs	Burke County Schools	High	99.4%	874	55.8%
971	Richlands Elementary	Richlands	Onslow County Schools	Elementary	49.7%	591	55.8%
972	Northeast Elementary	Pikeville	Wayne County Public Schools	Elementary	99.4%	497	55.8%
973	North Johnston Middle	Micro	Johnston County Public Schools	Middle	97.2%	598	55.7%
974	Dudley Shoals Elementary	Granite Falls	Caldwell County Schools	Elementary	99.3%	433	55.7%
975	Pisgah Elementary	Candler	Buncombe County Schools	Elementary	98.1%	162	55.7%
976	James Y Joyner Elementary	Greensboro	Guilford County Schools	Elementary	98.9%	274	55.7%
977	New Hope Elementary	Chapel Hill	Orange County Schools	Elementary	99.1%	528	55.6%
978	SanLee Middle School	Sanford	Lee County Schools	Middle	99.6%	792	55.6%
979	G W Carver Elementary	Pinetops	Edgecombe County Public Schools	Elementary	97.8%	550	55.6%
980	Forbush Middle	East Bend	Yadkin County Schools	Middle	99.2%	598	55.6%
981	Edwin A Alderman Elementary	Greensboro	Guilford County Schools	Elementary	99.2%	392	55.5%
982	South Mebane Elementary	Mebane	Alamance-Burlington Schools	Elementary	57.1%	506	55.5%
983	Kernersville Middle	Kernersville	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	Middle	98.9%	754	55.5%
984	Brooks Elementary	Raleigh	Wake County Schools	Elementary	47.1%	471	55.5%
985	Northern Guilford High	Greensboro	Guilford County Schools	High	29.4%	1,251	55.5%
986	Morehead Elementary	Greensboro	Guilford County Schools	Elementary	99.4%	509	55.4%
987	Rockwell Elementary	Rockwell	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	Elementary	99.4%	502	55.4%
988	North Wilkes Middle School	North Wilkesboro	Wilkes County Schools	Middle	99.4%	484	55.4%
989	Pleasant Gardens Elementary School	Marion	McDowell County Schools	Elementary	99.0%	289	55.4%
990	Wells Elementary	Wilson	Wilson County Schools	Elementary	95.8%	383	55.3%
991	Ballantyne Ridge High School	Charlotte	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	40.5%	1,414	55.3%
992	Swift Creek Middle	Clayton	Johnston County Public Schools	Middle	99.3%	691	55.3%
993	Monticello-Brown Summit Elem	Browns Summit	Guilford County Schools	Elementary	99.0%	291	55.3%
994	Midway High	Newton Grove	Sampson County Schools	High	98.9%	726	55.3%
995	Manning Elementary School	Roanoke Rapids	Roanoke Rapids City Schools	Elementary	99.5%	630	55.3%
996	Crown Point Elementary	Matthews	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	Elementary	99.5%	657	55.3%
997	Peachland-Polkton Elem	Peachland	Anson County Schools	Elementary	99.4%	473	55.2%
998	Grady Brown Elementary	Hillsborough	Orange County Schools	Elementary	59.6%	406	55.2%
999	Cape Fear High	Fayetteville	Cumberland County Schools	High	55.1%	1,515	55.2%
1000	Wheatmore High School	Trinity	Randolph County School System	High	48.4%	667	55.2%

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