North Carolina: the counties with the highest-performing public schools

93 counties

North Carolina public school districts ranked by enrollment-weighted state-assessment proficiency across the county. Counties need at least 3 schools and 1,000 students to qualify.

#	County	State	Schools	Students	% Proficient
1	Union County	NC	58	45,934	68.8%
2	Carteret County	NC	18	8,053	67.5%
3	Watauga County	NC	12	4,821	64.8%
4	Camden County	NC	5	1,918	64.0%
5	Orange County	NC	35	19,582	63.7%
6	Moore County	NC	26	14,708	63.0%
7	Haywood County	NC	16	7,092	62.9%
8	Currituck County	NC	11	4,651	62.1%
9	Wake County	NC	226	184,790	61.9%
10	Dare County	NC	11	4,968	61.5%
11	Lincoln County	NC	24	14,428	59.6%
12	Polk County	NC	7	2,110	59.3%
13	Ashe County	NC	6	2,676	59.1%
14	Chatham County	NC	24	10,374	58.4%
15	Clay County	NC	4	1,322	57.9%
16	Cabarrus County	NC	56	43,278	57.7%
17	Pender County	NC	19	11,073	57.7%
18	Rutherford County	NC	20	9,205	57.4%
19	Henderson County	NC	25	13,572	57.3%
20	New Hanover County	NC	50	27,460	57.3%
21	Davie County	NC	13	6,116	57.0%
22	Madison County	NC	7	2,063	57.0%
23	Surry County	NC	30	11,139	56.1%
24	Transylvania County	NC	10	3,640	56.1%
25	Johnston County	NC	51	41,004	55.6%
26	Pamlico County	NC	5	1,628	55.4%
27	Wilkes County	NC	22	8,547	55.2%
28	Stanly County	NC	24	9,471	55.1%
29	Alexander County	NC	11	4,344	54.9%
30	Catawba County	NC	44	22,392	54.8%
31	Iredell County	NC	51	31,906	54.6%
32	Cleveland County	NC	29	15,682	54.5%
33	Cherokee County	NC	13	2,992	54.3%
34	Brunswick County	NC	22	15,069	54.1%
35	Mecklenburg County	NC	221	170,407	54.1%
36	Onslow County	NC	40	27,501	53.9%
37	Burke County	NC	29	12,360	53.6%
38	Wilson County	NC	29	12,482	53.6%
39	Stokes County	NC	19	5,758	53.5%
40	Beaufort County	NC	14	6,030	53.4%
41	Buncombe County	NC	61	29,908	53.3%
42	Pitt County	NC	42	25,202	52.8%
43	Jones County	NC	5	1,016	52.4%
44	Davidson County	NC	47	23,696	52.3%
45	Macon County	NC	12	4,469	52.1%
46	Franklin County	NC	19	11,614	51.8%
47	Craven County	NC	27	12,526	51.7%
48	Perquimans County	NC	4	1,786	51.3%
49	Wayne County	NC	36	18,481	51.3%
50	McDowell County	NC	16	5,712	51.0%

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