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The highest-performing public high schools by test proficiency in North Carolina

475 public high schools in North Carolina appear in this ranking of the highest-performing public high schools by test proficiency, ranked by composite state-assessment proficiency. ABSS Early College at ACC leads the list at 93.8%, against a median of 46.7% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

475

North Carolina

Top % Proficient

93.8%

Median % Proficient

46.7%

HIGHEST PROFICIENCY · NORTH CAROLINA

#	School	City	District	Level	% FRL	Students	% Proficient
1	ABSS Early College at ACC	Graham, NC	Alamance-Burlington Schools	High	36.4%	247	93.8%
2	Union County Early College	Monroe, NC	Union County Public Schools	High	35.0%	340	92.9%
3	Isaac M Bear Early College High School	Wilmington, NC	New Hanover County Schools	High	25.8%	260	92.5%
4	Cumberland Polytechnic	Fayetteville, NC	Cumberland County Schools	High	40.4%	319	92.3%
5	Wake STEM Early College High School	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	High	35.7%	294	92.2%
6	Wake Early College of Health and Science	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	High	34.1%	317	91.9%
7	Pender Early College High	Burgaw, NC	Pender County Schools	High	98.6%	215	91.0%
8	Brunswick County Early College	Bolivia, NC	Brunswick County Schools	High	99.1%	332	90.5%
9	City of Medicine Academy	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	High	98.5%	329	90.5%
10	Challenger Early College High	Hickory, NC	Catawba County Schools	High	49.5%	376	90.1%
11	Sampson Early College High	Clinton, NC	Sampson County Schools	High	98.7%	229	89.9%
12	Davidson Early College	Thomasville, NC	Davidson County Schools	High	42.8%	138	89.7%
13	Wake Young Men's Leadership Academy	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	High	35.1%	262	89.6%
14	Rockingham Co Early College High	Wentworth, NC	Rockingham County Schools	High	99.1%	344	89.2%
15	Wayne Early / Middle College High	Goldsboro, NC	Wayne County Public Schools	High	98.7%	239	88.8%
16	PSRC Early College at RCC	Lumberton, NC	Public Schools of Robeson County	High	41.2%	274	88.7%
17	Cabarrus Early College of Technology	Concord, NC	Cabarrus County Schools	High	32.2%	236	88.6%
18	Philip J Weaver Ed Center	Greensboro, NC	Guilford County Schools	High	98.8%	260	88.4%
19	Vance Co Early College	Henderson, NC	Vance County Schools	High	98.7%	236	88.4%
20	Wayne School of Engineering	Goldsboro, NC	Wayne County Public Schools	High	99.4%	486	88.3%
21	Craven Early College High	New Bern, NC	Craven County Board of Education	High	33.9%	221	88.1%
22	Beaufort Co Early College High	Washington, NC	Beaufort County Schools	High	98.9%	280	87.8%
23	J D Clement Early College HS	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	High	99.2%	380	87.7%
24	Central Academy of Technology and Arts	Monroe, NC	Union County Public Schools	High	13.8%	875	87.6%
25	Marvin Ridge High	Waxhaw, NC	Union County Public Schools	High	4.3%	1,961	87.5%
26	Cabarrus-Kannapolis Early Coll	Concord, NC	Cabarrus County Schools	High	35.5%	234	87.2%
27	Stanly Early College High	Albemarle, NC	Stanly County Schools	High	98.4%	188	87.2%
28	NRM Early College High School	Rocky Mount, NC	Nash County Public Schools	High	99.2%	376	86.5%
29	SandHoke Early College High	Raeford, NC	Hoke County Schools	High	99.3%	418	86.5%
30	Elizabeth City Pasquotank Early College	Elizabeth City, NC	Elizabeth City-Pasquotank Public Schools	High	97.4%	115	86.2%
31	Agriculture and Science Early College	Olin, NC	Iredell-Statesville Schools	High	26.3%	255	86.0%
32	Wake Young Women's Leadership Academy	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	High	34.4%	337	85.6%
33	Yadkin Early College	Yadkinville, NC	Yadkin County Schools	High	48.5%	200	85.2%
34	Green Level High	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	High	6.4%	2,283	85.1%
35	Ashe County Early College High	West Jefferson, NC	Ashe County Schools	High	97.9%	143	84.9%
36	Montgomery County Early College	Troy, NC	Montgomery County Schools	High	98.6%	282	84.5%
37	Surry Early College	Dobson, NC	Surry County Schools	High	99.0%	296	84.2%
38	Scotland Early College High	Laurinburg, NC	Scotland County Schools	High	98.7%	238	84.0%
39	Cleveland ECHS	Shelby, NC	Cleveland County Schools	High	98.7%	225	84.0%
40	Wayne School of Technical Arts	Goldsboro, NC	Wayne County Public Schools	High	97.8%	271	83.6%
41	Wilson Academy of Applied Technology	Wilson, NC	Wilson County Schools	High	45.7%	280	83.3%
42	Lee Early College	Sanford, NC	Lee County Schools	High	98.9%	272	82.5%
43	Weddington High	Matthews, NC	Union County Public Schools	High	8.1%	1,899	82.5%
44	Char Eng Early College-UNCC	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	35.5%	313	81.8%
45	McDowell Academy for Innovation	Marion, NC	McDowell County Schools	High	98.1%	158	81.7%
46	Providence High School	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	15.2%	2,167	81.4%
47	SEA-Tech	Castle Hayne, NC	New Hanover County Schools	High	98.7%	227	81.3%
48	Middle College at GTCC-Greensboro	Greensboro, NC	Guilford County Schools	High	98.1%	162	81.0%
49	McDowell Early College	Marion, NC	McDowell County Schools	High	98.8%	241	80.8%
50	Massey Hill Classical High	Fayetteville, NC	Cumberland County Schools	High	39.6%	273	80.5%

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