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The highest-performing public schools in reading in Cabarrus County, North Carolina

46 public schools in Cabarrus County, North Carolina appear in this ranking of the highest-performing public schools in reading, ranked by the share of students meeting or exceeding the state reading and writing standard. Cabarrus Health Sciences Institute leads the list at 94.6%, against a median of 55.8% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Cabarrus County, North Carolina

Top % Proficient (Reading)

94.6%

Median % Proficient (Reading)

55.8%

BEST IN READING · CABARRUS COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% Proficient (Reading)
1	Cabarrus Health Sciences Institute	Concord, NC	Cabarrus County Schools	High	159	94.6%
2	Cabarrus Early College of Technology	Concord, NC	Cabarrus County Schools	High	236	91.8%
3	Cox Mill High School	Concord, NC	Cabarrus County Schools	High	1,772	87.0%
4	Harris Road Middle	Concord, NC	Cabarrus County Schools	Middle	1,368	84.7%
5	Cox Mill Elementary	Concord, NC	Cabarrus County Schools	Elementary	1,086	83.4%
6	W R Odell Elementary	Concord, NC	Cabarrus County Schools	Elementary	1,052	83.3%
7	Hickory Ridge Middle	Harrisburg, NC	Cabarrus County Schools	Middle	1,057	79.3%
8	Harrisburg Elementary	Harrisburg, NC	Cabarrus County Schools	Elementary	850	78.1%
9	Hickory Ridge Elementary	Harrisburg, NC	Cabarrus County Schools	Elementary	927	76.8%
10	Hickory Ridge High	Harrisburg, NC	Cabarrus County Schools	High	1,671	73.6%
11	Northwest Cabarrus High	Concord, NC	Cabarrus County Schools	High	1,142	70.5%
12	Northwest Cabarrus Middle	Concord, NC	Cabarrus County Schools	Middle	825	68.0%
13	Bethel Elementary	Midland, NC	Cabarrus County Schools	Elementary	611	67.7%
14	Patriots Elementary	Concord, NC	Cabarrus County Schools	Elementary	636	64.9%
15	Pitts School Road Elementary	Concord, NC	Cabarrus County Schools	Elementary	885	60.9%
16	Charles E Boger Elementary	Kannapolis, NC	Cabarrus County Schools	Elementary	895	59.9%
17	Mount Pleasant Elementary	Mount Pleasant, NC	Cabarrus County Schools	Elementary	679	59.0%
18	J N Fries Magnet School	Concord, NC	Cabarrus County Schools	Middle	755	59.0%
19	Royal Oaks Elementary	Kannapolis, NC	Cabarrus County Schools	Elementary	661	58.3%
20	Jay M Robinson High	Concord, NC	Cabarrus County Schools	High	1,210	57.4%
21	Roberta Road Middle	Concord, NC	Cabarrus County Schools	Middle	906	56.8%
22	Mount Pleasant Middle	Mount Pleasant, NC	Cabarrus County Schools	Middle	660	56.6%
23	Weddington Hills Elementary	Concord, NC	Cabarrus County Schools	Elementary	1,038	55.8%
24	C C Griffin Middle	Concord, NC	Cabarrus County Schools	Middle	792	55.8%
25	Central Cabarrus High	Concord, NC	Cabarrus County Schools	High	1,369	55.0%
26	Mount Pleasant High	Mount Pleasant, NC	Cabarrus County Schools	High	894	54.9%
27	Harold E. Winkler Middle	Concord, NC	Cabarrus County Schools	Middle	1,094	52.2%
28	A T Allen Elementary	Concord, NC	Cabarrus County Schools	Elementary	626	51.3%
29	R Brown McAllister Elementary	Concord, NC	Cabarrus County Schools	Elementary	698	51.3%
30	Concord High	Concord, NC	Cabarrus County Schools	High	1,128	48.5%
31	West Cabarrus High	Concord, NC	Cabarrus County Schools	High	1,627	47.8%
32	Jackson Park Elementary	Kannapolis, NC	Kannapolis City Schools	Elementary	476	47.1%
33	Coltrane-Webb Elementary	Concord, NC	Cabarrus County Schools	Elementary	386	45.7%
34	Rocky River Elementary	Concord, NC	Cabarrus County Schools	Elementary	652	45.2%
35	Carl A Furr Elementary	Concord, NC	Cabarrus County Schools	Elementary	782	44.0%
36	W M Irvin Elementary	Concord, NC	Cabarrus County Schools	Elementary	760	42.5%
37	Forest Park Elementary	Kannapolis, NC	Kannapolis City Schools	Elementary	472	39.6%
38	Winecoff Elementary	Concord, NC	Cabarrus County Schools	Elementary	740	39.2%
39	A L Brown High	Kannapolis, NC	Kannapolis City Schools	High	1,753	38.0%
40	Fred L Wilson Elementary	Kannapolis, NC	Kannapolis City Schools	Elementary	415	35.7%
41	GW Carver Elementary	Kannapolis, NC	Kannapolis City Schools	Elementary	503	33.1%
42	Wolf Meadow Elementary	Concord, NC	Cabarrus County Schools	Elementary	655	32.3%
43	Kannapolis Middle School 7/8	Kannapolis, NC	Kannapolis City Schools	Middle	782	31.3%
44	Shady Brook Elementary	Kannapolis, NC	Kannapolis City Schools	Elementary	322	30.7%
45	Concord Middle	Concord, NC	Cabarrus County Schools	Middle	583	29.5%
46	Kannapolis Middle School 6	Kannapolis, NC	Kannapolis City Schools	Middle	358	27.5%

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