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The highest-performing public schools in reading in North Carolina · page 40

Ranks 1,951–2,000 of the highest-performing public schools in reading in North Carolina. Back to page 1.

BEST IN READING · NORTH CAROLINA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% Proficient (Reading)
1951	Wellcome Middle	Greenville, NC	Pitt County Schools	Middle	391	33.1%
1952	Mineral Springs Elementary	Winston Salem, NC	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	Elementary	545	33.1%
1953	GW Carver Elementary	Kannapolis, NC	Kannapolis City Schools	Elementary	503	33.1%
1954	N L Dillard Middle	Yanceyville, NC	Caswell County Schools	Middle	432	33.0%
1955	Brogden Middle	Dudley, NC	Wayne County Public Schools	Middle	603	33.0%
1956	Cliffdale Elementary	Fayetteville, NC	Cumberland County Schools	Elementary	613	32.9%
1957	Brookside Elementary	Gastonia, NC	Gaston County Schools	Elementary	512	32.9%
1958	West Pender Middle	Burgaw, NC	Pender County Schools	Middle	209	32.9%
1959	Reidsville Middle	Reidsville, NC	Rockingham County Schools	Middle	543	32.9%
1960	Statesville High	Statesville, NC	Iredell-Statesville Schools	High	991	32.8%
1961	Weldon Middle	Halifax, NC	Weldon City Schools	Middle	133	32.8%
1962	Walker-Spivey Elementary	Fayetteville, NC	Cumberland County Schools	Elementary	345	32.7%
1963	Neal Middle	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	Middle	706	32.7%
1964	Parkwood Elementary	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	Elementary	491	32.7%
1965	Dabney Elementary	Henderson, NC	Vance County Schools	Elementary	385	32.7%
1966	Valmead Elementary	Lenoir, NC	Caldwell County Schools	Elementary	305	32.6%
1967	Sherwood Elementary	Gastonia, NC	Gaston County Schools	Elementary	553	32.6%
1968	West Oxford Elementary	Oxford, NC	Granville County Schools	Elementary	520	32.6%
1969	Washington County Elementary School	Roper, NC	Washington County Schools	Elementary	502	32.6%
1970	Mount Olive Middle	Mount Olive, NC	Wayne County Public Schools	Middle	329	32.6%
1971	Smokey Mountain Elementary	Whittier, NC	Jackson County Public Schools	Elementary	340	32.5%
1972	Ferguson-Easley Elementary	Fayetteville, NC	Cumberland County Schools	Elementary	392	32.4%
1973	Clara J Peck Elementary	Greensboro, NC	Guilford County Schools	Elementary	638	32.4%
1974	Thomasville High	Thomasville, NC	Thomasville City Schools	High	590	32.4%
1975	Wolf Meadow Elementary	Concord, NC	Cabarrus County Schools	Elementary	655	32.3%
1976	Julius I Foust Elementary	Greensboro, NC	Guilford County Schools	Elementary	661	32.3%
1977	Welborn Middle	High Point, NC	Guilford County Schools	Middle	376	32.3%
1978	Viewmont Elementary	Hickory, NC	Hickory City Schools	Elementary	509	32.3%
1979	Oakdale Elementary	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	Elementary	497	32.3%
1980	P W Moore Elementary	Elizabeth City, NC	Elizabeth City-Pasquotank Public Schools	Elementary	353	32.3%
1981	Tar Heel School	Tar Heel, NC	Bladen County Schools	Elementary	449	32.2%
1982	Central Elementary	Jackson, NC	Northampton County Schools	Elementary	283	32.2%
1983	Carver Middle	Laurel Hill, NC	Scotland County Schools	Middle	563	32.2%
1984	James Kenan High	Warsaw, NC	Duplin County Schools	High	758	32.1%
1985	Long Branch Elementary	Lumberton, NC	Public Schools of Robeson County	Elementary	428	32.1%
1986	Guilford Elementary	Greensboro, NC	Guilford County Schools	Elementary	623	32.0%
1987	Deep Branch Elementary	Lumberton, NC	Public Schools of Robeson County	Elementary	374	32.0%
1988	Oak Hill Elementary	High Point, NC	Guilford County Schools	Elementary	411	31.9%
1989	Ahoskie Elementary	Ahoskie, NC	Hertford County Schools	Elementary	218	31.9%
1990	Elizabethtown Middle	Elizabethtown, NC	Bladen County Schools	Middle	305	31.8%
1991	Richmond Senior High	Rockingham, NC	Richmond County Schools	High	1,365	31.8%
1992	China Grove Elementary	China Grove, NC	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	Elementary	592	31.8%
1993	Gatesville Elementary	Gatesville, NC	Gates County Schools	Elementary	252	31.7%
1994	McLeansville Elementary	McLeansville, NC	Guilford County Schools	Elementary	332	31.7%
1995	Spring Hill Middle	Laurinburg, NC	Scotland County Schools	Middle	593	31.6%
1996	Swain County East Elementary	Bryson City, NC	Swain County Schools	Elementary	338	31.6%
1997	Wahl Coates Elementary	Greenville, NC	Pitt County Schools	Elementary	406	31.5%
1998	Bladen Lakes Primary	Elizabethtown, NC	Bladen County Schools	Elementary	166	31.5%
1999	G W Bulluck Elementary	Rocky Mount, NC	Edgecombe County Public Schools	Elementary	535	31.5%
2000	Robbinsville Middle	Robbinsville, NC	Graham County Schools	Middle	243	31.5%

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