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The lowest-performing public schools by test proficiency in North Carolina · page 40

Ranks 1,951–2,000 of the lowest-performing public schools by test proficiency in North Carolina. Back to page 1.

LOWEST PROFICIENCY · NORTH CAROLINA

#	School	City	District	Level	% FRL	Students	% Proficient
1951	Moore Square Middle	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	29.0%	594	72.8%
1952	New Salem Elementary	Marshville, NC	Union County Public Schools	Elementary	37.8%	249	72.8%
1953	Wilmington Early College High	Castle Hayne, NC	New Hanover County Schools	High	98.9%	270	72.8%
1954	Partnership Elementary	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	38.8%	276	72.9%
1955	Bryan Road Elementary	Garner, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	34.0%	685	72.9%
1956	William Ellis Middle	Advance, NC	Davie County Schools	Middle	38.7%	437	73.0%
1957	Apex Middle	Apex, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	24.8%	867	73.0%
1958	New Hope Elementary	Gastonia, NC	Gaston County Schools	Elementary	34.3%	571	73.0%
1959	Leesville Road Middle	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	31.7%	795	73.1%
1960	Powhatan Elementary	Clayton, NC	Johnston County Public Schools	Elementary	99.5%	656	73.1%
1961	Paw Creek Elementary	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	Elementary	99.6%	784	73.2%
1962	Holly Tree Elementary	Wilmington, NC	New Hanover County Schools	Elementary	26.1%	383	73.3%
1963	Bennett School	Bennett, NC	Chatham County Schools	Elementary	98.4%	187	73.3%
1964	Wilkes Early College High School	Wilkesboro, NC	Wilkes County Schools	High	98.9%	265	73.5%
1965	Ellenboro Elementary School	Ellenboro, NC	Rutherford County Schools	Elementary	97.4%	567	73.5%
1966	West Cary Middle	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	30.0%	824	73.5%
1967	Mills River Elementary	Mills River, NC	Henderson County Schools	Elementary	40.6%	608	73.5%
1968	Dr John Codington Elem	Wilmington, NC	New Hanover County Schools	Elementary	26.6%	470	73.6%
1969	Kitty Hawk Elementary School	Kitty Hawk, NC	Dare County Schools	Elementary	23.2%	487	73.6%
1970	Junaluska Elementary	Waynesville, NC	Haywood County Schools	Elementary	99.3%	428	73.6%
1971	Northwest School of the Arts	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	38.1%	993	73.8%
1972	Cool Spring Elementary	Cleveland, NC	Iredell-Statesville Schools	Elementary	99.3%	447	73.9%
1973	Fairview Elementary	Fairview, NC	Buncombe County Schools	Elementary	97.4%	646	74.0%
1974	Tri-County Early College High	Murphy, NC	Cherokee County Schools	High	96.1%	153	74.0%
1975	Easley Elementary	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	Elementary	99.4%	490	74.0%
1976	Moss Hill Elementary	Kinston, NC	Lenoir County Public Schools	Elementary	99.2%	371	74.1%
1977	Sandhills Farm Life Elementary	Carthage, NC	Moore County Schools	Elementary	27.7%	379	74.2%
1978	White Oak Elementary	Cape Carteret, NC	Carteret County Public Schools	Elementary	29.5%	784	74.2%
1979	Cabarrus Health Sciences Institute	Concord, NC	Cabarrus County Schools	High	30.2%	159	74.2%
1980	Smith Middle	Chapel Hill, NC	Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools	Middle	22.4%	763	74.2%
1981	Unionville Elementary	Monroe, NC	Union County Public Schools	Elementary	38.0%	679	74.2%
1982	Ardrey Kell High School	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	14.7%	3,036	74.3%
1983	Apex Friendship High	Apex, NC	Wake County Schools	High	11.2%	2,748	74.4%
1984	Bath Elementary	Bath, NC	Beaufort County Schools	Elementary	99.4%	511	74.4%
1985	Lacy Elementary	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	23.7%	695	74.5%
1986	The Downtown School	Winston Salem, NC	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	Elementary	24.9%	453	74.6%
1987	Catawba Springs Elementary	Denver, NC	Lincoln County Schools	Elementary	34.4%	543	74.6%
1988	Seventy-First Classical Middle	Fayetteville, NC	Cumberland County Schools	Middle	48.7%	433	74.6%
1989	Boiling Springs Elementary	Shelby, NC	Cleveland County Schools	Elementary	99.5%	558	74.7%
1990	Springmore Elementary	Shelby, NC	Cleveland County Schools	Elementary	99.5%	618	74.7%
1991	Willow Springs Elementary	Willow Spring, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	30.8%	826	74.7%
1992	Southwest Elementary	Clemmons, NC	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	Elementary	37.7%	546	74.7%
1993	Durham School of the Arts	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	High	99.2%	1,764	74.8%
1994	Buckhorn Creek Elementary	Holly Springs, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	25.7%	905	74.8%
1995	West Pine Middle	West End, NC	Moore County Schools	Middle	99.6%	717	74.8%
1996	Sycamore Creek Elementary	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	25.6%	778	74.8%
1997	Fairview Elementary	Monroe, NC	Union County Public Schools	Elementary	35.3%	394	74.9%
1998	Cornelius Elementary	Cornelius, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	Elementary	29.0%	542	75.0%
1999	Hunter Elementary	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	31.3%	658	75.0%
2000	Porters Neck Elementary	Wilmington, NC	New Hanover County Schools	Elementary	22.4%	666	75.0%

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