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Best kept secret on campus at Mills Park Middle?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Reading
91.0%
State avg 50.9%
District avg 60.4%
County avg 60.4%
District avg 60.4%
County avg 60.4%
Test scores
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NC EOG / EOC, SY 2024-25
All grades, all students. % at Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+).Mathematics
N/A
State avg 52.2%
District avg 60.2%
County avg 60.2%
District avg 60.2%
County avg 60.2%
Science
N/A
State avg 56.4%
District avg 64.8%
County avg 64.8%
District avg 64.8%
County avg 64.8%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 91 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level. The North Carolina average is about 51 of 100.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
91.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
76.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 92% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 77% typical for North Carolina schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among North Carolina's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
1-year history
All grades, all students. Mills Park North Carolina avgReading
| Year | School | District | County | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY 2024-25 | 91.0% | 60.4% | 60.4% | 50.9% |
Recent discussions
From the Mills Park Middle community.How to read these scores
What is NC EOG / EOC?
North Carolina public-school students in grades 3 through 8 take End-of-Grade (EOG) tests in Reading and Math, plus Science at grades 5 and 8. High school students take End-of-Course (EOC) exams in English II, NC Math 1, and Biology required for graduation.
What does "% at Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)" mean?
It is the percentage of students at the school who scored at Level 3, 4, or 5 on North Carolina's 5-level scale. Level 3 ("Grade Level Proficient") and above means the student is performing at or beyond grade level. North Carolina also reports a separate "College & Career Ready" rate (Level 4+), which is a higher bar. A higher number is better.
What does 91.0% mean for Reading at Mills Park Middle?
It means about 91.0 percent of students tested at Mills Park Middle performed at grade level or above on the NC EOG / EOC Reading test in 2024-25. The statewide average for North Carolina that year was 50.9%. The other students fell into the lower performance levels.
How is the state average calculated?
It is a weighted average, not a simple average of each school's number. We multiply each public school's score by how many of its students tested, add those together for all schools in North Carolina, and divide by the total students tested that year. This way a big school with 1,500 students counts more than a small school with 50 students, which is the right way to ask "how did the typical student do this year?". District and county averages on this page use the same method, just scoped to that district or county.
Where does this data come from?
North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI), End-of-Grade (EOG) tests for grades 3-8 and End-of-Course (EOC) tests for high school (English II, NC Math 1, Biology). School-level results from the annual Testing Report. Headline metric is "Grade Level Proficient" (Level 3 or above on NC's 5-level scale).
How often is it updated?
NC EOG / EOC is administered once a year (spring). Results are released by the state in the summer or early fall. We refresh this page after each annual release.