North Carolina schools ranked by test score
| Rank | School | Level | Science | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Granville Early College High Creedmoor · Granville County Schools | High | 95.0% | +37.8pp |
| 2 | PCS Early College High School Winterville · Pitt County Schools | High | 94.7% | +37.5pp |
| 3 | Haywood Early College Clyde · Haywood County Schools | High | 94.6% | +37.4pp |
| 4 | Wake EC of Information & Biotechnologies Morrisville · Wake County Schools | High | 94.6% | +37.4pp |
| 5 | Cumberland Polytechnic Fayetteville · Cumberland County Schools | High | 94.0% | +36.8pp |
| 6 | ABSS Early College at ACC Graham · Alamance-Burlington Schools | High | 93.8% | +36.6pp |
| 7 | Wake STEM Early College High School Cary · Wake County Schools | High | 93.4% | +36.2pp |
| 8 | Brunswick County Early College Bolivia · Brunswick County Schools | High | 92.5% | +35.3pp |
| 9 | Nesbitt Discovery Academy Asheville · Buncombe County Schools | High | 92.2% | +35.0pp |
| 10 | Challenger Early College High Hickory · Catawba County Schools | High | 92.0% | +34.8pp |
| 11 | Union County Early College Monroe · Union County Public Schools | High | 91.7% | +34.5pp |
| 12 | Wake Early College of Health and Science Raleigh · Wake County Schools | High | 91.5% | +34.3pp |
| 13 | Wilson Early College Academy Wilson · Wilson County Schools | High | 91.3% | +34.1pp |
| 14 | Pender Early College High Burgaw · Pender County Schools | High | 91.1% | +33.9pp |
| 15 | Isaac M Bear Early College High School Wilmington · New Hanover County Schools | High | 91.0% | +33.8pp |
| 16 | Harnett County Early College Dunn · Harnett County Schools | High | 90.9% | +33.7pp |
| 17 | Wake Young Men's Leadership Academy Raleigh · Wake County Schools | High | 90.9% | +33.7pp |
| 18 | Central Academy of Technology and Arts Monroe · Union County Public Schools | High | 90.7% | +33.5pp |
| 19 | Sampson Early College High Clinton · Sampson County Schools | High | 90.5% | +33.3pp |
| 20 | Caldwell Early College Hudson · Caldwell County Schools | High | 89.8% | +32.6pp |
| 21 | Collaborative College for Technology Statesville · Iredell-Statesville Schools | High | 89.8% | +32.6pp |
| 22 | Craven Early College High New Bern · Craven County Board of Education | High | 89.8% | +32.6pp |
| 23 | J D Clement Early College HS Durham · Durham Public Schools | High | 89.7% | +32.5pp |
| 24 | Green Level High Cary · Wake County Schools | High | 89.6% | +32.4pp |
| 25 | Davidson Early College Thomasville · Davidson County Schools | High | 89.3% | +32.1pp |
| 26 | Wilkes Early College High School Wilkesboro · Wilkes County Schools | High | 89.3% | +32.1pp |
| 27 | Stanly Early College High Albemarle · Stanly County Schools | High | 89.1% | +31.9pp |
| 28 | Rockingham Co Early College High Wentworth · Rockingham County Schools | High | 88.5% | +31.3pp |
| 29 | Cabarrus Early College of Technology Concord · Cabarrus County Schools | High | 88.3% | +31.1pp |
| 30 | Henderson County Early College Flat Rock · Henderson County Schools | High | 88.2% | +31.0pp |
| 31 | Williams Secondary Montessori Charlotte · Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools | High | 87.8% | +30.6pp |
| 32 | Wayne Early / Middle College High Goldsboro · Wayne County Public Schools | High | 87.5% | +30.3pp |
| 33 | Yadkin Early College Yadkinville · Yadkin County Schools | High | 86.8% | +29.6pp |
| 34 | Randolph Early College High School Asheboro · Randolph County School System | High | 86.7% | +29.5pp |
| 35 | Marvin Ridge High Waxhaw · Union County Public Schools | High | 85.9% | +28.7pp |
| 36 | Philip J Weaver Ed Center Greensboro · Guilford County Schools | High | 85.9% | +28.7pp |
| 37 | Cabarrus-Kannapolis Early Coll Concord · Cabarrus County Schools | High | 85.7% | +28.5pp |
| 38 | Providence High School Charlotte · Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools | High | 85.5% | +28.3pp |
| 39 | Massey Hill Classical High Fayetteville · Cumberland County Schools | High | 85.3% | +28.1pp |
| 40 | Vance Co Early College Henderson · Vance County Schools | High | 84.9% | +27.7pp |
| 41 | Wilson Academy of Applied Technology Wilson · Wilson County Schools | High | 84.7% | +27.5pp |
| 42 | Cleveland ECHS Shelby · Cleveland County Schools | High | 84.5% | +27.3pp |
| 43 | NRM Early College High School Rocky Mount · Nash County Public Schools | High | 83.6% | +26.4pp |
| 44 | Innovation Early College High Greenville · Pitt County Schools | High | 83.3% | +26.1pp |
| 45 | Northwest Guilford High Greensboro · Guilford County Schools | High | 83.2% | +26.0pp |
| 46 | Wayne School of Engineering Goldsboro · Wayne County Public Schools | High | 83.2% | +25.9pp |
| 47 | Richmond Early College High Hamlet · Richmond County Schools | High | 83.1% | +25.9pp |
| 48 | Central Piedmont Early College Charlotte · Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools | High | 82.5% | +25.3pp |
| 49 | Wayne School of Technical Arts Goldsboro · Wayne County Public Schools | High | 82.5% | +25.3pp |
| 50 | Ashe County Early College High West Jefferson · Ashe County Schools | High | 82.1% | +24.9pp |
About this ranking
Schools are ranked by the percentage of students who scored at or above the NC EOG / EOC % Grade Level Proficient threshold on the latest available NC EOG / EOC Science test (school year 2024-25). A higher percentage is better.
Only public schools with a reasonable cohort size are included (at least 50 total students enrolled, since the source file does not include per-subject student counts), so very small programs and special-purpose centers are filtered out.
The state average shown above is enrollment-weighted: we multiply each school's score by how many of its students tested, sum those across every public school in North Carolina, and divide by the total students tested. This way a big school counts more than a tiny one in the typical-student average.