North Carolina schools ranked by test score
Latest NC EOG / EOC year (2024-25). 465 schools with reported Reading scores. State average: 51.8%.
| Rank | School | Level | Reading | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mills Park Middle Cary · Wake County Schools | Middle | 91.0% | +39.2pp |
| 2 | Marvin Ridge Middle Waxhaw · Union County Public Schools | Middle | 87.4% | +35.6pp |
| 3 | Weddington Middle Matthews · Union County Public Schools | Middle | 85.4% | +33.6pp |
| 4 | Harris Road Middle Concord · Cabarrus County Schools | Middle | 84.7% | +32.9pp |
| 5 | The Innovation Academy at South Campus Smithfield · Johnston County Public Schools | Middle | 84.5% | +32.7pp |
| 6 | Davis Drive Middle Cary · Wake County Schools | Middle | 83.9% | +32.1pp |
| 7 | Apex Friendship Middle Apex · Wake County Schools | Middle | 83.0% | +31.2pp |
| 8 | Lakewood Montessori Middle Durham · Durham Public Schools | Middle | 82.4% | +30.6pp |
| 9 | The Brawley School Mooresville · Iredell-Statesville Schools | Middle | 81.7% | +29.9pp |
| 10 | Jay M. Robinson Middle Charlotte · Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools | Middle | 81.1% | +29.3pp |
| 11 | Community House Middle Charlotte · Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools | Middle | 80.9% | +29.1pp |
| 12 | Cuthbertson Middle Waxhaw · Union County Public Schools | Middle | 80.6% | +28.8pp |
| 13 | Hickory Ridge Middle Harrisburg · Cabarrus County Schools | Middle | 79.3% | +27.5pp |
| 14 | Northwest Guilford Middle Greensboro · Guilford County Schools | Middle | 77.3% | +25.5pp |
| 15 | Alston Ridge Middle Cary · Wake County Schools | Middle | 76.2% | +24.4pp |
| 16 | Heritage Middle Wake Forest · Wake County Schools | Middle | 75.7% | +23.9pp |
| 17 | Foothills Community School Marion · McDowell County Schools | Middle | 74.5% | +22.7pp |
| 18 | Margaret B. Pollard Middle Chapel Hill · Chatham County Schools | Middle | 74.3% | +22.5pp |
| 19 | Moore Square Middle Raleigh · Wake County Schools | Middle | 74.0% | +22.2pp |
| 20 | Smith Middle Chapel Hill · Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools | Middle | 73.8% | +22.0pp |
| 21 | Salem Middle Apex · Wake County Schools | Middle | 73.5% | +21.7pp |
| 22 | West Pine Middle West End · Moore County Schools | Middle | 73.4% | +21.6pp |
| 23 | Bailey Middle Cornelius · Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools | Middle | 72.8% | +21.0pp |
| 24 | Carnage Middle Raleigh · Wake County Schools | Middle | 72.8% | +21.0pp |
| 25 | Piedmont Middle School Charlotte · Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools | Middle | 72.6% | +20.8pp |
| 26 | Springfield Middle Lucama · Wilson County Schools | Middle | 71.9% | +20.1pp |
| 27 | Martin Middle Raleigh · Wake County Schools | Middle | 71.7% | +19.9pp |
| 28 | Holly Grove Middle Holly Springs · Wake County Schools | Middle | 71.6% | +19.8pp |
| 29 | Seventy-First Classical Middle Fayetteville · Cumberland County Schools | Middle | 71.6% | +19.8pp |
| 30 | Rogers-Herr Middle Durham · Durham Public Schools | Middle | 71.5% | +19.7pp |
| 31 | Cramerton Middle Cramerton · Gaston County Schools | Middle | 71.4% | +19.6pp |
| 32 | McDougle Middle Chapel Hill · Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools | Middle | 71.3% | +19.5pp |
| 33 | Charles P Murray Middle Wilmington · New Hanover County Schools | Middle | 71.2% | +19.4pp |
| 34 | Hope Middle Greenville · Pitt County Schools | Middle | 70.9% | +19.1pp |
| 35 | STEM Early High Henderson · Vance County Schools | Middle | 70.6% | +18.8pp |
| 36 | Lincoln Academy Greensboro · Guilford County Schools | Middle | 70.4% | +18.6pp |
| 37 | Broad Creek Middle Newport · Carteret County Public Schools | Middle | 70.3% | +18.5pp |
| 38 | Apex Middle Apex · Wake County Schools | Middle | 69.9% | +18.1pp |
| 39 | Pilot Mountain Middle Pilot Mountain · Surry County Schools | Middle | 69.7% | +17.9pp |
| 40 | East Cary Middle Cary · Wake County Schools | Middle | 69.6% | +17.8pp |
| 41 | Cane Creek Middle Fletcher · Buncombe County Schools | Middle | 69.5% | +17.7pp |
| 42 | Leesville Road Middle Raleigh · Wake County Schools | Middle | 69.5% | +17.7pp |
| 43 | South Charlotte Middle Charlotte · Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools | Middle | 69.4% | +17.6pp |
| 44 | Ligon Middle Raleigh · Wake County Schools | Middle | 69.1% | +17.3pp |
| 45 | West Cary Middle Cary · Wake County Schools | Middle | 69.1% | +17.3pp |
| 46 | Phillips Middle Chapel Hill · Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools | Middle | 69.0% | +17.2pp |
| 47 | Oakwood Middle IB School Statesville · Iredell-Statesville Schools | Middle | 68.6% | +16.8pp |
| 48 | George M. Horton Middle Pittsboro · Chatham County Schools | Middle | 68.4% | +16.6pp |
| 49 | New Century Middle Cameron · Moore County Schools | Middle | 68.1% | +16.3pp |
| 50 | Northwest Cabarrus Middle Concord · Cabarrus County Schools | Middle | 68.0% | +16.2pp |
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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 Reading 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.