North Carolina schools ranked by test score
Latest NC EOG / EOC year (2024-25). 2,261 schools with reported Reading scores. State average: 51.8%.
| Rank | School | Level | Reading | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | W A Pattillo Middle Tarboro · Edgecombe County Public Schools | Middle | 34.5% | -17.3pp |
| 1952 | Neuse River Middle Raleigh · Wake County Schools | Middle | 34.4% | -17.4pp |
| 1953 | Northeast Elementary Kinston · Lenoir County Public Schools | Elementary | 34.4% | -17.4pp |
| 1954 | Saint Stephens Elementary Conover · Catawba County Schools | Elementary | 34.4% | -17.4pp |
| 1955 | Stoney Creek Elementary Reidsville · Caswell County Schools | Elementary | 34.4% | -17.4pp |
| 1956 | Turrentine Middle Burlington · Alamance-Burlington Schools | Middle | 34.4% | -17.4pp |
| 1957 | Hickory Grove Elementary Charlotte · Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools | Elementary | 34.3% | -17.5pp |
| 1958 | Pinkston Street Elementary Henderson · Vance County Schools | Elementary | 34.3% | -17.5pp |
| 1959 | Ben L. Smith High School Greensboro · Guilford County Schools | High | 34.2% | -17.6pp |
| 1960 | Douglas Byrd Middle Fayetteville · Cumberland County Schools | Middle | 34.2% | -17.6pp |
| 1961 | Erwin Middle Asheville · Buncombe County Schools | Middle | 34.2% | -17.6pp |
| 1962 | Hillandale Elementary Durham · Durham Public Schools | Elementary | 34.1% | -17.7pp |
| 1963 | J. M. Alexander Middle Huntersville · Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools | Middle | 34.1% | -17.7pp |
| 1964 | R Homer Andrews Elementary Burlington · Alamance-Burlington Schools | Elementary | 34.1% | -17.7pp |
| 1965 | Wadesboro Elementary Wadesboro · Anson County Schools | Middle | 34.1% | -17.7pp |
| 1966 | Laurel Hill Elementary Laurel Hill · Scotland County Schools | Elementary | 34.0% | -17.8pp |
| 1967 | Parkland High Winston Salem · Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools | High | 34.0% | -17.8pp |
| 1968 | Salemburg Elementary Salemburg · Sampson County Schools | Elementary | 34.0% | -17.8pp |
| 1969 | Troutman Middle Troutman · Iredell-Statesville Schools | Middle | 34.0% | -17.8pp |
| 1970 | Coats Elementary Coats · Harnett County Schools | Elementary | 33.9% | -17.9pp |
| 1971 | London Elementary School Walnut Cove · Stokes County Schools | Elementary | 33.9% | -17.9pp |
| 1972 | Rochelle Middle Kinston · Lenoir County Public Schools | Middle | 33.9% | -17.9pp |
| 1973 | Vanceboro-Farm Life Elementary Vanceboro · Craven County Board of Education | Elementary | 33.9% | -17.9pp |
| 1974 | Woodlawn Middle Mebane · Alamance-Burlington Schools | Middle | 33.9% | -17.9pp |
| 1975 | South Creek Elementary Robersonville · Martin County Schools | Elementary | 33.8% | -18.0pp |
| 1976 | Anson Middle Wadesboro · Anson County Schools | Middle | 33.7% | -18.1pp |
| 1977 | Dunn Elementary Dunn · Harnett County Schools | Elementary | 33.7% | -18.1pp |
| 1978 | River Oaks Academy Charlotte · Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools | Elementary | 33.7% | -18.1pp |
| 1979 | East Bladen High Elizabethtown · Bladen County Schools | High | 33.6% | -18.2pp |
| 1980 | Lewis Chapel Middle Fayetteville · Cumberland County Schools | Middle | 33.6% | -18.2pp |
| 1981 | C.F. Pope Elementary Burgaw · Pender County Schools | Elementary | 33.5% | -18.3pp |
| 1982 | Ferndale Middle High Point · Guilford County Schools | Middle | 33.5% | -18.3pp |
| 1983 | Warrenwood Elementary Fayetteville · Cumberland County Schools | Elementary | 33.5% | -18.3pp |
| 1984 | Selma Middle School Selma · Johnston County Public Schools | Middle | 33.4% | -18.4pp |
| 1985 | Robert B Glenn High School Kernersville · Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools | High | 33.3% | -18.5pp |
| 1986 | Starmount High Boonville · Yadkin County Schools | High | 33.3% | -18.5pp |
| 1987 | Stoney Creek Elementary Charlotte · Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools | Elementary | 33.3% | -18.5pp |
| 1988 | Wagram Elementary Wagram · Scotland County Schools | Elementary | 33.3% | -18.5pp |
| 1989 | Wilburn Elementary Raleigh · Wake County Schools | Elementary | 33.3% | -18.5pp |
| 1990 | Albemarle Middle Albemarle · Stanly County Schools | Middle | 33.2% | -18.6pp |
| 1991 | B F Grady Elementary Albertson · Duplin County Schools | Elementary | 33.2% | -18.6pp |
| 1992 | Lindley Park Elementary Asheboro · Asheboro City Schools | Elementary | 33.2% | -18.6pp |
| 1993 | Northern Middle Roxboro · Person County Schools | Middle | 33.2% | -18.6pp |
| 1994 | Sedgefield Elementary Greensboro · Guilford County Schools | Elementary | 33.2% | -18.6pp |
| 1995 | Westarea Elementary Fayetteville · Cumberland County Schools | Elementary | 33.2% | -18.6pp |
| 1996 | GW Carver Elementary Kannapolis · Kannapolis City Schools | Elementary | 33.1% | -18.7pp |
| 1997 | Mineral Springs Elementary Winston Salem · Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools | Elementary | 33.1% | -18.7pp |
| 1998 | Wellcome Middle Greenville · Pitt County Schools | Middle | 33.1% | -18.7pp |
| 1999 | Brogden Middle Dudley · Wayne County Public Schools | Middle | 33.0% | -18.8pp |
| 2000 | N L Dillard Middle Yanceyville · Caswell County Schools | Middle | 33.0% | -18.8pp |
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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.