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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Brookside Elementary Gastonia · Gaston County Schools | Elementary | 32.9% | -18.9pp |
| 2002 | Cliffdale Elementary Fayetteville · Cumberland County Schools | Elementary | 32.9% | -18.9pp |
| 2003 | Reidsville Middle Reidsville · Rockingham County Schools | Middle | 32.9% | -18.9pp |
| 2004 | West Pender Middle Burgaw · Pender County Schools | Middle | 32.9% | -18.9pp |
| 2005 | Statesville High Statesville · Iredell-Statesville Schools | High | 32.8% | -19.0pp |
| 2006 | Weldon Middle Halifax · Weldon City Schools | Middle | 32.8% | -19.0pp |
| 2007 | Dabney Elementary Henderson · Vance County Schools | Elementary | 32.7% | -19.1pp |
| 2008 | Neal Middle Durham · Durham Public Schools | Middle | 32.7% | -19.1pp |
| 2009 | Parkwood Elementary Durham · Durham Public Schools | Elementary | 32.7% | -19.1pp |
| 2010 | Walker-Spivey Elementary Fayetteville · Cumberland County Schools | Elementary | 32.7% | -19.1pp |
| 2011 | Mount Olive Middle Mount Olive · Wayne County Public Schools | Middle | 32.6% | -19.2pp |
| 2012 | Sherwood Elementary Gastonia · Gaston County Schools | Elementary | 32.6% | -19.2pp |
| 2013 | Valmead Elementary Lenoir · Caldwell County Schools | Elementary | 32.6% | -19.2pp |
| 2014 | Washington County Elementary School Roper · Washington County Schools | Elementary | 32.6% | -19.2pp |
| 2015 | West Oxford Elementary Oxford · Granville County Schools | Elementary | 32.6% | -19.2pp |
| 2016 | Smokey Mountain Elementary Whittier · Jackson County Public Schools | Elementary | 32.5% | -19.3pp |
| 2017 | Clara J Peck Elementary Greensboro · Guilford County Schools | Elementary | 32.4% | -19.4pp |
| 2018 | Ferguson-Easley Elementary Fayetteville · Cumberland County Schools | Elementary | 32.4% | -19.4pp |
| 2019 | Thomasville High Thomasville · Thomasville City Schools | High | 32.4% | -19.4pp |
| 2020 | Julius I Foust Elementary Greensboro · Guilford County Schools | Elementary | 32.3% | -19.5pp |
| 2021 | Oakdale Elementary Charlotte · Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools | Elementary | 32.3% | -19.5pp |
| 2022 | P W Moore Elementary Elizabeth City · Elizabeth City-Pasquotank Public Schools | Elementary | 32.3% | -19.5pp |
| 2023 | Viewmont Elementary Hickory · Hickory City Schools | Elementary | 32.3% | -19.5pp |
| 2024 | Welborn Middle High Point · Guilford County Schools | Middle | 32.3% | -19.5pp |
| 2025 | Wolf Meadow Elementary Concord · Cabarrus County Schools | Elementary | 32.3% | -19.5pp |
| 2026 | Carver Middle Laurel Hill · Scotland County Schools | Middle | 32.2% | -19.6pp |
| 2027 | Central Elementary Jackson · Northampton County Schools | Elementary | 32.2% | -19.6pp |
| 2028 | Tar Heel School Tar Heel · Bladen County Schools | Elementary | 32.2% | -19.6pp |
| 2029 | James Kenan High Warsaw · Duplin County Schools | High | 32.1% | -19.7pp |
| 2030 | Long Branch Elementary Lumberton · Public Schools of Robeson County | Elementary | 32.1% | -19.7pp |
| 2031 | Deep Branch Elementary Lumberton · Public Schools of Robeson County | Elementary | 32.0% | -19.8pp |
| 2032 | Guilford Elementary Greensboro · Guilford County Schools | Elementary | 32.0% | -19.8pp |
| 2033 | Ahoskie Elementary Ahoskie · Hertford County Schools | Elementary | 31.9% | -19.9pp |
| 2034 | Oak Hill Elementary High Point · Guilford County Schools | Elementary | 31.9% | -19.9pp |
| 2035 | China Grove Elementary China Grove · Rowan-Salisbury Schools | Elementary | 31.8% | -20.0pp |
| 2036 | Elizabethtown Middle Elizabethtown · Bladen County Schools | Middle | 31.8% | -20.0pp |
| 2037 | Richmond Senior High Rockingham · Richmond County Schools | High | 31.8% | -20.0pp |
| 2038 | Gatesville Elementary Gatesville · Gates County Schools | Elementary | 31.7% | -20.1pp |
| 2039 | McLeansville Elementary McLeansville · Guilford County Schools | Elementary | 31.7% | -20.1pp |
| 2040 | Spring Hill Middle Laurinburg · Scotland County Schools | Middle | 31.6% | -20.2pp |
| 2041 | Swain County East Elementary Bryson City · Swain County Schools | Elementary | 31.6% | -20.2pp |
| 2042 | Bladen Lakes Primary Elizabethtown · Bladen County Schools | Elementary | 31.5% | -20.3pp |
| 2043 | G W Bulluck Elementary Rocky Mount · Edgecombe County Public Schools | Elementary | 31.5% | -20.3pp |
| 2044 | Robbinsville Middle Robbinsville · Graham County Schools | Middle | 31.5% | -20.3pp |
| 2045 | Sycamore Lane Elementary Laurinburg · Scotland County Schools | Elementary | 31.5% | -20.3pp |
| 2046 | Wahl Coates Elementary Greenville · Pitt County Schools | Elementary | 31.5% | -20.3pp |
| 2047 | Winding Springs Elementary Charlotte · Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools | Elementary | 31.5% | -20.3pp |
| 2048 | Elizabethtown Primary Elizabethtown · Bladen County Schools | Elementary | 31.4% | -20.4pp |
| 2049 | Wadesboro Primary Wadesboro · Anson County Schools | Elementary | 31.4% | -20.4pp |
| 2050 | Wrightsboro Elementary Wilmington · New Hanover County Schools | Elementary | 31.4% | -20.4pp |
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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.