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Woods Charter

Public, Charter, Alternative Grades K-12

9^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,490 North Carolina Alternative Schools

Better than 99% of North Carolina alternative schools

Summary

Woods Charter is a public charter school located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, serving 512 students in grades K-12. As a high-performing institution, Woods Charter consistently outperforms the state average in academic proficiency across various subjects and grade levels.

The school's academic excellence is particularly evident in mathematics, where 97.2% of 3rd-grade students scored proficient or better, compared to the state average of 64.1%. This trend continues throughout the grade levels, with proficiency rates ranging from 84.6% in 7th grade to 97.2% in 3rd grade, significantly higher than the state averages. Woods Charter's reading and science proficiency rates are also impressive, with 91.7% of 4th-grade students and 97.4% of 5th-grade students scoring proficient or better, respectively. The school's four-year graduation rates, ranging from 86.5% to 93.9%, further demonstrate its success in preparing students for post-secondary education and beyond.

When compared to nearby charter schools, such as Excelsior Classical Academy, Voyager Academy, and Triangle Math and Science Academy, Woods Charter consistently outperforms these schools in academic proficiency across various subjects and grade levels. The performance gap is particularly notable in mathematics, where Woods Charter's proficiency rates are significantly higher than the nearby charter schools. Additionally, the data shows that Woods Charter's academic achievements surpass those of virtual charter schools in the area, highlighting the potential benefits of in-person instruction and the school's unique educational approach.

515

Students ?

9.4

Student/teacher ratio ?

0.6%

Free/discounted lunch ?

160 Woodland Grove Ln
Chapel Hill, NC 27516

(919) 960-8353

District: Woods Charter School

Racial breakdown:

White:

70.9%

Hispanic:

11.5%

Two or more races:

7.0%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 90th percentile in 2022 → 86th in 2025

Strengths

✓Test scores above the North Carolina average (86% vs 55% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 1% of North Carolina alternative schools

✓94% graduate in 4 years — above the North Carolina average (88%)

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school86%

North Carolina avg55%

Elementary school

9^th of 1,490

North Carolina public elementary schools ?

Top 1%▬ steady since 2015

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★★★★★

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Middle school

41^st of 773

North Carolina public middle schools ?

Top 5%▼ down 3 pts since 2015

From top 2% (2015) to top 5% (2025)

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★★★★★

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High school

92^nd of 641

North Carolina public high schools ?

Top 14%▼ down 10 pts since 2015

From top 4% (2015) to top 14% (2025)

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★★★★★

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Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

Elementary school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	97.7	9 of 1490	99.4%	★★★★★
2024	92.9	73 of 1505	95.1%	★★★★★
2023	92.2	89 of 1502	94.1%	★★★★★
2022	94.4	55 of 1514	96.4%	★★★★★
2021	96.0	39 of 1489	97.4%	★★★★★
2019	96.3	15 of 1473	99.0%	★★★★★
2018	94.5	35 of 1434	97.6%	★★★★★
2017	96.4	13 of 1429	99.1%	★★★★★
2016	96.0	15 of 1425	98.9%	★★★★★
2015	96.6	12 of 1440	99.2%	★★★★★
2014	97.3	9 of 1390	99.4%	★★★★★
2013	96.0	31 of 1403	97.8%	★★★★★
2012	90.7	25 of 1388	98.2%	★★★★★
2011	88.3	63 of 1381	95.4%	★★★★★
2010	88.5	61 of 1363	95.5%	★★★★★
2009	89.9	51 of 1354	96.2%	★★★★★
2008	87.4	101 of 1324	92.4%	★★★★★
2007	80.2	172 of 1293	86.7%	★★★★☆
2006	87.5	74 of 1276	94.2%	★★★★★

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2018	94.2	21 of 897	97.7%	★★★★★

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	97.8	5 of 1451	99.7%	★★★★★
2024	87.2	123 of 1455	91.5%	★★★★★
2023	79.9	218 of 1459	85.1%	★★★★☆
2022	89.4	102 of 1458	93.0%	★★★★★
2021	94.1	56 of 1440	96.1%	★★★★★
2019	94.1	26 of 1424	98.2%	★★★★★
2018	90.9	67 of 1405	95.2%	★★★★★

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	95.6	34 of 1450	97.7%	★★★★★
2024	92.9	59 of 1464	96.0%	★★★★★
2023	95.6	28 of 1461	98.1%	★★★★★
2022	95.4	37 of 1464	97.5%	★★★★★
2021	95.2	36 of 1444	97.5%	★★★★★
2019	95.8	16 of 1430	98.9%	★★★★★
2018	95.1	17 of 1413	98.8%	★★★★★

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	91.8	33 of 1172	97.2%	★★★★★
2024	82.9	153 of 1166	86.9%	★★★★☆
2023	84.6	122 of 1183	89.7%	★★★★☆
2022	85.6	110 of 1194	90.8%	★★★★★
2021	87.5	100 of 1172	91.5%	★★★★★
2019	95.1	8 of 1183	99.3%	★★★★★
2018	91.7	28 of 1178	97.6%	★★★★★

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	93.5	41 of 773	94.7%	★★★★★
2024	92.0	52 of 793	93.4%	★★★★★
2023	93.6	35 of 784	95.5%	★★★★★
2022	94.6	32 of 786	95.9%	★★★★★
2021	91.7	50 of 741	93.3%	★★★★★
2019	95.2	19 of 737	97.4%	★★★★★
2018	97.2	10 of 691	98.6%	★★★★★
2017	96.0	13 of 694	98.1%	★★★★★
2016	94.9	23 of 692	96.7%	★★★★★
2015	95.8	16 of 705	97.7%	★★★★★
2014	96.6	15 of 627	97.6%	★★★★★
2013	97.2	14 of 673	97.9%	★★★★★
2012	87.3	27 of 662	95.9%	★★★★★
2011	88.3	14 of 648	97.8%	★★★★★
2010	84.5	39 of 640	93.9%	★★★★★
2009	84.9	47 of 630	92.5%	★★★★★
2008	90.8	24 of 620	96.1%	★★★★★
2007	87.3	24 of 606	96.0%	★★★★★
2006	82.7	55 of 598	90.8%	★★★★★

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	85.0	89 of 733	87.9%	★★★★☆
2024	88.5	67 of 738	90.9%	★★★★★
2023	92.3	41 of 731	94.4%	★★★★★
2022	93.2	39 of 733	94.7%	★★★★★
2021	88.1	58 of 706	91.8%	★★★★★
2019	93.6	22 of 684	96.8%	★★★★★

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	95.6	28 of 733	96.2%	★★★★★
2024	89.1	64 of 751	91.5%	★★★★★
2023	90.7	55 of 747	92.6%	★★★★★
2022	94.3	32 of 748	95.7%	★★★★★
2021	97.4	16 of 711	97.7%	★★★★★
2019	95.9	17 of 697	97.6%	★★★★★
2018	96.2	10 of 665	98.5%	★★★★★

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	88.3	57 of 649	91.2%	★★★★★
2024	84.7	87 of 652	86.7%	★★★★☆
2023	85.2	84 of 656	87.2%	★★★★☆
2022	85.5	78 of 658	88.1%	★★★★☆
2021	87.3	68 of 632	89.2%	★★★★☆
2019	95.1	12 of 624	98.1%	★★★★★

High school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	87.6	92 of 641	85.6%	★★★★☆
2024	89.2	86 of 640	86.6%	★★★★☆
2023	85.9	100 of 626	84.0%	★★★★☆
2022	91.4	65 of 621	89.5%	★★★★☆
2021	87.5	85 of 594	85.7%	★★★★☆
2019	95.5	10 of 514	98.1%	★★★★★
2018	92.3	14 of 469	97.0%	★★★★★
2016	89.0	10 of 507	98.0%	★★★★★
2015	86.0	21 of 531	96.0%	★★★★★
2014	91.2	7 of 451	98.4%	★★★★★
2013	89.9	6 of 505	98.8%	★★★★★
2012	79.7	4 of 502	99.2%	★★★★★
2011	76.6	41 of 506	91.9%	★★★★★
2010	77.4	32 of 499	93.6%	★★★★★
2009	75.4	42 of 490	91.4%	★★★★★
2008	83.1	12 of 477	97.5%	★★★★★
2007	78.6	28 of 453	93.8%	★★★★★
2006	78.5	28 of 431	93.5%	★★★★★

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	85.4	98 of 610	83.9%	★★★★☆
2024	86.0	97 of 602	83.9%	★★★★☆
2023	86.5	85 of 588	85.5%	★★★★☆
2022	83.9	95 of 594	84.0%	★★★★☆
2021	92.6	17 of 475	96.4%	★★★★★
2019	95.4	7 of 475	98.5%	★★★★★

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	92.7	61 of 601	89.9%	★★★★★
2024	90.5	80 of 607	86.8%	★★★★☆
2023	87.6	97 of 602	83.9%	★★★★☆
2022	94.4	44 of 585	92.5%	★★★★★
2021	78.2	54 of 481	88.8%	★★★★☆
2019	95.3	9 of 488	98.2%	★★★★★
2018	95.9	6 of 463	98.7%	★★★★★

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	78.4	124 of 542	77.1%	★★★★☆
2024	86.1	87 of 553	84.3%	★★★★☆
2023	85.0	85 of 537	84.2%	★★★★☆
2022	88.8	61 of 534	88.6%	★★★★☆
2021	77.1	51 of 439	88.4%	★★★★☆
2019	93.6	5 of 444	98.9%	★★★★★
2018	87.6	27 of 427	93.7%	★★★★★

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Elementary school

Female (2025)100th percentile~ school

Disabled (2018)98th percentile~ school

Male (2025)98th percentile~ school

White (2025)97th percentile~ school

Middle school

Male (2025)96th percentile~ school

White (2025)91st percentile-3 vs school

Female (2025)88th percentile-7 vs school

High school

Male (2025)90th percentile+4 vs school

Female (2025)84th percentile~ school

White (2025)77th percentile-9 vs school

By subject vs North Carolina (2024-2025) ?

Science96%+35 vs state

Math III95%+29 vs state

English II95%+36 vs state

Mathematics87%+30 vs state

Reading83%+31 vs state

Biology80%+31 vs state

Math I47%+13 vs state

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by David Lincoln (a parent)
Thursday, September 5, 2019

First-rate, doesn't get any better that Woods Close Quote

by a parent
Thursday, December 1, 2016

Academically it is a good school. It tends on the far left politically including a pretty hard-core indoctrination into Black Lives Matters on MLK day where one girl was left crying in the bathroom because she was so upset that she had to be born white. Some of the teachers (especially those that cross over into the administration) tend to be small minded and see every child as the same. They generally are poor at differentiation. Many of the students have gone there from early grades on through high school and are not always open to new students or ideas. If you are a middle class family with a little brighter than average child that wants to be typical in thought and blend in with others and who leans left politically, this is a great school for you. Close Quote

by a parent
Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Fantastic school! Caring faculty and support staff, flexible and creative in helping each student. Small school environment and lots of parent support and involvement. Close Quote

Schools Near Woods Charter

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking ()				Ranking ()				EOC Biology (2025)	EOC English II (2025)	EOC Math I (2025)	EOC Math III (2025)	EOG Mathematics (2025)						EOG Reading (2025)						EOG Science (2025)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score ()	Statewide Rank ()	State Percentile ()	SchoolDigger Rating ()	Average Standard Score ()	Statewide Rank ()	State Percentile ()	Rank Change from Previous Year	EOC Biology End of Course	EOC English II End of Course	EOC Math I End of Course	EOC Math III End of Course	EOG Mathematics 3rd Grade	EOG Mathematics 4th Grade	EOG Mathematics 5th Grade	EOG Mathematics 6th Grade	EOG Mathematics 7th Grade	EOG Mathematics 8th Grade	EOG Reading 3rd Grade	EOG Reading 4th Grade	EOG Reading 5th Grade	EOG Reading 6th Grade	EOG Reading 7th Grade	EOG Reading 8th Grade	EOG Science 5th Grade	EOG Science 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Woods Charter	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	160 Woodland Grove Ln	Chapel Hill	27516	Chatham County	Woods Charter School	Yes	No	No	No	(919) 960-8353	515	54	9.4		365 (70.9%)	21 (4.1%)	59 (11.5%)	32 (6.2%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (7.0%)								(n/a)	79.6	95.2	47.4	95.4	97.2	94.4	92.3	87.5	84.6	67.5	81.1	91.7	89.7	82.5	80.0	75.0	97.4	95.0
UNC Hospital School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	101 Manning Dr	Chapel Hill	27514	Orange County	Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 966-5009	0	15	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)																			$135,341	$129	$135,212
Ignite Online Academy	Public, Virtual, Alternative	K-12	5321 Ephesus Church Rd.	Durham	27707	Durham County	Durham Public Schools	No	No	Yes	No	(919) 972-4400	363	28	12.9	58.1%	60 (16.5%)	174 (47.9%)	81 (22.3%)	5 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	42 (11.6%)								(n/a)	17.6	43.8		30.6	27.3	33.3	33.3	20.0	25.0	37.0	27.3	66.7	28.6	40.0	57.1	51.9	76.2	40.7
North Carolina Cyber Academy	Public, Virtual, Charter, Alternative	K-12	2800 Meridian Parkway	Durham	27713	Durham County	North Carolina Cyber Academy	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	(984) 262-9237	2,461	144	17.0		1,071 (43.5%)	688 (28.0%)	401 (16.3%)	71 (2.9%)	28 (1.1%)	7 (0.3%)	195 (7.9%)								(n/a)	42.2	71.1	20.8	58.1	46.0	37.8	36.2	35.0	40.1	25.8	37.6	53.0	50.0	43.3	52.4	53.8	54.3	43.9
NC Virtual Academy	Public, Virtual, Charter, Alternative	K-12	4220 NC Highway 55	Durham	27713	Durham County	NC Virtual Academy	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	(919) 346-0121	3,482	186	18.7		1,480 (42.5%)	1,021 (29.3%)	497 (14.3%)	59 (1.7%)	45 (1.3%)	5 (0.1%)	375 (10.8%)								(n/a)	44.1	56.3	28.8	50.8	45.3	29.2	47.3	36.4	36.8	28.1	49.2	47.9	54.6	46.9	52.9	48.6	61.0	47.3
The Hawbridge School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	1735 Saxapahaw Bethlehem Churc	Saxapahaw	27340	Alamance County	The Hawbridge School	Yes	No	No	No	(336) 376-1122	597	42	14.2		459 (76.9%)	22 (3.7%)	68 (11.4%)	12 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (6.0%)								(n/a)	76.2	86.0	51.3	72.4	36.1	66.7	44.2	70.5	73.8	56.9	52.8	77.1	55.8	65.9	59.5	74.1	62.8	84.5
DPS Hospital School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	DUMC Room 3605	Durham	27710	Durham County	Durham Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 684-5684	0	15	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)																			$64,167	$195	$63,972
Durham Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-11	807 West Chapel Hill Street	Durham	27701	Durham County	Durham Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(919) 956-5599	1,010	73	13.8	99.0%	17 (1.7%)	185 (18.3%)	783 (77.5%)	4 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (2.1%)								(n/a)	44.9	56.5	50.0	82.4	80.0	71.8	84.4	76.0	44.8	53.7	51.4	52.1	46.9	61.0	51.7	58.5	89.1	86.6
Triangle Math and Science Academy	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	312 Gregson Dr.	Cary	27511	Wake County	Triangle Math and Science Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(919) 388-0077	1,904	117	16.2		424 (22.3%)	176 (9.2%)	80 (4.2%)	1,089 (57.2%)	19 (1.0%)	1 (0.1%)	115 (6.0%)								(n/a)	89.9	93.9	82.6	96.5	91.0	94.7	95.4	94.4	91.1	92.1	72.9	92.4	94.0	88.0	88.7	93.5	95.5	94.8
Pine Springs Preparatory Remote Academy	Public, Virtual, Charter, Alternative	K-11	220 Rosewood Centre Dr	Holly Springs	27540	Wake County	Pine Springs Preparatory Academy	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(855) 632-2034	2,552				1,098 (43.0%)	724 (28.4%)	398 (15.6%)	27 (1.1%)	25 (1.0%)	5 (0.2%)	275 (10.8%)								(n/a)	16.0	42.3	8.3	15.8	13.5	14.3	14.7	17.3	21.5	8.6	32.0	35.6	30.8	45.6	43.0	38.7	16.1	29.9

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Yes! Woods Charter is one of the best alternative schools in the state. It ranks 9^th of 1490 North Carolina alternative schools.

What is the racial makeup of Woods Charter?

Students at Woods Charter are 71% White, 11% Hispanic, 7% Two or more races, 6% Asian, 4% African American.

How many students attend Woods Charter?

In the 2024-25 school year, 515 students attended Woods Charter.

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