Best Public Schools in Cary, North Carolina & Rankings

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2023)				Ranking (2022)				EOC Biology (2023)	EOC English II (2023)	EOC Math I (2023)	EOC Math III (2023)	EOG Mathematics (2023)						EOG Reading (2023)						EOG Science (2023)		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 (2023)	Statewide Rank (2023)	State Percentile (2023)	SchoolDigger Rating (2023)	Average Standard Score (2022)	Statewide Rank (2022)	State Percentile (2022)	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
Wake STEM Early College High School	Public	9-12	2205 Walnut Street	Cary	27518	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 694-8130	252	15	16.6	13.9%	111 (44.0%)	42 (16.7%)	50 (19.8%)	38 (15.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (4.4%)	94.9	28^th of 626 public high schools	95.5%		95.9	18^th of 621 public high schools	97.1%	10	94.4	100.0	66.7	98.7															$10,774	$232	$10,542
Mills Park Middle	Public	6-8	441 Mills Park Drive	Cary	27519	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 466-1500	1,619	91	17.7	4.6%	552 (34.1%)	110 (6.8%)	110 (6.8%)	779 (48.1%)	8 (0.5%)	1 (0.1%)	59 (3.6%)	99	3^rd of 784 public middle schools	99.6%		98.8	5^th of 786 public middle schools	99.4%	2								94.1	94.8	93.7				90.2	90.8	88.8			$7,648	$376	$7,272
Crossroads FLEX	Public, Virtual	9-12	5651 Dillard Dr	Cary	27518	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	Yes	No	(919) 694-8515	147	6	24.0	2.0%	113 (76.9%)	9 (6.1%)	10 (6.8%)	8 (5.4%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (4.1%)	89.3	78^th of 626 public high schools	87.5%		93.4	39^th of 621 public high schools	93.7%	39	81.8	93.1	50.0	100.0															$9,819	$232	$9,587
Hortons Creek Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	7615 O'Kelly Chapel Rd	Cary	27519	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 694-8660	810	58	14.0	4.9%	266 (32.8%)	88 (10.9%)	54 (6.7%)	369 (45.6%)	2 (0.2%)	2 (0.2%)	29 (3.6%)	94.2	57^th of 1502 public elementary schools	96.2%		96.1	29^th of 1514 public elementary schools	98.1%	28					89.4	91.5	83.3				81.4	87.7	78.0				81.8		$7,977	$280	$7,697
SCORE Academy	Public	9-12	5651 Dillard Dr	Cary	27518	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 694-8560	347	18	18.9	51.6%	76 (21.9%)	101 (29.1%)	139 (40.1%)	8 (2.3%)	3 (0.9%)	1 (0.3%)	19 (5.5%)	2.4	619^th of 626 public high schools	1.1%		5.5	602^nd of 621 public high schools	3.1%	17	7.1	17.3																	$16,937	$337	$16,599
Connections Academy	Public	6-8	1280 Buck Jones Rd	Cary	27606	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(919) 694-8910	6	12	.4		1 (16.7%)	3 (50.0%)	2 (33.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1.3	777^th of 784 public middle schools	0.9%		1.3	784^th of 786 public middle schools	0.3%	7								9.1						9.1	15.4	6.7		17.9	$38,998	$1,698	$37,300
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	1,022	37	27.4		340 (33.3%)	127 (12.4%)	56 (5.5%)	399 (39.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	100 (9.8%)								(n/a)	81.3	90.1	58.7	93.2	90.1	78.1	80.8	79.8	95.2	69.5	77.2	81.4	81.8	85.4	91.3	87.5	86.9	91.7
Cardinal Charter Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	1020 St. Charles Place	Cary	27513	Wake County	Cardinal Charter	Yes	No	No	Yes	(919) 653-5000	858	54	15.8	10.4%	361 (42.1%)	170 (19.8%)	106 (12.4%)	140 (16.3%)	3 (0.3%)	2 (0.2%)	76 (8.9%)	62.3	540^th of 1502 public elementary schools	64.0%		64.8	502^nd of 1514 public elementary schools	66.8%	38					54.1	60.0	51.8	63.4	79.1	40.7	59.2	64.7	60.2	63.4	71.6	74.1	54.9	75.9
Davis Drive Elementary	Public	K-5	2151 Davis Drive	Cary	27519	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 387-2130	815	56	14.5	3.7%	314 (38.5%)	28 (3.4%)	39 (4.8%)	415 (50.9%)	5 (0.6%)	2 (0.2%)	12 (1.5%)	96.2	23^rd of 1502 public elementary schools	98.5%		96.8	23^rd of 1514 public elementary schools	98.5%						90.0	93.4	90.1				84.0	82.8	83.4				89.0		$9,368	$407	$8,961
Weatherstone Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1000 Olde Weatherstone Way	Cary	27513	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 380-6988	758	59	12.9	15.8%	301 (39.7%)	73 (9.6%)	193 (25.5%)	153 (20.2%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	36 (4.7%)	80.3	233^rd of 1502 public elementary schools	84.5%		88.5	127^th of 1514 public elementary schools	91.6%	106					72.9	78.4	77.0				56.8	66.4	61.1				77.8		$8,983	$480	$8,503
Adams Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	805 Cary Towne Blvd	Cary	27511	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(919) 460-3431	512	46	11.2	33.8%	232 (45.3%)	102 (19.9%)	133 (26.0%)	27 (5.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	17 (3.3%)	74.5	334^th of 1502 public elementary schools	77.8%		67.3	446^th of 1514 public elementary schools	70.5%	112					65.4	68.8	72.6				56.4	66.7	59.5				72.6		$10,267	$952	$9,315
Briarcliff Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1220 Pond St	Cary	27511	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 460-3443	472	35	13.6	19.5%	279 (59.1%)	46 (9.7%)	90 (19.1%)	35 (7.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (4.4%)	76	303^rd of 1502 public elementary schools	79.8%		88	130^th of 1514 public elementary schools	91.4%	173					54.7	80.7	71.9				59.3	77.2	65.6				78.1		$10,299	$630	$9,670
Cary Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	400 Kildaire Farm Road	Cary	27511	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 460-3455	495	39	12.6	19.4%	281 (56.8%)	64 (12.9%)	108 (21.8%)	21 (4.2%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	19 (3.8%)	83.1	197^th of 1502 public elementary schools	86.9%		78	273^rd of 1514 public elementary schools	82.0%	76					69.2	70.1	75.6				64.1	74.6	69.5				79.3		$10,015	$629	$9,386
Cary High	Public	9-12	638 Walnut St	Cary	27511	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 460-3549	2,071	121	17.1	20.8%	916 (44.2%)	357 (17.2%)	585 (28.2%)	108 (5.2%)	5 (0.2%)	4 (0.2%)	96 (4.6%)	54.5	260^th of 626 public high schools	58.5%		61.4	222^nd of 621 public high schools	64.3%	38	59.0	61.4	28.2	75.7															$8,602	$403	$8,198
Reedy Creek Middle	Public, Magnet	6-8	930 Reedy Creek Road	Cary	27513	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(919) 460-3504	697	50	13.8	25.3%	298 (42.8%)	167 (24.0%)	151 (21.7%)	59 (8.5%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	20 (2.9%)	75.3	170^th of 784 public middle schools	78.3%		76.5	163^rd of 786 public middle schools	79.3%	7								59.8	63.3	51.4				64.5	61.3	62.9		82.9	$9,572	$485	$9,087
Farmington Woods Elementary	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	1413 Hampton Valley Rd	Cary	27511	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(919) 460-3469	616	48	12.8	19.5%	298 (48.4%)	74 (12.0%)	131 (21.3%)	74 (12.0%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (5.8%)	85.4	159^th of 1502 public elementary schools	89.4%		87.4	143^rd of 1514 public elementary schools	90.6%	16					78.4	74.5	72.1				74.8	80.4	65.4				73.1		$9,948	$469	$9,479
Kingswood Elementary	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	200 E. Johnson Street	Cary	27513	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(919) 460-3481	448	36	12.4	33.0%	148 (33.0%)	80 (17.9%)	113 (25.2%)	83 (18.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (5.1%)	41.9	895^th of 1502 public elementary schools	40.4%		55.1	657^th of 1514 public elementary schools	56.6%	238					43.6	51.7	50.0				47.3	66.7	34.8				48.9		$11,660	$901	$10,759
Northwoods Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	8850 Chapel Hill Road	Cary	27513	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 460-3491	656	48	13.6	20.0%	211 (32.2%)	78 (11.9%)	121 (18.4%)	215 (32.8%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	27 (4.1%)	76	304^th of 1502 public elementary schools	79.8%		82	223^rd of 1514 public elementary schools	85.3%	81					67.0	61.8	74.3				57.1	64.7	64.8				79.0		$10,215	$549	$9,666
West Cary Middle	Public	6-8	1000 Evans Road	Cary	27513	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 460-3528	850	51	16.8	15.1%	252 (29.6%)	137 (16.1%)	110 (12.9%)	313 (36.8%)	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	34 (4.0%)	90.5	61^st of 784 public middle schools	92.2%		88	79^th of 786 public middle schools	89.9%	18								71.6	82.0	77.9				69.4	72.7	76.7		85.8	$7,509	$324	$7,185
Davis Drive Middle	Public	6-8	2101 Davis Drive	Cary	27519	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 387-3033	921	82	11.2	5.4%	388 (42.1%)	28 (3.0%)	77 (8.4%)	393 (42.7%)	4 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	30 (3.3%)	96.9	14^th of 784 public middle schools	98.2%		97.1	14^th of 786 public middle schools	98.2%									92.0	90.0	84.5				85.9	79.4	82.4		94.6	$7,994	$391	$7,602
Penny Road Elementary	Public	K-5	10900 Penny Rd	Cary	27518	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 387-2136	496	35	14.1	24.0%	272 (54.8%)	88 (17.7%)	95 (19.2%)	22 (4.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (3.6%)	68.1	441^st of 1502 public elementary schools	70.6%		74.8	329^th of 1514 public elementary schools	78.3%	112					65.4	67.6	63.2				55.1	66.2	58.6				64.4		$9,556	$424	$9,132
Green Hope High	Public	9-12	2500 Carpenter Upchurch Road	Cary	27519	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 380-3700	2,070	107	19.2	4.6%	1,026 (49.6%)	133 (6.4%)	131 (6.3%)	712 (34.4%)	2 (0.1%)	2 (0.1%)	64 (3.1%)	89.4	75^th of 626 public high schools	88.0%		88.8	83^rd of 621 public high schools	86.6%	8	84.3	90.1	61.6	88.7															$7,421	$399	$7,021
Reedy Creek Elementary	Public	K-5	940 Reedy Creek Road	Cary	27513	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(919) 380-3660	636	51	12.5	38.4%	194 (30.5%)	193 (30.3%)	150 (23.6%)	62 (9.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (5.7%)	27.8	1127^th of 1502 public elementary schools	25.0%		42.4	878^th of 1514 public elementary schools	42.0%	249					63.1	32.6	35.9				40.8	42.1	33.7				45.7		$10,097	$906	$9,191
Green Hope Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2700 Louis Stephens Drive	Cary	27519	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 388-5270	548	39	14.0	6.0%	159 (29.0%)	31 (5.7%)	25 (4.6%)	313 (57.1%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	18 (3.3%)	97	12^th of 1502 public elementary schools	99.2%		97.9	6^th of 1514 public elementary schools	99.6%	6					92.5	89.6	91.2				86.0	89.6	83.8				91.9		$8,968	$486	$8,482
Highcroft Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	5415 Highcroft Drive	Cary	27519	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 460-3527	758	55	13.7	4.2%	241 (31.8%)	38 (5.0%)	51 (6.7%)	389 (51.3%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	35 (4.6%)	98.1	3^rd of 1502 public elementary schools	99.8%		97.4	11^th of 1514 public elementary schools	99.3%	8					97.1	96.8	93.5				89.9	91.8	88.9				94.1		$8,277	$370	$7,907
Turner Creek Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	6801 Turner Creek Road	Cary	27519	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 363-1391	913	63	14.5	11.5%	459 (50.3%)	90 (9.9%)	109 (11.9%)	211 (23.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	42 (4.6%)	78.8	258^th of 1502 public elementary schools	82.8%		77.2	290^th of 1514 public elementary schools	80.8%	32					70.2	59.8	72.6				59.6	66.7	68.9				87.7		$9,601	$458	$9,143
Panther Creek High	Public	9-12	6770 McCrimmon Parkway	Cary	27519	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 463-8656	2,326	115	20.2	7.4%	720 (31.0%)	369 (15.9%)	197 (8.5%)	924 (39.7%)	9 (0.4%)	5 (0.2%)	102 (4.4%)	86.4	98^th of 626 public high schools	84.3%		84.9	106^th of 621 public high schools	82.9%	8	80.7	88.6	55.9	88.3															$7,426	$339	$7,087
East Cary Middle	Public	6-8	1111 SE Maynard Road	Cary	27511	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 466-4377	631	47	13.4	20.0%	324 (51.3%)	98 (15.5%)	144 (22.8%)	33 (5.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (4.9%)	80.8	134^th of 784 public middle schools	82.9%		67	226^th of 786 public middle schools	71.2%	92								71.6	60.1	54.3				67.4	68.2	68.0		81.7	$10,391	$516	$9,875
Carpenter Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2100 Morrisville Parkway	Cary	27519	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 462-6780	720	52	13.8	16.8%	190 (26.4%)	99 (13.8%)	138 (19.2%)	270 (37.5%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (2.9%)	83.2	192^nd of 1502 public elementary schools	87.2%		88.1	129^th of 1514 public elementary schools	91.5%	63					76.4	77.3	70.2				59.1	74.8	71.9				75.4		$9,401	$613	$8,788
Mills Park Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	509 Mills Park Dr	Cary	27519	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 466-1466	735	55	13.3	3.8%	226 (30.7%)	25 (3.4%)	74 (10.1%)	391 (53.2%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (2.3%)	96.1	24^th of 1502 public elementary schools	98.4%		97.1	18^th of 1514 public elementary schools	98.8%	6					84.1	88.5	87.8				84.1	91.4	83.2				91.6		$8,738	$372	$8,366
Alston Ridge Middle	Public	6-8	7833 Fussell Avenue	Cary	27519	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 694-8044	1,328	69	19.3	8.9%	360 (27.1%)	186 (14.0%)	139 (10.5%)	595 (44.8%)	3 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	45 (3.4%)	94.4	30^th of 784 public middle schools	96.2%		94.3	36^th of 786 public middle schools	95.4%	6								81.3	82.4	74.5				78.3	80.8	81.4		90.2
Green Level High	Public	9-12	7600 Roberts Rd	Cary	27519	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 694-8222	1,936	96	20.1	3.4%	850 (43.9%)	127 (6.6%)	126 (6.5%)	765 (39.5%)	3 (0.2%)	3 (0.2%)	62 (3.2%)	90.1	69^th of 626 public high schools	89.0%		90	75^th of 621 public high schools	87.9%	6	90.0	93.2	54.0	86.2
Alston Ridge Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	11555 Green Level Church Rd.	Cary	27519	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 544-2474	1,076	74	14.5	5.9%	240 (22.3%)	130 (12.1%)	93 (8.6%)	563 (52.3%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	47 (4.4%)	93.3	68^th of 1502 public elementary schools	95.5%		93.1	75^th of 1514 public elementary schools	95.0%	7					80.3	88.0	85.0				72.3	84.2	76.9				87.3		$8,773	$530	$8,243

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Apex	2.58 mi	21	28^th
Raleigh	2.82 mi	108	197^th
Morrisville	5.18 mi	6	23^rd
Holly Springs	6.39 mi	9	46^th
Lenoir	8.21 mi	14	390^th

Best Public Schools in Cary, NC

Mills Park Middle

Highcroft Elementary

Green Hope Elementary

Davis Drive Middle

Davis Drive Elementary

Mills Park Elementary

Wake STEM Early College High School

Alston Ridge Middle

Hortons Creek Elementary

Alston Ridge Elementary

West Cary Middle

Green Level High

Green Hope High

Crossroads FLEX

Panther Creek High

Farmington Woods Elementary

Carpenter Elementary

Cary Elementary

East Cary Middle

Weatherstone Elementary

Turner Creek Elementary

Briarcliff Elementary

Northwoods Elementary

Reedy Creek Middle

Adams Elementary

Penny Road Elementary

Cardinal Charter Academy

Cary High

Kingswood Elementary

Reedy Creek Elementary

SCORE Academy

Connections Academy

Triangle Math and Science Academy

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