Best Public Schools in Orange County, North Carolina

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2019)				Ranking (2018)				EOC Biology (2019)	EOC English II (2019)	EOC Math I (2019)	EOC Math III (2019)	EOG Mathematics (2019)						EOG Reading (2019)						EOG Science (2019)		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 (2019)	Statewide Rank (2019)	State Percentile (2019)	SchoolDigger Rating (2019)	Average Standard Score (2018)	Statewide Rank (2018)	State Percentile (2018)	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
Chapel Hill High	Public	9-12	1709 High School Rd	Chapel Hill	27516	Orange County	Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 929-2106	1,528	92	16.6	20.3%	826 (54.1%)	171 (11.2%)	221 (14.5%)	209 (13.7%)	8 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	93 (6.1%)	80.6	53^rd of 514 public high schools	89.7%		81.2	51^st of 469 public high schools	89.1%	2	70.2	80.1	65.0	77.2															$11,533	$502	$11,031
Seawell Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	9115 Seawell School Rd	Chapel Hill	27516	Orange County	Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 967-4343	512	37	13.7	23.6%	207 (40.4%)	57 (11.1%)	53 (10.4%)	153 (29.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (8.2%)	87.3	137^th of 1473 public elementary schools	90.7%		87.3	132^nd of 1434 public elementary schools	90.8%	5					70.1	84.1	83.6				67.2	80.5	78.2				88.2		$13,527	$419	$13,108
Ephesus Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1495 Ephesus Church Rd	Chapel Hill	27517	Orange County	Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 929-8715	455	31	14.7	30.8%	225 (49.5%)	68 (14.9%)	57 (12.5%)	65 (14.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (8.6%)	85.4	160^th of 1473 public elementary schools	89.1%		86.4	143^rd of 1434 public elementary schools	90.0%	17					76.6	77.6	80.0				70.1	81.6	73.8				85.0		$13,810	$557	$13,253
Estes Hills Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	500 N Estes Dr	Chapel Hill	27514	Orange County	Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(919) 942-4753	481	35	13.6	26.0%	274 (57.0%)	46 (9.6%)	71 (14.8%)	52 (10.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (7.9%)	78	257^th of 1473 public elementary schools	82.6%		75.3	309^th of 1434 public elementary schools	78.5%	52					75.4	67.4	73.3				76.8	68.4	75.2				77.1		$14,515	$862	$13,653
FPG Elementary	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	101 Smith Level Rd	Chapel Hill	27516	Orange County	Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(919) 942-6491	625	40	15.4	41.3%	217 (34.7%)	31 (5.0%)	334 (53.4%)	9 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (5.4%)	69.2	420^th of 1473 public elementary schools	71.5%		67	467^th of 1434 public elementary schools	67.4%	47					67.3	69.7	75.0				66.3	59.2	66.3				74.0		$11,908	$501	$11,407
Culbreth Middle	Public	6-8	225 Culbreth Rd	Chapel Hill	27516	Orange County	Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 929-7161	728	56	12.9	25.5%	408 (56.0%)	71 (9.8%)	151 (20.7%)	50 (6.9%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	47 (6.5%)	80.5	120^th of 737 public middle schools	83.7%		80.6	107^th of 691 public middle schools	84.5%	13								79.5	69.6	72.3				73.8	72.5	65.9		85.7	$12,195	$336	$11,860
Phillips Middle	Public	6-8	606 N Estes Dr	Chapel Hill	27514	Orange County	Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 929-2188	654	52	12.6	24.9%	310 (47.4%)	90 (13.8%)	79 (12.1%)	136 (20.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (5.8%)	86.4	68^th of 737 public middle schools	90.8%		85	65^th of 691 public middle schools	90.6%	3								78.2	75.3	72.1				79.1	81.4	71.3		91.0	$12,655	$480	$12,175
UNC Hospital School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-13	101 Manning Dr	Chapel Hill	27514	Orange County	Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 966-5009	2	14	.1		0 (0.0%)	1 (50.0%)	1 (50.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)																			$135,341	$129	$135,212
Scroggs Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	501 Kildaire Rd	Chapel Hill	27516	Orange County	Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 918-7165	485	35	13.8	25.4%	260 (53.6%)	76 (15.7%)	59 (12.2%)	47 (9.7%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (8.5%)	85.1	164^th of 1473 public elementary schools	88.9%		88.1	119^th of 1434 public elementary schools	91.7%	45					74.1	84.2	77.7				72.9	80.3	72.3				85.1		$13,218	$771	$12,446
Smith Middle	Public	6-8	9201 Seawell School Rd	Chapel Hill	27516	Orange County	Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 918-2145	862	59	14.6	21.3%	436 (50.6%)	91 (10.6%)	93 (10.8%)	191 (22.2%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	49 (5.7%)	85.7	73^rd of 737 public middle schools	90.1%		87.9	50^th of 691 public middle schools	92.8%	23								77.4	79.6	75.6				78.1	74.1	76.2		86.5	$11,562	$338	$11,224
Rashkis Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	601 Meadowmont Ln	Chapel Hill	27517	Orange County	Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(919) 918-2160	465	36	12.8	29.5%	219 (47.1%)	60 (12.9%)	45 (9.7%)	112 (24.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (6.2%)	89.5	104^th of 1473 public elementary schools	92.9%		80.5	218^th of 1434 public elementary schools	84.8%	114					86.5	78.5	87.5				77.5	73.8	77.5				86.3		$15,130	$665	$14,464
Phoenix Academy High	Public	8-12	750 S Merritt Mill Rd	Chapel Hill	27516	Orange County	Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 918-2300	28	7	3.8	89.3%	5 (17.9%)	6 (21.4%)	13 (46.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (14.3%)	5.9	475^th of 514 public high schools	7.6%		5	439^th of 469 public high schools	6.4%	36	25.0	27.3	10.0	5.6															$46,250	$370	$45,881
Northside Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	350 Caldwell St	Chapel Hill	27516	Orange County	Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(919) 918-2220	448	37	11.9	44.9%	190 (42.4%)	96 (21.4%)	80 (17.9%)	60 (13.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (4.7%)	39.1	939^th of 1473 public elementary schools	36.3%		34.2	1023^rd of 1434 public elementary schools	28.7%	84					49.4	58.0	52.9				55.8	59.0	46.0				55.2		$14,816	$528	$14,288
East Chapel Hill High	Public	9-12	500 Weaver Dairy Rd	Chapel Hill	27514	Orange County	Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 969-2482	1,495	87	17.2	17.3%	777 (52.0%)	152 (10.2%)	169 (11.3%)	293 (19.6%)	5 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	99 (6.6%)	88.4	33^rd of 514 public high schools	93.6%		90.1	19^th of 469 public high schools	95.9%	14	83.8	85.6	70.6	81.4															$11,539	$386	$11,153
McDougle Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	890 Old Fayetteville Rd	Chapel Hill	27516	Orange County	Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(919) 969-2435	555	39	14.2	30.6%	311 (56.0%)	85 (15.3%)	83 (15.0%)	35 (6.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (7.4%)	83.5	186^th of 1473 public elementary schools	87.4%		77.1	273^rd of 1434 public elementary schools	81.0%	87					75.5	76.9	77.7				81.6	76.9	62.8				85.1		$12,936	$505	$12,431
Cedar Ridge High	Public	9-12	1125 New Grady Brown Sch Rd	Hillsborough	27278	Orange County	Orange County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 245-4000	1,020	71	14.3	32.0%	556 (54.5%)	94 (9.2%)	308 (30.2%)	21 (2.1%)	3 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (3.7%)	61.9	136^th of 514 public high schools	73.5%		69.3	103^rd of 469 public high schools	78.0%	33	53.3	65.3	52.9	70.9															$10,912	$399	$10,512
Orange High	Public	9-12	500 Orange High Rd	Hillsborough	27278	Orange County	Orange County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 732-6133	1,292	80	16.1	30.3%	794 (61.5%)	207 (16.0%)	227 (17.6%)	11 (0.9%)	3 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	50 (3.9%)	58.8	152^nd of 514 public high schools	70.4%		68.1	110^th of 469 public high schools	76.5%	42	61.9	65.9	44.5	57.9															$9,879	$469	$9,410
Hillsborough Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	402 North Nash Street	Hillsborough	27278	Orange County	Orange County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 732-6137	431	31	14.1	12.8%	334 (77.5%)	40 (9.3%)	17 (3.9%)	8 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (7.4%)	83.6	183^rd of 1473 public elementary schools	87.6%		79	240^th of 1434 public elementary schools	83.3%	57					75.3	71.2	79.2				80.0	75.8	75.0				80.6		$11,531	$386	$11,145
Cameron Park Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	240 St. Mary's Road	Hillsborough	27278	Orange County	Orange County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 732-9326	598	42	14.4	39.1%	354 (59.2%)	68 (11.4%)	129 (21.6%)	7 (1.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (6.5%)	63.2	519^th of 1473 public elementary schools	64.8%		70.1	402^nd of 1434 public elementary schools	72.0%	117					63.4	59.3	81.3				51.5	56.0	68.8				81.3		$10,994	$454	$10,540
Central Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	154 Hayes St	Hillsborough	27278	Orange County	Orange County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(919) 732-3622	297	23	13.2	69.0%	109 (36.7%)	102 (34.3%)	63 (21.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (7.7%)	19.9	1266^th of 1473 public elementary schools	14.1%		29	1090^th of 1434 public elementary schools	24.0%	176					32.7	51.1	30.2				36.5	55.3	37.2				53.5		$14,465	$1,168	$13,297
Charles W Stanford Middle	Public	6-8	308 Orange High Rd	Hillsborough	27278	Orange County	Orange County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 732-6121	643	41	15.7	28.5%	447 (69.5%)	88 (13.7%)	68 (10.6%)	4 (0.6%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (5.3%)	64.7	248^th of 737 public middle schools	66.4%		71.5	176^th of 691 public middle schools	74.5%	72								67.1	59.9	66.8				62.7	57.0	64.0		82.0	$10,665	$408	$10,256
McDougle Middle	Public	6-8	900 Old Fayetteville Rd	Chapel Hill	27516	Orange County	Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 933-1556	682	57	12.0	26.1%	372 (54.5%)	85 (12.5%)	149 (21.8%)	38 (5.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (5.6%)	83.6	92^nd of 737 public middle schools	87.5%		81.9	94^th of 691 public middle schools	86.4%	2								79.8	78.0	68.4				76.1	79.7	69.5		84.5	$13,223	$311	$12,913
Willow Oak Montessori	Public, Charter	1-8	50101 Governors Dr	Chapel Hill	27517	Orange County	Willow Oak Montessori	Yes	No	No	No	(919) 240-7787	216	22	9.8	2.8%	172 (79.6%)	5 (2.3%)	14 (6.5%)	8 (3.7%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (7.4%)	73.6	332^nd of 1473 public elementary schools	77.5%		66.4	476^th of 1434 public elementary schools	66.8%	144					69.0	48.4	65.5	75.0	83.3	35.3	75.9	71.0	82.8	79.2	77.8	88.2	79.3	94.1
The Expedition School	Public, Charter	K-8	437 Dimmocks Mill Rd Ste 33	Hillsborough	27278	Orange County	The Expedition School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(919) 245-8432	355	27	13.3	0.8%	294 (82.8%)	5 (1.4%)	22 (6.2%)	6 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	27 (7.6%)	93.6	46^th of 1473 public elementary schools	96.9%		93.2	50^th of 1434 public elementary schools	96.5%	4					84.2	93.3	79.5	92.7	93.9	75.0	92.1	88.9	77.3	90.2	97.0	90.6	88.6	100.0
Carrboro Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	400 Shelton St	Carrboro	27510	Orange County	Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(919) 968-3652	501	36	13.7	30.9%	273 (54.5%)	30 (6.0%)	151 (30.1%)	18 (3.6%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (5.2%)	82.2	206^th of 1473 public elementary schools	86.0%		76.9	278^th of 1434 public elementary schools	80.6%	72					79.7	72.4	72.3				74.7	74.7	72.3				80.0		$13,407	$564	$12,843
Efland Cheeks Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	4401 Fuller Rd	Efland	27243	Orange County	Orange County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(919) 563-5112	489	33	15.0	66.3%	211 (43.1%)	107 (21.9%)	119 (24.3%)	20 (4.1%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (6.1%)	26.8	1149^th of 1473 public elementary schools	22.0%		34.3	1017^th of 1434 public elementary schools	29.1%	132					41.9	62.1	42.7				46.5	51.5	40.2				54.9		$11,292	$882	$10,410
Grady Brown Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1100 New Grady Brown Rd	Hillsborough	27278	Orange County	Orange County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(919) 732-6138	462	37	12.6	51.7%	226 (48.9%)	55 (11.9%)	148 (32.0%)	3 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (6.3%)	50.7	751^st of 1473 public elementary schools	49.0%		62.8	538^th of 1434 public elementary schools	62.5%	213					59.4	40.5	65.2				60.9	48.8	59.6				77.5		$12,441	$1,012	$11,429
North Chatham Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	3380 Lystra Road	Chapel Hill	27517	Orange County	Chatham County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 967-3094	615	40	15.4	35.0%	331 (53.8%)	36 (5.9%)	205 (33.3%)	9 (1.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (5.4%)	68.4	432^nd of 1473 public elementary schools	70.7%		67.2	463^rd of 1434 public elementary schools	67.7%	31					67.8	59.8	63.7				69.3	71.0	61.1				80.5		$10,576	$485	$10,091
Margaret B. Pollard Middle	Public	6-8	185 Granite Mill Blvd.	Chapel Hill	27516	Orange County	Chatham County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 969-0070	683	41	16.7	19.0%	450 (65.9%)	39 (5.7%)	128 (18.7%)	19 (2.8%)	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	43 (6.3%)	78.4	135^th of 737 public middle schools	81.7%		84.7	69^th of 691 public middle schools	90.0%	66								74.1	74.7	58.3				77.4	77.7	65.8		83.8	$8,507	$455	$8,052
A L Stanback Middle	Public	6-8	3700 NC 86 South	Hillsborough	27278	Orange County	Orange County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 644-3200	648	46	14.2	50.3%	270 (41.7%)	80 (12.3%)	263 (40.6%)	4 (0.6%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (4.5%)	57.3	318^th of 737 public middle schools	56.9%		66.8	229^th of 691 public middle schools	66.9%	89								62.6	68.9	52.8				55.0	60.4	51.0		81.3	$11,425	$789	$10,636
New Hope Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1900 New Hope Church Rd	Chapel Hill	27514	Orange County	Orange County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(919) 942-9696	598	48	12.4	62.0%	193 (32.3%)	51 (8.5%)	310 (51.8%)	5 (0.8%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (6.2%)	30.1	1099^th of 1473 public elementary schools	25.4%		31.6	1057^th of 1434 public elementary schools	26.3%	42					53.5	54.6	53.7				33.7	43.3	38.0				69.4		$13,203	$1,160	$12,043
Pathways Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	431 Strouds Creek Road	Hillsborough	27278	Orange County	Orange County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 732-9136	431	34	12.7	39.0%	281 (65.2%)	64 (14.8%)	51 (11.8%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (7.7%)	43.5	867^th of 1473 public elementary schools	41.1%		38.5	946^th of 1434 public elementary schools	34.0%	79					54.0	50.7	60.8				55.6	47.8	56.8				67.6		$14,700	$1,138	$13,561
Partnership Academy	Public	9-12	1006 East Storey Lane	Hillsborough	27278	Orange County	Orange County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 245-4030	40	4	10.2	67.5%	16 (40.0%)	12 (30.0%)	7 (17.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (12.5%)	4.3	484^th of 514 public high schools	5.8%					(n/a)		18.8	7.7																$22,657	$918	$21,740
Gravelly Hill Middle	Public	6-8	4801 West Ten Road	Efland	27243	Orange County	Orange County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 245-4050	480	34	13.9	44.0%	234 (48.8%)	114 (23.8%)	87 (18.1%)	12 (2.5%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	30 (6.3%)	47.6	401^st of 737 public middle schools	45.6%		56.1	322^nd of 691 public middle schools	53.4%	79								57.2	56.1	44.3				59.2	54.8	52.0		76.0	$11,455	$480	$10,975
Eno River Academy	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	1212 NC Highway 57 North	Hillsborough	27278	Orange County	Eno River Academy	Yes	No	No	No	(919) 644-6272	657	51	12.8	2.6%	535 (81.4%)	23 (3.5%)	53 (8.1%)	7 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	38 (5.8%)								(n/a)	59.5	79.0	60.0	63.2	87.5	87.8	67.5	75.4	87.9	67.2	90.0	90.2	87.5	82.5	89.7	73.7	95.0
Woods Charter	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	160 Woodland Grove Ln	Chapel Hill	27516	Orange County	Woods Charter School	Yes	No	No	No	(919) 960-8353	513	47	10.9	0.6%	410 (79.9%)	26 (5.1%)	40 (7.8%)	13 (2.5%)	3 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	20 (3.9%)								(n/a)		95.5	80.0	95.7	91.7	88.9	92.5	80.0	97.5	92.3	94.4	94.4	90.0	95.0		84.6	97.5	97.4
Glenwood Elementary	Public	K-5	2 Prestwick Rd	Chapel Hill	27517	Orange County	Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(919) 968-3473	489	35	13.9	23.1%	184 (37.6%)	47 (9.6%)	31 (6.3%)	168 (34.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	59 (12.1%)	87.6	128^th of 1473 public elementary schools	91.3%		85.4	153^rd of 1434 public elementary schools	89.3%	25					77.2	75.4	86.7				86.1	78.3	80.0				81.3		$13,438	$519	$12,919
Carrboro High	Public	9-12	201 Rock Haven Rd	Carrboro	27510	Orange County	Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 918-2200	868	62	14.0	23.4%	489 (56.3%)	76 (8.8%)	194 (22.4%)	54 (6.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	55 (6.3%)	69.5	99^th of 514 public high schools	80.7%		79.7	57^th of 469 public high schools	87.8%	42	69.8	72.2	46.3	68.3															$13,304	$311	$12,993
Morris Grove Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	215 Eubanks Rd	Chapel Hill	27516	Orange County	Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 918-4800	559	36	15.5	17.9%	316 (56.5%)	46 (8.2%)	66 (11.8%)	78 (14.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	52 (9.3%)	86.2	152^nd of 1473 public elementary schools	89.7%		89.2	108^th of 1434 public elementary schools	92.5%	44					85.1	75.8	73.3				78.7	76.8	74.3				84.8		$12,863	$298	$12,565

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