Summary:
Gray Stone Day is the only school in the Gray Stone Day School district, a 728-student public charter school in Misenheimer, NC that is officially labeled a high school but serves grades 6 through 12. The district itself ranks 17th out of 246 districts in North Carolina (93rd percentile, 5 stars), and the school ranks 147th out of 662 high schools (78th percentile, 4 stars), placing it in the top quarter of the state for three consecutive years (146th, 140th, and 147th between 2023–2024 and 2025–2026). Because this is a single-school district, the district-level ranking reflects the full 6–12 grade span, while the high-school ranking only reflects upper-grade performance.
Academically, Gray Stone Day significantly outperforms state averages in nearly every tested subject. For 2025–2026, the school's average proficiency across all 11 EOG/EOC subjects was about 82.2%, compared to a 58.0% state average. In middle school, proficiency gaps compared to the state range from roughly +25 to +32 points in math and reading, and 8th grade science sits at 94.5% vs. 68.6% statewide. High school results are also strong: English II is at 92.1%, Biology at 82.7%, and Math III at 85.9% — all well above state rates.
Looking over time, 8th grade scores jumped dramatically from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, including math rising from 61.5% to 84.5% and reading from 73.0% to 87.3%. The one clear outlier is Math I, where proficiency is just 42.6%, nearly identical to the state's 42.1% — far below the school's otherwise high standard. Beyond academics, the school posts a 93.9% graduation rate vs. 88.8% statewide, and chronic absenteeism is just 7.9% compared to the state's 24.2%, indicating strong engagement. Note that free/reduced lunch data is not reported, so economic-context analysis isn't possible; still, overall Gray Stone Day is a consistently top-tier 6–12 public school in NC.
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