Best Middle Schools in North Carolina

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School	Students/Teachers	Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)	Ranking (2025 vs 2024)	ID
101	Vance Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	2090 Ross Mill Road	Henderson	27537	Vance County	Vance Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(252) 431-0440	956	65	14.6		739 (77.3%)	92 (9.6%)	66 (6.9%)	20 (2.1%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (4.0%)				84.1	92.1	50	51	370009602486
102	Mountain Island Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	13440 Lucia Riverbend Highway	Mount Holly	28120	Gaston County	Mountain Island Charter	Yes	No	No	Yes	(704) 827-8840	1,782	95	18.7	27.4%	923 (51.8%)	503 (28.2%)	175 (9.8%)	31 (1.7%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	148 (8.3%)				84.1	87.7	81	21	370031703184
103	Corvian Community School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	4041 Johnston Oehler Road	Charlotte	28269	Mecklenburg County	Corvian Community School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(704) 717-7550	1,376	73	18.8		549 (39.9%)	456 (33.1%)	176 (12.8%)	101 (7.3%)	4 (0.3%)	2 (0.1%)	88 (6.4%)				84	91.1	57	46	370032703258
104	Rogers-Herr Middle	Public, Magnet	6-8	911 Cornwallis Road	Durham	27707	Durham County	Durham Public Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(919) 560-3970	660	40	16.6	99.5%	195 (29.5%)	250 (37.9%)	155 (23.5%)	17 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	41 (6.2%)	$11,594	$781	$10,812	83.8	79.7	134	30	370126000570
105	Foothills Community School	Public, Magnet	6-8	176 Lukin Street	Marion	28752	McDowell County	McDowell County Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(828) 652-1040	200	11	18	98.5%	164 (82.0%)	4 (2.0%)	22 (11.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (5.0%)	$6,490	$276	$6,214	83.8	77.1	152	47	370294003353
106	Cane Creek Middle	Public	6-8	570 Lower Brush Creek Road	Fletcher	28732	Buncombe County	Buncombe County Schools	No	No	No	No	(828) 628-0824	499	33	14.9	98.0%	409 (82.0%)	17 (3.4%)	51 (10.2%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	17 (3.4%)	$9,589	$601	$8,988	83.7	83.3	108	2	370045002507
107	William Ellis Middle	Public	6-8	144 William Ellis Drive	Advance	27006	Davie County	Davie County Schools	No	No	No	No	(336) 751-2107	437	31	14.1	38.7%	331 (75.7%)	23 (5.3%)	56 (12.8%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (5.5%)	$9,860	$557	$9,303	83.6	87.5	83	24	370117002816
108	Hilburn Drive Academy	Public	PK, KG-8	7100 Hilburn Drive	Raleigh	27613	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 571-6800	596	45	13.2	36.2%	267 (44.8%)	131 (22.0%)	102 (17.1%)	43 (7.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	52 (8.7%)	$9,833	$684	$9,148	83.6	84.7	100	8	370472002033
109	Brevard Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	1110 Hendersonville Highway	Pisgah Forest	28768	Transylvania County	Brevard Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(828) 885-2665	435	28	15.4		388 (89.2%)	8 (1.8%)	21 (4.8%)	8 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.3%)				83.3	85.9	92	17	370006802412
110	Tucker Creek Middle	Public	6-8	200 Sermons Boulevard	Havelock	28532	Craven County	Craven County Board of Education	No	No	No	No	(252) 444-7200	478	30	15.8	44.6%	293 (61.3%)	51 (10.7%)	80 (16.7%)	4 (0.8%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	47 (9.8%)	$9,904	$667	$9,237	83.1	88.5	75	35	370331002084
111	North Academy of World Languages	Public, Magnet	K-8	12201 Hambright Rd	Huntersville	28078	Mecklenburg County	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(980) 343-0743	668	45	14.9	40.1%	172 (25.7%)	279 (41.8%)	160 (24.0%)	7 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	50 (7.5%)				83.1	77.5	145	34	370297003557
112	Royal Oaks Elementary	Public	K-8	608 Dakota Street	Kannapolis	28083	Cabarrus County	Cabarrus County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(704) 260-6310	661	44	14.8	99.5%	205 (31.0%)	258 (39.0%)	136 (20.6%)	7 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	55 (8.3%)	$10,732	$1,643	$9,089	82.6	78.2	140	28	370053000217
113	Topsail Middle	Public	5-8	17445 US Hwy 17	Hampstead	28443	Pender County	Pender County Schools	No	No	No	No	(910) 270-2612	837	45	18.6	20.1%	699 (83.5%)	21 (2.5%)	67 (8.0%)	8 (1.0%)	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	38 (4.5%)	$8,344	$489	$7,855	82.5	82.1	116	3	370357001470
114	Roland-Grise Middle	Public	6-8	4412 Lake Ave	Wilmington	28403	New Hanover County	New Hanover County Schools	No	No	No	No	(910) 350-2136	878	53	16.5	33.5%	602 (68.6%)	60 (6.8%)	164 (18.7%)	8 (0.9%)	3 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	40 (4.6%)	$8,894	$611	$8,283	82.4	78.8	137	23	370333001388
115	East Cary Middle	Public	6-8	1111 SE Maynard Road	Cary	27511	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 466-4377	597	45	13.2	36.2%	318 (53.3%)	76 (12.7%)	144 (24.1%)	32 (5.4%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	24 (4.0%)	$10,391	$516	$9,875	82.2	80.9	123	8	370472002830
116	Union Prep Academy at Indian Trail	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-11	2324 Younts Rd	Indian Trail	28079	Union County	Union Preparatory Academy at Indian Trai	Yes	No	No	Yes	(704) 893-3607	1,268	27	46.9	43.7%	567 (44.7%)	253 (20.0%)	258 (20.3%)	78 (6.2%)	8 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	103 (8.1%)				82	73.4	183	67	370040103400
117	Bethel Middle	Public	6-8	630 Sonoma Road	Waynesville	28786	Haywood County	Haywood County Schools	No	No	No	No	(828) 646-3442	254	16	15.4	98.8%	228 (89.8%)	1 (0.4%)	16 (6.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.5%)	$11,023	$637	$10,386	81.9	88.8	74	43	370204000580
118	Oaklawn Language Academy	Public, Magnet	K-8	1810 Oaklawn Ave	Charlotte	28216	Mecklenburg County	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(980) 343-0400	531	42	12.5	97.4%	49 (9.2%)	110 (20.7%)	360 (67.8%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	8 (1.5%)	$10,283	$656	$9,627	81.9	72.1	192	74	370297002737
119	Sun Valley Middle	Public	6-8	1409 Wesley Chapel Rd	Indian Trail	28079	Union County	Union County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 296-3009	909	56	16.3	54.3%	441 (48.5%)	177 (19.5%)	213 (23.4%)	29 (3.2%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	47 (5.2%)	$7,578	$417	$7,161	81.8	55.6	329	210	370462001804
120	Pinnacle Classical Academy	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	2401 Joes Lake Rd	Shelby	28152	Cleveland County	Pinnacle Classical Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(704) 740-4040	1,178	42	27.7		848 (72.0%)	122 (10.4%)	86 (7.3%)	27 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	95 (8.1%)				81.8	90.1	63	57	370035303291
121	First Flight Middle School	Public	6-8	109 Veterans Drive	Kill Devil Hills	27948	Dare County	Dare County Schools	No	No	No	No	(252) 441-8888	604	46	13	32.8%	463 (76.7%)	3 (0.5%)	104 (17.2%)	5 (0.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (4.6%)	$10,240	$309	$9,931	81.8	82.1	113	8	370111002291
122	Northern Guilford Middle	Public	6-8	616 Simpson-Calhoun Road	Greensboro	27455	Guilford County	Guilford County Schools	No	No	No	No	(336) 605-3342	780	45	17.2	33.8%	438 (56.2%)	190 (24.4%)	88 (11.3%)	22 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (5.4%)	$8,488	$495	$7,994	81.5	85	98	24	370192002855
123	Lewisville Middle	Public	6-8	1115 Lewisville Vienna Rd	Lewisville	27023	Forsyth County	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	No	No	No	No	(336) 866-3032	888	53	16.7	99.7%	581 (65.4%)	100 (11.3%)	117 (13.2%)	34 (3.8%)	1 (0.1%)	3 (0.3%)	52 (5.9%)				81.5	86.6	89	34	370150003562
124	Northwest Cabarrus Middle	Public	6-8	5140 NW Cabarrus Drive	Concord	28027	Cabarrus County	Cabarrus County Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 260-6550	825	40	20.4	33.0%	323 (39.2%)	173 (21.0%)	121 (14.7%)	156 (18.9%)	4 (0.5%)	3 (0.4%)	45 (5.5%)	$8,575	$473	$8,102	81.5	44.7	442	318	370053002064
125	Springfield Middle	Public	6-8	5551 Wiggins Mill Rd	Lucama	27851	Wilson County	Wilson County Schools	No	No	No	No	(252) 239-1347	448	25	17.9	99.3%	208 (46.4%)	75 (16.7%)	138 (30.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (5.8%)	$8,059	$596	$7,463	81.5	86	91	34	370502002008
126	Cardinal Charter Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	1020 St. Charles Place	Cary	27513	Wake County	Cardinal Charter	Yes	No	No	Yes	(919) 653-5000	584	13	45.1	47.4%	153 (26.2%)	198 (33.9%)	120 (20.5%)	68 (11.6%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (7.2%)				81.3	76.9	153	27	370035803325
127	Ashe County Middle	Public	7-8	255 Northwest Lane	Warrensville	28693	Ashe County	Ashe County Schools	No	No	No	No	(336) 649-8460	401	32	12.3	99.3%	322 (80.3%)	4 (1.0%)	59 (14.7%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (3.2%)	$11,205	$855	$10,350	81.2	83.7	104	23	370021002426
128	Rugby Middle	Public	6-8	3345 Haywood Road	Hendersonville	28791	Henderson County	Henderson County Schools	No	No	No	No	(828) 891-6566	849	51	16.6	39.6%	658 (77.5%)	14 (1.6%)	133 (15.7%)	12 (1.4%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	30 (3.5%)	$8,445	$526	$7,919	81	81.1	122	6	370210000923
129	Pine Hollow Middle	Public	6-8	5365 Bartram Place	Raleigh	27617	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 694-8880	776	52	14.9	33.1%	418 (53.9%)	165 (21.3%)	115 (14.8%)	44 (5.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (4.4%)	$8,836	$462	$8,374	81	86.7	88	41	370472003379
130	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%)				81	75.4	167	37	370013202703
131	Roxboro Community School	Public, Charter	6-12	115 Lake Drive	Roxboro	27573	Person County	Roxboro Community School	Yes	No	No	No	(336) 597-0020	727	49	14.8		547 (75.2%)	87 (12.0%)	44 (6.1%)	6 (0.8%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (5.5%)				80.8	89.1	70	61	370017502914
132	Oberlin Middle	Public, Magnet	6-8	2816 Oberlin Rd	Raleigh	27608	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(919) 881-4860	1,049	69	15.1	30.1%	594 (56.6%)	192 (18.3%)	185 (17.6%)	34 (3.2%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	42 (4.0%)	$8,583	$379	$8,204	80.5	80.4	129	3	370472001849
133	Cape Fear Center for Inquiry	Public, Charter	K-8	2525 Wonder Way	Wilmington	28401	New Hanover County	Cape Fear Center for Inquiry	Yes	No	No	Yes	(910) 362-0000	395	30	13.1		320 (81.0%)	29 (7.3%)	26 (6.6%)	5 (1.3%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.5%)	12 (3.0%)				80.5	85.2	96	37	370010802534
134	George M. Horton Middle	Public	5-8	79 Horton Road	Pittsboro	27312	Chatham County	Chatham County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(919) 542-2303	414	27	15.4	99.3%	217 (52.4%)	78 (18.8%)	70 (16.9%)	6 (1.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (10.1%)	$9,575	$632	$8,943	80.5	76.1	160	26	370075000309
135	Bath Elementary	Public	K-8	110 S King Street	Bath	27808	Beaufort County	Beaufort County Schools	No	No	No	No	(252) 923-3251	511	33	15.5	99.4%	435 (85.1%)	6 (1.2%)	46 (9.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (4.7%)	$9,982	$1,354	$8,628	80.4	80.7	126	9	370033000091
136	Thomas Jefferson Middle	Public	6-8	3500 Sally Kirk Road	Winston Salem	27106	Forsyth County	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	No	No	No	No	(336) 703-4222	808	47	17	99.6%	398 (49.3%)	201 (24.9%)	117 (14.5%)	35 (4.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	56 (6.9%)	$8,047	$507	$7,540	80.1	78.1	142	6	370150002449
137	Piney Creek Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	559 Piney Creek Sch Road	Piney Creek	28663	Alleghany County	Alleghany County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(336) 359-2988	198	14	14.3	98.5%	177 (89.4%)	1 (0.5%)	17 (8.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.5%)	$11,143	$1,164	$9,979	79.9	71.5	195	58	370012000039
138	Pitt County Virtual	Public, Virtual, Alternative	K-12	1717 West 5th Street	Greenville	27834	Pitt County	Pitt County Schools	No	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(252) 830-3530	38	7	5.4	50.0%	14 (36.8%)	15 (39.5%)	6 (15.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (7.9%)				79.8	67.7	225	87	370001203668
139	Porter Ridge Middle School	Public	6-8	2827 Ridge Road	Indian Trail	28079	Union County	Union County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 225-7555	1,447	63	23	39.7%	688 (47.5%)	191 (13.2%)	349 (24.1%)	118 (8.2%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	100 (6.9%)	$7,814	$463	$7,351	79.7	89	72	67	370462002800
140	The Exploris School	Public, Charter	K-8	401 Hillsborough St.	Raleigh	27603	Wake County	The Exploris School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(919) 715-3690	448	38	11.7		283 (63.2%)	77 (17.2%)	34 (7.6%)	5 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	47 (10.5%)				79.6	74.4	174	34	370004302358
141	West Alexander Middle	Public	6-8	85 Bulldog Lane	Taylorsville	28681	Alexander County	Alexander County Schools	No	No	No	No	(828) 495-4611	467	29	16.3	99.4%	382 (81.8%)	10 (2.1%)	39 (8.4%)	12 (2.6%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	22 (4.7%)	$8,079	$717	$7,362	79.5	76.7	156	15	370009000035
142	Randolph Middle	Public, Magnet	6-8	4400 Water Oak Rd	Charlotte	28211	Mecklenburg County	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(980) 343-6700	1,215	62	19.5	48.1%	318 (26.2%)	374 (30.8%)	338 (27.8%)	142 (11.7%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	41 (3.4%)	$8,175	$474	$7,701	79	85.4	95	47	370297001266
143	North Lincoln Middle	Public	6-8	1503 Amity Church Road	Denver	28037	Lincoln County	Lincoln County Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 736-0262	774	45	17.1	28.9%	626 (80.9%)	28 (3.6%)	70 (9.0%)	10 (1.3%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	38 (4.9%)	$7,347	$446	$6,901	78.8	81.2	120	23	370268002470
144	Meadowlark Middle	Public	6-8	301 Meadowlark Drive	Winston Salem	27106	Forsyth County	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	No	No	No	No	(336) 703-4228	857	50	17	99.5%	486 (56.7%)	128 (14.9%)	122 (14.2%)	75 (8.8%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	43 (5.0%)	$8,035	$504	$7,532	78.7	84.8	99	45	370150002450
145	Sterling Montessori Academy	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	202 Treybrooke Drive	Morrisville	27560	Wake County	Sterling Montessori Academy	Yes	No	No	No	(919) 462-8889	702	33	21		256 (36.5%)	57 (8.1%)	30 (4.3%)	299 (42.6%)	8 (1.1%)	8 (1.1%)	44 (6.3%)				78.7	90.8	60	85	370004602361
146	Surf City Middle	Public	6-8	12345-B Literacy Lane	Hampstead	28443	Pender County	Pender County Schools	No	No	No	No	(910) 928-0087	752	41	18.4	21.3%	621 (82.6%)	11 (1.5%)	61 (8.1%)	3 (0.4%)	4 (0.5%)	2 (0.3%)	50 (6.6%)	$6,848	$445	$6,403	78.5	81.6	118	28	370357003479
147	Woodland Heights Middle	Public	6-8	272 Forest Lake Blvd	Mooresville	28117	Iredell County	Iredell-Statesville Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 664-4430	581	38	15.4	23.6%	400 (68.8%)	46 (7.9%)	74 (12.7%)	21 (3.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (6.9%)	$7,915	$475	$7,440	78.4	74.7	171	24	370231000981
148	Falls Lake Academy	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	1701 East Lyon Station Road	Creedmoor	27522	Granville County	Falls Lake Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(919) 964-9003	1,105	86	12.8		789 (71.4%)	116 (10.5%)	123 (11.1%)	7 (0.6%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	67 (6.1%)				78.4	92	51	97	370033603304
149	Winterville Charter Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	4160 Bayswater Road	Winterville	28590	Pitt County	Winterville Charter Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(252) 689-6153	624	28	22.1	69.7%	123 (19.7%)	341 (54.6%)	87 (13.9%)	20 (3.2%)	5 (0.8%)	2 (0.3%)	46 (7.4%)				78.1	71	201	52	370039603370
150	The International School at Gregory	Public, Magnet	K-8	1106 Ann St	Wilmington	28401	New Hanover County	New Hanover County Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(910) 251-6185	514	37	13.7	99.4%	171 (33.3%)	114 (22.2%)	198 (38.5%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (5.4%)	$18,192	$1,517	$16,675	78	74.3	176	26	370333001375
151	Moore Montessori Community School	Public, Charter	K-8	255 S. May Street	Southern Pines	28387	Moore County	Moore Montessori Community School	Yes	No	No	No	(910) 636-1325	259	17	15.5		158 (61.0%)	32 (12.4%)	33 (12.7%)	3 (1.2%)	4 (1.5%)	3 (1.2%)	26 (10.0%)				77.9	78.4	138	13	370043203460
152	Classical Charter Schools of Leland	Public, Charter	K-8	7055 Bacon's Way	Leland	28451	Brunswick County	Classical Charter Schools of Leland	Yes	No	No	Yes	(910) 655-1214	935	39	23.9		635 (67.9%)	88 (9.4%)	138 (14.8%)	8 (0.9%)	7 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	59 (6.3%)				77.8	77.3	149	3	370010202506
153	New Bridge Middle	Public, Magnet	6-8	401 New Bridge Street	Jacksonville	28540	Onslow County	Onslow County Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(910) 346-5144	482	29	16.6	39.0%	275 (57.1%)	63 (13.1%)	98 (20.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	44 (9.1%)	$8,907	$1,119	$7,788	77.7	75.8	165	12	370345002402
154	Camden Middle	Public	6-8	248 Scotland Road	Camden	27921	Camden County	Camden County Schools	No	No	No	No	(252) 338-3349	461	29	15.8	25.8%	365 (79.2%)	27 (5.9%)	30 (6.5%)	6 (1.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (6.9%)	$11,655	$440	$11,215	77.5	80.2	130	24	370060000247
155	West Millbrook Middle	Public, Magnet	6-8	8115 Strickland Rd	Raleigh	27615	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(919) 870-4050	1,164	68	17.1	32.3%	678 (58.2%)	154 (13.2%)	251 (21.6%)	33 (2.8%)	5 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	42 (3.6%)	$8,987	$359	$8,628	77.2	76.5	158	3	370472001906
156	North Davidson Middle	Public	6-8	333 Critcher Drive	Lexington	27295	Davidson County	Davidson County Schools	No	No	No	No	(336) 731-2331	706	40	17.7	45.0%	528 (74.8%)	33 (4.7%)	88 (12.5%)	11 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	46 (6.5%)	$7,864	$405	$7,459	77.2	77.4	146	10	370114000474
157	Elm City Middle	Public	6-8	215 E Church St	Elm City	27822	Wilson County	Wilson County Schools	No	No	No	No	(252) 236-4148	399	26	15.5	99.2%	197 (49.4%)	115 (28.8%)	56 (14.0%)	7 (1.8%)	2 (0.5%)	2 (0.5%)	20 (5.0%)	$7,994	$522	$7,472	77.1	74.2	178	21	370502001996
158	Crestdale Middle	Public, Magnet	6-8	940 Sam Newell Rd	Matthews	28105	Mecklenburg County	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(980) 343-5755	989	48	20.4	40.6%	452 (45.7%)	266 (26.9%)	167 (16.9%)	55 (5.6%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	47 (4.8%)	$7,966	$482	$7,485	76.8	80.5	127	31	370297002394
159	Union Academy	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	675 North ML King Jr Blvd	Monroe	28110	Union County	Union Academy Charter School	Yes	No	No	No	(704) 238-8883	2,186	139	15.7		1,469 (67.2%)	248 (11.3%)	299 (13.7%)	35 (1.6%)	11 (0.5%)	2 (0.1%)	122 (5.6%)				76.5	81.2	121	38	370011202551
160	Ligon Middle	Public, Magnet	6-8	706 E Lenoir St	Raleigh	27601	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(919) 856-7929	959	63	15.1	34.5%	435 (45.4%)	303 (31.6%)	117 (12.2%)	58 (6.0%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	44 (4.6%)	$8,934	$336	$8,597	76.3	84.3	101	59	370472001872
161	Moyock Middle	Public	6-8	216 Survey Road	Moyock	27958	Currituck County	Currituck County Schools	No	No	No	No	(252) 435-2566	635	32	19.7	29.6%	473 (74.5%)	32 (5.0%)	47 (7.4%)	8 (1.3%)	2 (0.3%)	4 (0.6%)	69 (10.9%)	$8,412	$382	$8,030	75.8	77.7	144	17	370108002627
162	Neuse Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	909 M. Durwood Stephenson Park	Smithfield	27577	Johnston County	Neuse Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(919) 626-2300	925	53	17.4		586 (63.4%)	109 (11.8%)	140 (15.1%)	7 (0.8%)	3 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	80 (8.6%)				75.7	60.5	284	122	370014402925
163	Mooresville Middle	Public	6-8	233 Kistler Farm Rd	Mooresville	28115	Iredell County	Mooresville Graded School District	No	No	No	No	(704) 658-2720	696	42	16.5	40.9%	429 (61.6%)	124 (17.8%)	85 (12.2%)	6 (0.9%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	49 (7.0%)	$8,335	$447	$7,888	75.6	77.4	147	16	370312001332
164	STEM Early High	Public	6-8	219 Charles Street	Henderson	27536	Vance County	Vance County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(252) 738-2260	281	17	16.6	98.9%	44 (15.7%)	134 (47.7%)	87 (31.0%)	7 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	8 (2.8%)	$7,944	$592	$7,352	75.5	80.4	128	36	370465003308
165	North Davie Middle	Public	6-8	497 Farmington Road	Mocksville	27028	Davie County	Davie County Schools	No	No	No	No	(336) 751-3415	444	32	14	47.5%	331 (74.5%)	13 (2.9%)	74 (16.7%)	7 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (4.3%)	$9,895	$527	$9,368	75.5	71.1	197	32	370117002065
166	Archer Lodge Middle	Public	6-8	762 Wendell Rd	Wendell	27591	Johnston County	Johnston County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 553-0714	1,204	64	18.7	99.8%	641 (53.2%)	203 (16.9%)	283 (23.5%)	13 (1.1%)	5 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	59 (4.9%)	$7,395	$351	$7,044	75.3	70.5	206	40	370237002998
167	Belmont Middle	Public	6-8	1020 South Point Road	Belmont	28012	Gaston County	Gaston County Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 836-9611	770	42	18.1	42.2%	504 (65.5%)	84 (10.9%)	122 (15.8%)	18 (2.3%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (5.3%)	$7,551	$657	$6,894	74.5	70.4	208	41	370162000666
168	West Stanly Middle School	Public	6-8	339 Running Creek Church Rd	Locust	28097	Stanly County	Stanly County Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 961-3600	662	38	17.3	99.5%	472 (71.3%)	35 (5.3%)	101 (15.3%)	14 (2.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (5.9%)	$8,483	$608	$7,875	74.5	71	199	31	370432002649
169	Morehead City Middle	Public	6-8	400 Barbour Rd	Morehead City	28557	Carteret County	Carteret County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(252) 726-1126	506	34	15	99.4%	361 (71.3%)	24 (4.7%)	83 (16.4%)	11 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	26 (5.1%)	$9,647	$477	$9,170	74.5	74.2	177	8	370063000255
170	Fuquay-Varina Middle	Public	6-8	1201 Bowling Road	Fuquay Varina	27526	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 557-2727	1,004	57	17.6	28.3%	524 (52.2%)	164 (16.3%)	165 (16.4%)	95 (9.5%)	3 (0.3%)	2 (0.2%)	51 (5.1%)	$8,708	$369	$8,339	74.3	75.8	164	6	370472001860
171	East Wake Academy	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	821 Charter School Way	Zebulon	27597	Wake County	East Wake Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(919) 404-0444	1,265	88	14.3		872 (68.9%)	161 (12.7%)	138 (10.9%)	12 (0.9%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	80 (6.3%)				74.2	73.1	186	15	370007002416
172	New Dimensions	Public, Charter	K-8	550 Lenoir Road	Morganton	28655	Burke County	The New Dimensions School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(828) 437-5753	569	39	14.7	33.0%	500 (87.9%)	21 (3.7%)	13 (2.3%)	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (5.4%)				74	79.6	135	37	370011802603
173	M C S Noble Middle	Public	6-8	6520 Market St	Wilmington	28405	New Hanover County	New Hanover County Schools	No	No	No	No	(910) 350-2112	690	40	17.3	38.3%	473 (68.6%)	86 (12.5%)	92 (13.3%)	7 (1.0%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (4.3%)	$9,109	$612	$8,497	73.9	80.9	124	49	370333001381
174	Cove Creek Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	930 Vanderpool Rd	Vilas	28692	Watauga County	Watauga County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(828) 297-2781	289	23	12.6	41.2%	252 (87.2%)	2 (0.7%)	22 (7.6%)	9 (3.1%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.0%)	$12,375	$859	$11,515	73.8	71	200	26	370483001936
175	Wakefield Middle	Public	6-8	2300 Wakefield Pines Drive	Raleigh	27614	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 562-3500	803	45	17.7	31.4%	446 (55.5%)	163 (20.3%)	125 (15.6%)	23 (2.9%)	6 (0.7%)	1 (0.1%)	39 (4.9%)	$8,502	$321	$8,181	73.8	82.1	114	61	370472002559
176	Carolina Charter Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	8529 NC Highway 55	Angier	27501	Wake County	Carolina Charter Academy: CFA	Yes	No	No	Yes	(984) 300-3015	782	49	15.9		403 (51.5%)	80 (10.2%)	136 (17.4%)	103 (13.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	60 (7.7%)				73.8	73.1	185	9	370042303461
177	Herbert Akins Road Middle	Public	6-8	2275 Herbert Akins Road	Fuquay Varina	27526	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(919) 694-8300	1,253	77	16.2	33.5%	730 (58.3%)	136 (10.9%)	279 (22.3%)	56 (4.5%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	51 (4.1%)				73.6	76.8	154	23	370472003626
178	John R Griffin Middle	Public	6-8	5551 Fisher Road	Fayetteville	28304	Cumberland County	Cumberland County Schools	No	No	No	No	(910) 424-7678	1,024	58	17.7	41.3%	345 (33.7%)	265 (25.9%)	227 (22.2%)	67 (6.5%)	18 (1.8%)	3 (0.3%)	99 (9.7%)	$8,311	$843	$7,468	73.5	76.1	162	16	370001102439
179	Cleveland Innovation	Public, Virtual, Alternative	K-12	400 W Marion St	Shelby	28150	Cleveland County	Cleveland County Schools	No	No	Yes	No	(704) 476-8163	187	13	14.2	56.7%	124 (66.3%)	28 (15.0%)	16 (8.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (9.6%)				73.4	58.8	297	118	370090003537
180	Kernodle Middle	Public	6-8	3600 Drawbridge Parkway	Greensboro	27410	Guilford County	Guilford County Schools	No	No	No	No	(336) 545-3717	707	42	16.9	98.2%	316 (44.7%)	180 (25.5%)	83 (11.7%)	92 (13.0%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (5.0%)	$9,002	$474	$8,529	73.3	84.3	102	78	370192002523
181	Highfalls Elementary	Public	K-8	1220 NC Hwy 22	Bennett	27208	Moore County	Moore County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(910) 464-3600	293	21	14	99.0%	254 (86.7%)	1 (0.3%)	27 (9.2%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	8 (2.7%)	$12,166	$832	$11,333	73	72.1	193	12	370309001319
182	North Buncombe Middle	Public	7-8	51 N Buncombe School Road	Weaverville	28787	Buncombe County	Buncombe County Schools	No	No	No	No	(828) 645-7944	516	36	14.4	98.8%	413 (80.0%)	2 (0.4%)	72 (14.0%)	4 (0.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (4.7%)	$9,771	$846	$8,925	72.9	80.1	131	51	370045002192
183	Grover C Fields Middle	Public	6-8	2000 M L King Jr Boulevard	New Bern	28560	Craven County	Craven County Board of Education	No	No	No	No	(252) 514-6438	542	34	15.9	46.1%	302 (55.7%)	87 (16.1%)	89 (16.4%)	27 (5.0%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	35 (6.5%)	$9,793	$1,127	$8,666	72.9	73.8	182	1	370331002311
184	Carmel Middle	Public	6-8	5001 Camilla Dr	Charlotte	28226	Mecklenburg County	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	No	No	No	No	(980) 343-6705	1,004	60	16.7	36.4%	478 (47.6%)	119 (11.9%)	364 (36.3%)	18 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (2.5%)	$8,630	$632	$7,999	72.1	55.9	324	140	370297001200
185	Hawfields Middle	Public	6-8	1951 S Nc 119	Mebane	27302	Alamance County	Alamance-Burlington Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 563-5303	864	46	18.8	56.0%	338 (39.1%)	201 (23.3%)	223 (25.8%)	24 (2.8%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	76 (8.8%)	$8,568	$559	$8,009	71.9	67.2	229	44	370003002566
186	Swansboro Middle	Public	6-8	1240 West Corbett Ave	Swansboro	28584	Onslow County	Onslow County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(910) 326-3601	1,052	56	18.7	43.1%	727 (69.1%)	63 (6.0%)	144 (13.7%)	6 (0.6%)	3 (0.3%)	3 (0.3%)	106 (10.1%)	$8,610	$925	$7,686	71.5	67	233	47	370345001435
187	Hendersonville Middle	Public	6-8	825 North Whitted Street	Hendersonville	28791	Henderson County	Henderson County Schools	No	No	No	No	(828) 697-4800	540	37	14.5	49.6%	337 (62.4%)	46 (8.5%)	102 (18.9%)	7 (1.3%)	3 (0.6%)	5 (0.9%)	40 (7.4%)	$10,377	$1,128	$9,249	71.3	66.8	234	47	370210000929
188	Queen's Grant Community School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	6400 Matthews Mint Hill Road	Mint Hill	28227	Mecklenburg County	Queen's Grant Community School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(704) 573-6611	1,335	62	21.4	41.3%	638 (47.8%)	357 (26.7%)	218 (16.3%)	27 (2.0%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	94 (7.0%)				71.2	58.9	295	107	370012702612
189	Union Day School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-11	3000 Tilley Morris Road	Weddington	28104	Union County	Union Day School	Yes	No	No	No	(704) 256-1494	638	48	13.3		342 (53.6%)	100 (15.7%)	103 (16.1%)	47 (7.4%)	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (6.6%)				71	52.5	365	176	370040303399
190	Mint Hill Middle	Public	6-8	11501 Idlewild Road	Matthews	28105	Mecklenburg County	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	No	No	No	No	(980) 343-5439	878	49	18	49.9%	276 (31.4%)	234 (26.7%)	248 (28.2%)	70 (8.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	48 (5.5%)	$8,224	$573	$7,651	70.8	66.8	235	45	370297002677
191	Alpha Academy	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	8030 Raeford Road	Fayetteville	28304	Cumberland County	Alpha Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(910) 223-7711	960	55	17.5	67.5%	109 (11.4%)	509 (53.0%)	203 (21.1%)	23 (2.4%)	9 (0.9%)	15 (1.6%)	92 (9.6%)				70.8	70.4	207	16	370010302511
192	Mountain Discovery	Public, Charter	K-8	890 Jenkins Branch Rd N	Bryson City	28713	Swain County	Mountain Discovery Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(828) 488-1222	221	14	16.2		174 (78.7%)	4 (1.8%)	3 (1.4%)	3 (1.4%)	17 (7.7%)	1 (0.5%)	19 (8.6%)				70.7	60.9	282	90	370012902614
193	Piney Grove Middle School	Public	6-8	3415 Piney Grove Church Road	Lawsonville	27022	Stokes County	Stokes County Schools	No	No	No	No	(336) 593-4000	189	17	11.2	98.4%	165 (87.3%)	4 (2.1%)	13 (6.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (3.7%)	$10,513	$712	$9,800	70.6	67	232	39	370438002484
194	Bradford Preparatory School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	2502 Salome Church Rd	Charlotte	28262	Mecklenburg County	Bradford Preparatory School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(704) 549-0080	1,566	107	14.6		666 (42.5%)	542 (34.6%)	163 (10.4%)	74 (4.7%)	3 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	118 (7.5%)				70.6	70.6	204	10	370035603329
195	Career Academy and Technical School	Public	6-12	350 Old Murdock Rd	Troutman	28166	Iredell County	Iredell-Statesville Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 978-2791	103	17	6.1	18.4%	90 (87.4%)	7 (6.8%)	4 (3.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.9%)	$13,148	$1,046	$12,102	70.5			(n/a)	370231003206
196	Moncure School	Public	K-8	600 Moncure School Road	Moncure	27559	Chatham County	Chatham County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(919) 542-3725	176	14	13	98.3%	98 (55.7%)	23 (13.1%)	44 (25.0%)	1 (0.6%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (5.1%)	$11,877	$805	$11,072	70.5	64.3	258	62	370075000312
197	Francine Delany New School	Public, Charter	K-8	119 Brevard Road	Asheville	28806	Buncombe County	Francine Delany New School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(828) 236-9441	193	15	12.8		108 (56.0%)	41 (21.2%)	17 (8.8%)	4 (2.1%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (11.4%)				70.4	83.4	106	91	370001702069
198	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	632	52	12	33.9%	287 (45.4%)	69 (10.9%)	190 (30.1%)	29 (4.6%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	55 (8.7%)	$12,195	$336	$11,860	70.3	69.8	210	12	370072000301
199	Piedmont Middle	Public	6-8	2816 Sikes Mill Rd	Monroe	28110	Union County	Union County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 296-6350	980	53	18.4	40.8%	643 (65.6%)	58 (5.9%)	222 (22.7%)	28 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (3.0%)	$7,738	$507	$7,231	70.3	72.3	191	8	370462001800
200	Lufkin Road Middle	Public	6-8	1002 Lufkin Road	Apex	27539	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 387-4465	1,035	62	16.8	33.5%	499 (48.2%)	117 (11.3%)	228 (22.0%)	159 (15.4%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.2%)	29 (2.8%)	$9,106	$406	$8,700	70.2	80.9	125	75	370472002490

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