Best Elementary Schools in North Carolina

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The list is updated annually upon the release of the EOG test scores by the North Carolina Dept of Public Instruction. The most recent update was on Wednesday, September 3, 2025.

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School														Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (2025 vs 2024)					ID
Rank (of 1490)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Rank (2024)	Rank Change from 2024	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	ID
1281	Dunn Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	800 W Harnett St	Dunn	28334	Harnett County	Harnett County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(910) 892-0126	813	58	13.9	99.5%	144 (17.7%)	353 (43.4%)	253 (31.1%)	5 (0.6%)	4 (0.5%)	1 (0.1%)	53 (6.5%)	$10,796			$1,629			$9,166	19.9	15.7	1352	71		370201000883
1282	Beulaville Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	138 Lyman Road	Beulaville	28518	Duplin County	Duplin County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(910) 298-3171	877	54	16.3	99.5%	527 (60.1%)	129 (14.7%)	179 (20.4%)	1 (0.1%)	3 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	37 (4.2%)	$11,549			$1,108			$10,441	19.9	16	1346	64		370120000493
1283	J.T. Barber Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1700 Cobb Street	New Bern	28560	Craven County	Craven County Board of Education	No	No	No	Yes	(252) 514-6460	270	22	12.3	96.3%	28 (10.4%)	159 (58.9%)	29 (10.7%)	32 (11.9%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.9%)	17 (6.3%)	$12,629			$2,198			$10,432	19.9	8	1446	163		370331000387
1284	Fayetteville Street Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2905 Fayetteville Street	Durham	27707	Durham County	Durham Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(919) 560-3944	261	21	12.6	97.3%	2 (0.8%)	119 (45.6%)	120 (46.0%)	16 (6.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.5%)	$12,761			$2,103			$10,658	19.8	26.9	1161	123		370126000480
1285	Scotland Neck Elementary Leadership Academy	Public	PK, KG-5	901 Junior High School Road	Scotland Neck	27874	Halifax County	Halifax County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(252) 826-4413	140	10	14	97.9%	4 (2.9%)	111 (79.3%)	17 (12.1%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.7%)	6 (4.3%)	$13,990			$3,067			$10,923	19.8	12.6	1393	108		370195000859
1286	Smith Elementary	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	1101 Maxwell Drive	Raleigh	27603	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(919) 662-2458	596	46	12.9	99.5%	120 (20.1%)	153 (25.7%)	255 (42.8%)	38 (6.4%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (0.7%)	25 (4.2%)	$12,653			$1,489			$11,164	19.6	35.8	997	289		370472001894
1287	Fairview Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	608 Fairview Street	High Point	27260	Guilford County	Guilford County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(336) 819-2890	442	29	15	99.1%	26 (5.9%)	239 (54.1%)	132 (29.9%)	37 (8.4%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.4%)	$12,489			$2,439			$10,050	19.5	23.1	1226	61		370192000954
1288	Forest Park Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2019 Milford Street	Winston Salem	27107	Forsyth County	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(336) 703-4291	522	46	11.3	99.4%	11 (2.1%)	120 (23.0%)	365 (69.9%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (4.4%)	$10,045			$2,088			$7,956	19.3	13.8	1381	93		370150000603
1289	KIPP Durham College Preparatory	Public, Charter	K-8	1107 Holloway Street	Durham	27701	Durham County	KIPP Durham College Preparatory	Yes	No	No	Yes	(919) 973-0285	380	26	14.9	99.2%	9 (2.4%)	180 (47.4%)	183 (48.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.8%)								19.2			(n/a)		370038503372
1290	Long Branch Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	10218 NC 72 East	Lumberton	28358	Robeson County	Public Schools of Robeson County	No	No	No	Yes	(910) 739-3864	428	23	18.4	98.6%	98 (22.9%)	123 (28.7%)	25 (5.8%)	0 (0.0%)	87 (20.3%)	1 (0.2%)	94 (22.0%)	$10,849			$1,890			$8,958	19.2	21.3	1260	30		370393001573

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on EOG Mathematics, EOG Reading, EOG Science test scores released by the North Carolina Dept of Public Instruction.
These rankings were last updated on September 3, 2025, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the North Carolina Dept of Public Instruction, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the North Carolina Dept of Public Instruction.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the North Carolina Dept of Public Instruction.