Best Middle Schools in North Carolina

School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (2021 vs 2019)
ID	Rank (of 733)	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 (2021)	Average Standard Score (2019)	Rank (2019)	Rank Change from 2019	SchoolDigger Rating (2021)
370004502360	1	Magellan Charter	Public, Charter	3-8	9324 Baileywick Road	Raleigh	27615	Wake County	Magellan Charter	Yes	No	No	No	(919) 844-0277	406	29	14		309 (76.1%)	11 (2.7%)	15 (3.7%)	26 (6.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	45 (11.1%)								99.6	97.2	11	10	R5
370009902496	2	Quest Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	10908 Strickland Road	Raleigh	27615	Wake County	Quest Academy	Yes	No	No	No	(919) 841-0441	143	10	14.3		112 (78.3%)	5 (3.5%)	2 (1.4%)	4 (2.8%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (13.3%)								99.6	97.9	5	3	R5
370192002732	3	Brown Summit Middle	Public, Magnet	6-8	4720 NC Highway 150 East	Browns Summit	27214	Guilford County	Guilford County Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(336) 656-0432	244	13	18.6	16.8%	141 (57.8%)	48 (19.7%)	17 (7.0%)	17 (7.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (8.6%)	$9,102			$528			$8,574	99.5	98.1	3		R5
370231000989	4	The Brawley School	Public	6-8	132 Swift Arrow Drive	Mooresville	28117	Iredell County	Iredell-Statesville Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 892-4711	490	27	18.2	4.7%	384 (78.4%)	5 (1.0%)	23 (4.7%)	54 (11.0%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	21 (4.3%)	$7,657			$294			$7,363	99.5	98.5	2	2	R5
370031403040	5	Endeavor Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	4879 One World Way	Wake Forest	27587	Wake County	Endeavor Charter	Yes	No	No	No	(919) 848-0333	513	34	15		409 (79.7%)	30 (5.8%)	18 (3.5%)	27 (5.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (5.5%)								99.4	97.7	6	1	R5
370472003205	6	Mills Park Middle	Public	6-8	441 Mills Park Drive	Cary	27519	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 466-1500	1,746	90	19.3	6.1%	703 (40.3%)	149 (8.5%)	100 (5.7%)	727 (41.6%)	11 (0.6%)	3 (0.2%)	53 (3.0%)	$7,648			$376			$7,272	99.2	97.3	9	3	R5
370035403319	7	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	359	29	12.4		296 (82.5%)	5 (1.4%)	22 (6.1%)	7 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	28 (7.8%)								99.1	96	14	7	R5
370231002299	8	Northview School	Public	6-8	625 Carolina Ave N	Statesville	28677	Iredell County	Iredell-Statesville Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 873-7354	482	27	17.5	30.5%	321 (66.6%)	37 (7.7%)	85 (17.6%)	12 (2.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (5.4%)	$7,885			$316			$7,568	98.7	97.6	7	1	R5
370034603302	9	Southeastern Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	12251 NC HWY 41 North	Lumberton	28358	Robeson County	Southeastern Academy	Yes	No	No	No	(910) 738-7828	218	16	13.6		147 (67.4%)	19 (8.7%)	2 (0.9%)	4 (1.8%)	36 (16.5%)	1 (0.5%)	9 (4.1%)								98.7	94.5	22	13	R5
370462002413	10	Weddington Middle	Public	6-8	5903 Deal Road	Matthews	28104	Union County	Union County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 296-6318	1,240	61	20.3	4.1%	912 (73.5%)	72 (5.8%)	90 (7.3%)	123 (9.9%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.2%)	40 (3.2%)	$6,716			$201			$6,515	98.3	97.9	4	6	R5

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