Best High Schools in North Carolina for English Language Learner Students

Check out our new feature available only on SchoolDigger: rankings for different groups of students in North Carolina!

Every year, the North Carolina Dept of Public Instruction shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, English Language Learner students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish North Carolina test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

The list is updated annually upon the release of the EOC 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 (English Language Learner vs All Students - 2025)					ID
Rank (of 273)	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	Statewide Rank Percentile (English Language Learner)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (English Language Learner)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)	ID
1	Triangle Math and Science Academy	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	312 Gregson Dr.	Cary	27511	Wake County	Triangle Math and Science Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(919) 388-0077	1,904	117	16.2		424 (22.3%)	176 (9.2%)	80 (4.2%)	1,089 (57.2%)	19 (1.0%)	1 (0.1%)	115 (6.0%)								99.6%	93.9%	5.72%			370032403259
2	Triad Math and Science Academy	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	700 Creek Ridge Rd	Greensboro	27406	Guilford County	Triad Math and Science Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(336) 676-5350	1,374	88	15.5	97.8%	129 (9.4%)	696 (50.7%)	377 (27.4%)	57 (4.1%)	9 (0.7%)	2 (0.1%)	104 (7.6%)								99.3%	84.1%	15.18%			370031503031
3	Green Hope High	Public	9-12	2500 Carpenter Upchurch Road	Cary	27519	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 380-3700	2,304	112	20.5	12.5%	1,036 (45.0%)	149 (6.5%)	179 (7.8%)	852 (37.0%)	6 (0.3%)	5 (0.2%)	77 (3.3%)	$7,421			$399			$7,021	98.9%	85.5%	13.41%			370472002489
4	Green Level High	Public	9-12	7600 Roberts Rd	Cary	27519	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 694-8222	2,283	112	20.4	6.4%	820 (35.9%)	102 (4.5%)	135 (5.9%)	1,133 (49.6%)	8 (0.4%)	3 (0.1%)	82 (3.6%)								98.5%	94.2%	4.31%			370472003495
5	Ardrey Kell High School	Public	9-12	10220 Ardrey Kell Road	Charlotte	28277	Mecklenburg County	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	No	No	No	No	(980) 343-0860	3,036	146	20.8	14.7%	1,240 (40.8%)	321 (10.6%)	371 (12.2%)	1,010 (33.3%)	4 (0.1%)	8 (0.3%)	82 (2.7%)	$7,345			$428			$6,917	98.2%	84.7%	13.46%			370297002910
6	Providence High School	Public	9-12	1800 Pineville-Matthews Rd	Charlotte	28270	Mecklenburg County	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	No	No	No	No	(980) 343-5390	2,167	105	20.5	15.2%	1,340 (61.8%)	175 (8.1%)	254 (11.7%)	329 (15.2%)	1 (0.0%)	2 (0.1%)	66 (3.0%)	$8,296			$371			$7,925	97.8%	88.8%	9.03%			370297002220
7	Cox Mill High School	Public	9-12	1355 Cox Mill Rd	Concord	28027	Cabarrus County	Cabarrus County Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 260-6600	1,772	81	21.7	14.1%	673 (38.0%)	360 (20.3%)	168 (9.5%)	478 (27.0%)	7 (0.4%)	8 (0.5%)	78 (4.4%)	$7,456			$383			$7,073	97.4%	84.2%	13.19%			370053003083
8	Holly Springs High	Public	9-12	5329 Cass Holt Road	Holly Springs	27540	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 577-1444	2,018	103	19.6	13.8%	1,485 (73.6%)	156 (7.7%)	176 (8.7%)	120 (5.9%)	3 (0.1%)	1 (0.0%)	77 (3.8%)	$8,040			$403			$7,638	97.1%	80.7%	16.41%			370472002847
9	Apex Friendship High	Public	9-12	7801 Humie Olive Rd	Apex	27502	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 694-0500	2,748	131	21	11.2%	1,790 (65.1%)	188 (6.8%)	261 (9.5%)	390 (14.2%)	6 (0.2%)	3 (0.1%)	110 (4.0%)	$7,834			$322			$7,511	96.7%	83.5%	13.24%			370472003351
10	Cuthbertson High	Public	9-12	1400 Cuthbertson Rd	Waxhaw	28173	Union County	Union County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 296-0105	1,857	82	22.7	10.2%	1,324 (71.3%)	112 (6.0%)	175 (9.4%)	171 (9.2%)	3 (0.2%)	2 (0.1%)	70 (3.8%)	$7,116			$416			$6,700	96.3%	85.3%	11.00%			370462003093

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on EOC Biology, EOC English II, EOC Math I, EOC Math III 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.