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.

JUST IN! North Carolina EOC test scores and updated rankings for the 2022-23 school year were recently posted to SchoolDigger!

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.

School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (English Language Learner vs All Students - 2023)
ID	Rank (of 226)	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)
370053003083	1	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	1,727	87	19.9	6.1%	838 (48.5%)	364 (21.1%)	134 (7.8%)	289 (16.7%)	7 (0.4%)	6 (0.3%)	89 (5.2%)	$7,456			$383			$7,073	99.6%	83.2%	16.33%
370472002489	2	Green Hope High	Public	9-12	2500 Carpenter Upchurch Road	Cary	27519	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 380-3700	2,070	107	19.2	4.6%	1,026 (49.6%)	133 (6.4%)	131 (6.3%)	712 (34.4%)	2 (0.1%)	2 (0.1%)	64 (3.1%)	$7,421			$399			$7,021	99.1%	88.0%	11.10%
370472003495	3	Green Level High	Public	9-12	7600 Roberts Rd	Cary	27519	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 694-8222	1,936	96	20.1	3.4%	850 (43.9%)	127 (6.6%)	126 (6.5%)	765 (39.5%)	3 (0.2%)	3 (0.2%)	62 (3.2%)								98.7%	89.0%	9.69%
370472002810	4	Panther Creek High	Public	9-12	6770 McCrimmon Parkway	Cary	27519	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 463-8656	2,326	115	20.2	7.4%	720 (31.0%)	369 (15.9%)	197 (8.5%)	924 (39.7%)	9 (0.4%)	5 (0.2%)	102 (4.4%)	$7,426			$339			$7,087	98.2%	84.3%	13.89%
370297002910	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	3,494	165	21.1	4.8%	1,703 (48.7%)	436 (12.5%)	375 (10.7%)	872 (25.0%)	5 (0.1%)	6 (0.2%)	97 (2.8%)	$7,345			$428			$6,917	97.8%	85.9%	11.85%
370472003351	6	Apex Friendship High	Public	9-12	7801 Humie Olive Rd	Apex	27502	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 694-0500	2,776	136	20.4	4.4%	1,917 (69.1%)	207 (7.5%)	265 (9.5%)	263 (9.5%)	7 (0.3%)	2 (0.1%)	115 (4.1%)	$7,834			$322			$7,511	97.3%	85.1%	12.20%
370297002220	7	Providence High School	Public	9-12	1800 Pineville-Matthews Rd	Charlotte	28270	Mecklenburg County	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	No	No	No	No	(980) 343-5390	2,025	101	20	5.2%	1,367 (67.5%)	178 (8.8%)	171 (8.4%)	252 (12.4%)	2 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	55 (2.7%)	$8,296			$371			$7,925	96.9%	89.6%	7.29%
370126001547	8	Durham School of the Arts	Public, Magnet	6-12	401 North Duke Street	Durham	27701	Durham County	Durham Public Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(919) 560-3926	1,763	117	15	21.7%	617 (35.0%)	462 (26.2%)	533 (30.2%)	57 (3.2%)	3 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	91 (5.2%)	$10,260			$523			$9,737	96.5%	81.2%	15.31%
370126003112	9	City of Medicine Academy	Public	9-12	301 Crutchfield Road	Durham	27704	Durham County	Durham Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 560-2001	352	25	13.9	36.6%	26 (7.4%)	138 (39.2%)	164 (46.6%)	10 (2.8%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.4%)	$12,056			$1,005			$11,051	96.0%	71.2%	24.77%
370053002833	10	Hickory Ridge High	Public	9-12	7321 Raging Ridge Road	Harrisburg	28075	Cabarrus County	Cabarrus County Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 260-6630	1,683	85	19.8	9.8%	867 (51.5%)	414 (24.6%)	170 (10.1%)	145 (8.6%)	8 (0.5%)	1 (0.1%)	78 (4.6%)	$7,738			$474			$7,264	95.6%	78.3%	17.30%

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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 6, 2023, 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. School Attendance Areas provided by ATTOM.