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 4, 2024.

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School														Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (English Language Learner vs All Students - 2024)					ID
Rank (of 262)	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	City of Medicine Academy	Public	9-12	301 Crutchfield Road	Durham	27704	Durham County	Durham Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 560-2001	336	23	14.4	62.8%	25 (7.4%)	135 (40.2%)	155 (46.1%)	12 (3.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.7%)	$12,056			$1,005			$11,051	99.6%	82.5%	17.12%			370126003112
2	Green Level High	Public	9-12	7600 Roberts Rd	Cary	27519	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 694-8222	2,149	107	20	6.2%	837 (38.9%)	117 (5.4%)	129 (6.0%)	974 (45.3%)	8 (0.4%)	5 (0.2%)	79 (3.7%)								99.2%	91.9%	7.36%			370472003495
3	Panther Creek High	Public	9-12	6770 McCrimmon Parkway	Cary	27519	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 463-8656	2,561	118	21.6	16.6%	681 (26.6%)	391 (15.3%)	198 (7.7%)	1,170 (45.7%)	14 (0.5%)	2 (0.1%)	105 (4.1%)	$7,426			$339			$7,087	98.9%	83.0%	15.89%			370472002810
4	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	3,605	172	21	15.6%	1,556 (43.2%)	412 (11.4%)	427 (11.8%)	1,095 (30.4%)	5 (0.1%)	11 (0.3%)	99 (2.7%)	$7,345			$428			$6,917	98.5%	82.8%	15.66%			370297002910
5	Providence High School	Public	9-12	1800 Pineville-Matthews Rd	Charlotte	28270	Mecklenburg County	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	No	No	No	No	(980) 343-5390	2,126	100	21.3	16.2%	1,312 (61.7%)	180 (8.5%)	249 (11.7%)	319 (15.0%)	1 (0.0%)	2 (0.1%)	63 (3.0%)	$8,296			$371			$7,925	98.1%	88.9%	9.19%			370297002220
6	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	1,341	79	17		338 (25.2%)	135 (10.1%)	60 (4.5%)	633 (47.2%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	174 (13.0%)								97.7%	84.4%	13.33%			370032403259
7	Green Hope High	Public	9-12	2500 Carpenter Upchurch Road	Cary	27519	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 380-3700	2,126	110	19.3	10.6%	981 (46.1%)	125 (5.9%)	136 (6.4%)	811 (38.1%)	6 (0.3%)	2 (0.1%)	65 (3.1%)	$7,421			$399			$7,021	97.3%	86.3%	11.08%			370472002489
8	Jack Britt High	Public	9-12	7403 Rockfish Road	Fayetteville	28306	Cumberland County	Cumberland County Schools	No	No	No	No	(910) 429-2800	1,916	99	19.3	39.4%	612 (31.9%)	607 (31.7%)	391 (20.4%)	109 (5.7%)	18 (0.9%)	6 (0.3%)	173 (9.0%)	$7,975			$881			$7,094	96.9%	75.6%	21.32%			370001102512
9	Northwest Guilford High	Public	9-12	5240 Northwest School Road	Greensboro	27409	Guilford County	Guilford County Schools	No	No	No	No	(336) 605-3300	2,042	98	20.7	19.3%	1,390 (68.1%)	163 (8.0%)	218 (10.7%)	185 (9.1%)	5 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	81 (4.0%)	$7,290			$511			$6,779	96.6%	81.7%	14.85%			370192000838
10	Manteo High School	Public	9-12	829 Wingina Avenue	Manteo	27954	Dare County	Dare County Schools	No	No	No	No	(252) 473-5841	530	38	13.8	39.4%	342 (64.5%)	17 (3.2%)	142 (26.8%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (5.1%)	$12,230			$507			$11,723	96.2%	74.2%	21.96%			370111000457

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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 4, 2024, 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.