Best High Schools in North Carolina for Homeless 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, Homeless 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 6, 2023.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (Homeless vs All Students - 2023)
ID	Rank (of 45)	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 (Homeless)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Homeless)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
370126000385	1	Hillside High	Public, Magnet	9-12	3727 Fayetteville St	Durham	27707	Durham County	Durham Public Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(919) 560-3925	1,475	94	15.6	99.1%	29 (2.0%)	993 (67.3%)	392 (26.6%)	7 (0.5%)	3 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	50 (3.4%)	$11,407			$967			$10,441	97.8%	24.8%	73.02%
370294001179	2	McDowell High School	Public	9-12	600 McDowell High School Dr	Marion	28752	McDowell County	McDowell County Schools	No	No	No	No	(828) 652-7920	1,363	95	14.3	37.2%	1,053 (77.3%)	44 (3.2%)	191 (14.0%)	8 (0.6%)	4 (0.3%)	2 (0.1%)	61 (4.5%)	$9,698			$1,036			$8,662	95.6%	32.4%	63.13%
370192000830	3	Lucy Ragsdale High	Public	9-12	1000 Lucy Ragsdale Drive	Jamestown	27282	Guilford County	Guilford County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(336) 454-7400	1,317	82	16.1	43.4%	394 (29.9%)	475 (36.1%)	232 (17.6%)	142 (10.8%)	4 (0.3%)	2 (0.2%)	68 (5.2%)	$9,118			$1,022			$8,096	93.3%	23.2%	70.17%
370333002595	4	Eugene Ashley High	Public	9-12	555 Halyburton Memorial Parkwy	Wilmington	28412	New Hanover County	New Hanover County Schools	No	No	No	No	(910) 790-2360	1,931	107	18	18.7%	1,413 (73.2%)	137 (7.1%)	242 (12.5%)	24 (1.2%)	9 (0.5%)	1 (0.1%)	105 (5.4%)	$8,956			$596			$8,360	91.1%	63.6%	27.53%
370053000378	5	Concord High	Public, Magnet	9-12	481 Burrage Road NE	Concord	28025	Cabarrus County	Cabarrus County Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(704) 260-6000	991	71	14	40.3%	343 (34.6%)	270 (27.2%)	306 (30.9%)	20 (2.0%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	50 (5.0%)	$9,116			$520			$8,595	88.9%	25.9%	63.01%
370192000821	6	Eastern Guilford High	Public	9-12	415 Peeden Drive	Gibsonville	27249	Guilford County	Guilford County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(336) 449-6311	1,251	77	16.2	43.4%	241 (19.3%)	633 (50.6%)	244 (19.5%)	61 (4.9%)	7 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	65 (5.2%)	$9,137			$961			$8,176	86.7%	13.7%	72.93%
370297002324	7	Butler High School	Public	9-12	1810 Matthews-Mint Hill Rd	Matthews	28105	Mecklenburg County	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	No	No	No	No	(980) 343-6300	1,965	104	18.8	21.2%	626 (31.9%)	555 (28.2%)	580 (29.5%)	136 (6.9%)	4 (0.2%)	3 (0.2%)	61 (3.1%)	$8,714			$431			$8,282	84.4%	54.6%	29.81%
370297001229	8	Independence High School	Public	9-12	1967 Patriot Dr	Charlotte	28227	Mecklenburg County	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	No	No	No	No	(980) 343-6900	1,992	122	16.3	25.9%	446 (22.4%)	594 (29.8%)	775 (38.9%)	114 (5.7%)	6 (0.3%)	3 (0.2%)	54 (2.7%)	$9,395			$592			$8,803	82.2%	31.3%	50.91%
370472002560	9	Wakefield High	Public	9-12	2200 Wakefield Pines Drive	Raleigh	27614	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 562-3600	2,151	114	18.9	19.9%	953 (44.3%)	637 (29.6%)	377 (17.5%)	104 (4.8%)	5 (0.2%)	2 (0.1%)	73 (3.4%)	$8,642			$337			$8,306	80.0%	66.1%	13.87%
370472003472	10	South Garner High	Public	9-12	8228 Hebron Church Rd	Garner	27529	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(919) 694-7711	1,809	107	16.9	40.9%	281 (15.5%)	835 (46.2%)	589 (32.6%)	38 (2.1%)	5 (0.3%)	5 (0.3%)	56 (3.1%)	$10,505			$368			$10,137	77.8%	46.3%	31.45%

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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.