Best Elementary Schools in North Carolina for Low Socio Economic Status 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, Low Socio Economic Status 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 EOG 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 (Low Socio Economic Status vs All Students - 2025)					ID
Rank (of 1437)	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 (Low Socio Economic Status)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Low Socio Economic Status)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)	ID
1	Wesley Chapel Elementary	Public	K-5	110 Potter Rd S	Monroe	28110	Union County	Union County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 296-3081	729	48	15.3	14.4%	423 (58.0%)	51 (7.0%)	70 (9.6%)	142 (19.5%)	10 (1.4%)	1 (0.1%)	32 (4.4%)	$9,378			$521			$8,857	99.9%	99.8%	0.13%			370462001809
2	Chocowinity Primary	Public	PK, KG-4	606 Gray Road	Chocowinity	27817	Beaufort County	Beaufort County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(252) 946-3881	484	33	14.5	98.8%	244 (50.4%)	115 (23.8%)	72 (14.9%)	4 (0.8%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	46 (9.5%)	$10,834			$1,481			$9,353	99.9%	98.0%	1.87%			370033002106
3	The Math and Science Academy of Apex	Public, Charter	K-7	3501 Dropseed Dr.	Apex	27502	Wake County	The Math and Science Academy of Apex	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(919) 335-0262	1,080	59	18.3		223 (20.6%)	65 (6.0%)	41 (3.8%)	671 (62.1%)	13 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	67 (6.2%)								99.8%	99.5%	0.33%			370048203619
4	Summerfield Charter Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	5303 Hwy 220 N	Summerfield	27358	Guilford County	Summerfield Charter Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(336) 643-1974	774	33	23.4	19.8%	447 (57.8%)	65 (8.4%)	46 (5.9%)	158 (20.4%)	5 (0.6%)	2 (0.3%)	51 (6.6%)								99.7%	97.6%	2.14%			370034403286
5	Polo Ridge Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	11830 Tom Short Rd	Charlotte	28277	Mecklenburg County	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	No	No	No	No	(980) 343-0749	634	37	17.1	18.5%	311 (49.1%)	43 (6.8%)	60 (9.5%)	176 (27.8%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	42 (6.6%)	$8,446			$380			$8,066	99.7%	99.5%	0.12%			370297003032
6	Anderson Creek Academy	Public, Charter	K-5	4940 Ray Road	Spring Lake	28390	Harnett County	Anderson Creek Academy	Yes	No	No	No	(910) 814-9001	305	20	15.2		174 (57.0%)	36 (11.8%)	45 (14.8%)	2 (0.7%)	9 (3.0%)	2 (0.7%)	37 (12.1%)								99.6%	94.8%	4.75%			370038103322
7	Antioch Elementary	Public	K-5	3101 Antioch Church Road	Matthews	28104	Union County	Union County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 296-3005	816	51	16	8.9%	528 (64.7%)	41 (5.0%)	81 (9.9%)	119 (14.6%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	44 (5.4%)	$8,494			$443			$8,051	99.5%	99.0%	0.52%			370462002740
8	NC Leadership Charter Academy	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	4353 High Point Rd	Kernersville	27284	Forsyth County	NC Leadership Charter Academy	Yes	No	No	No	(336) 992-2710	1,209	66	18.3		880 (72.8%)	83 (6.9%)	119 (9.8%)	39 (3.2%)	10 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	78 (6.5%)								99.4%	97.3%	2.13%			370034303289
9	Ogden Elementary	Public	K-5	3637 Middle Sound Rd	Wilmington	28411	New Hanover County	New Hanover County Schools	No	No	No	No	(910) 686-6464	619	39	15.9	17.6%	541 (87.4%)	7 (1.1%)	36 (5.8%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	31 (5.0%)	$9,099			$487			$8,612	99.4%	98.5%	0.85%			370333001385
10	Cliffside Elementary School	Public	K-5	4016 US Hwy 221-A	Cliffside	28024	Rutherford County	Rutherford County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(828) 288-2235	188	13	14.9	94.7%	133 (70.7%)	11 (5.9%)	32 (17.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (5.9%)	$11,539			$1,925			$9,614	99.3%	89.9%	9.37%			370408001637

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on EOG Mathematics, EOG Reading, EOG Science 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.