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.

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

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (Low Socio Economic Status vs All Students - 2023)
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)
370033002106	1	Chocowinity Primary	Public	PK, KG-4	606 Gray Road	Chocowinity	27817	Beaufort County	Beaufort County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(252) 946-3881	476	38	12.5	99.4%	235 (49.4%)	133 (27.9%)	64 (13.4%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (8.4%)	$10,834			$1,481			$9,353	99.9%	99.1%	0.86%
370204000900	2	Riverbend Elementary	Public	K-5	71 Learning Lane	Clyde	28721	Haywood County	Haywood County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(828) 627-6565	192	15	13	30.7%	178 (92.7%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (3.6%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.1%)	$10,871			$924			$9,947	99.9%	99.5%	0.39%
370333002336	3	Dr Hubert Eaton Senior Elementary	Public	K-5	6701 Gordon Road	Wilmington	28405	New Hanover County	New Hanover County Schools	No	No	No	No	(910) 397-1544	450	31	14.3	14.0%	345 (76.7%)	40 (8.9%)	30 (6.7%)	11 (2.4%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (4.9%)	$10,965			$754			$10,211	99.8%	94.9%	4.92%
370333001385	4	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	626	41	15.2	8.6%	535 (85.5%)	9 (1.4%)	45 (7.2%)	6 (1.0%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	29 (4.6%)	$9,099			$487			$8,612	99.7%	99.4%	0.32%
370042000130	5	Union Elementary	Public	K-5	180 Union School Road NW	Shallotte	28470	Brunswick County	Brunswick County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(910) 756-5900	539	36	14.9	99.4%	363 (67.3%)	45 (8.3%)	87 (16.1%)	10 (1.9%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	32 (5.9%)	$10,404			$975			$9,429	99.7%	96.4%	3.25%
370502002005	6	Rock Ridge Elementary	Public	K-5	6605 Rock Ridge School Rd	Wilson	27893	Wilson County	Wilson County Schools	No	No	No	No	(252) 399-7955	447	27	16.5	21.3%	232 (51.9%)	42 (9.4%)	153 (34.2%)	3 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (3.6%)	$8,909			$1,031			$7,878	99.6%	98.2%	1.38%
370502002004	7	New Hope Elementary	Public	K-5	4826 Packhouse Rd	Wilson	27896	Wilson County	Wilson County Schools	No	No	No	No	(252) 399-7950	430	29	14.7	21.4%	230 (53.5%)	81 (18.8%)	77 (17.9%)	26 (6.0%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	14 (3.3%)	$9,265			$666			$8,598	99.5%	95.7%	3.84%
370495001977	8	Moravian Falls Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2001 Moravian Falls Rd	Moravian Falls	28654	Wilkes County	Wilkes County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(336) 838-4077	246	17	14.7	98.4%	116 (47.2%)	6 (2.4%)	99 (40.2%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (9.8%)	$10,558			$1,631			$8,927	99.4%	95.3%	4.10%
370502002002	9	Lucama Elementary	Public	K-5	6260 Blalock Road	Lucama	27851	Wilson County	Wilson County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(252) 239-1257	352	22	15.7	44.0%	163 (46.3%)	68 (19.3%)	101 (28.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (5.7%)	$9,021			$1,340			$7,681	99.4%	93.7%	5.63%
370408001654	10	Sunshine Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	231 Toney Road	Bostic	28018	Rutherford County	Rutherford County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(828) 245-0658	192	18	10.7	97.9%	187 (97.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.0%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.0%)	$12,481			$1,748			$10,733	99.3%	94.3%	4.96%

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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 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.