Best Elementary Schools in North Carolina for African American Students

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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, African American 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 6, 2023.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (African American vs All Students - 2023)
ID	Rank (of 933)	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 (African American)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (African American)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
370031403040	1	Endeavor Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	4879 One World Way	Wake Forest	27587	Wake County	Endeavor Charter	Yes	No	No	No	(919) 848-0333	757	51	14.8		592 (78.2%)	56 (7.4%)	30 (4.0%)	35 (4.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	44 (5.8%)								99.9%	97.1%	2.82%
370033002106	2	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	99.8%	99.1%	0.72%
370502002002	3	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	99.7%	93.7%	5.94%
370297003517	4	Rea Farms STEAM Academy	Public, Magnet	K-8	11532 Golf Links Drive	Charlotte	28277	Mecklenburg County	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(980) 343-0723	961	65	14.8	7.2%	413 (43.0%)	112 (11.7%)	104 (10.8%)	273 (28.4%)	6 (0.6%)	6 (0.6%)	47 (4.9%)								99.6%	98.9%	0.64%
370192000852	5	Summerfield Elementary	Public	K-5	7501 Summerfield Road	Summerfield	27358	Guilford County	Guilford County Schools	No	No	No	No	(336) 643-8444	564	37	15.4	15.4%	357 (63.3%)	42 (7.4%)	64 (11.3%)	76 (13.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (4.4%)	$8,674			$457			$8,217	99.5%	92.7%	6.72%
370237002856	6	Dixon Road Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	835 Dixon Road	Willow Spring	27592	Wake County	Johnston County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 894-7771	568	39	14.5	28.0%	356 (62.7%)	44 (7.7%)	135 (23.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (5.5%)	$9,295			$634			$8,661	99.4%	83.2%	16.13%
370008402454	7	Greensboro Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	4049 Battleground Ave	Greensboro	27410	Guilford County	Greensboro Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(336) 286-8404	763	33	23.4		381 (49.9%)	115 (15.1%)	48 (6.3%)	143 (18.7%)	4 (0.5%)	4 (0.5%)	68 (8.9%)								99.2%	97.5%	1.71%
370034403286	8	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	779	34	23	12.8%	417 (53.5%)	70 (9.0%)	59 (7.6%)	138 (17.7%)	6 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	89 (11.4%)								99.1%	97.2%	1.94%
370053002624	9	Cox Mill Elementary	Public, Magnet	K-5	1450 Cox Mill Road	Concord	28027	Cabarrus County	Cabarrus County Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(704) 260-6170	1,044	72	14.5	4.0%	339 (32.5%)	125 (12.0%)	60 (5.7%)	469 (44.9%)	4 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	46 (4.4%)	$8,388			$334			$8,054	99.0%	98.7%	0.30%
370462001809	10	Wesley Chapel Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	110 Potter Rd S	Monroe	28110	Union County	Union County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 296-3081	666	37	18	7.8%	427 (64.1%)	63 (9.5%)	69 (10.4%)	68 (10.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	37 (5.6%)	$9,378			$521			$8,857	98.9%	99.0%	0.07%

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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.