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SCORE Academy

Q: Is SCORE Academy a good school?

SCORE Academy ranks in the bottom 1.2% of North Carolina high schools.

Q: How many students attend SCORE Academy?

In the 2024-25 school year, 584 students attended SCORE Academy.

Q: What is the racial makeup of SCORE Academy?

Students at SCORE Academy are 36% African American, 30% Hispanic, 28% White, 4% Two or more races, 2% Asian.

Public Grades 9-12

633^rd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 641 North Carolina High Schools

Better than 1% of North Carolina high schools

Summary

SCORE Academy is a public high school in Cary, North Carolina, serving 581 students in grades 9-12. The school is part of the Wake County Schools district, which is ranked 60 out of 242 districts in the state.

Despite the district's strong performance, SCORE Academy consistently ranks in the bottom 20% of North Carolina high schools, with significantly lower academic outcomes than the district and state averages. The school's proficiency rates on end-of-course exams in subjects like Biology, English II, and Math III are around 17-19%, compared to 59.6-76% statewide. SCORE Academy's graduation rate of 87-91% is also slightly below the state average of 87.7%. The school serves a high-poverty student population, with 51.59% to 83.52% of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch.

Interestingly, SCORE Academy is located in close proximity to several high-performing schools, such as Apex High, Wake Young Women's Leadership Academy, and Wake STEM Early College High School, which all significantly outperform SCORE Academy on academic measures. Despite SCORE Academy's higher per-student spending of $16,937 compared to the nearby schools, the school's academic outcomes remain significantly below the district and state averages.

584

Students ?

18.3

Student/teacher ratio ?

$16,937

Per pupil spending ?

99.5%

Free/discounted lunch ?

5651 Dillard Dr
Cary, NC 27518

(919) 694-8560

District: Wake County Schools

Racial breakdown:

African American:

36.0%

Hispanic:

29.8%

White:

28.1%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 5th percentile in 2019 → 1st in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the North Carolina average (12% vs 58% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (1st percentile)

!Graduation rate below the North Carolina average (57% vs 88%)

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school12%

District avg69%

North Carolina avg58%

633^rd of 641

North Carolina public high schools ?

Bottom 1%▼ down 4 pts since 2019

From bottom 5% (2019) to bottom 1% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

32^nd of 32High Schools in the Wake County Schools

60^th of 242Wake County Schools among North Carolina districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	2.7	633 of 641	1.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	3.9	624 of 640	2.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	2.4	619 of 626	1.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	5.5	602 of 621	3.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	4.0	486 of 514	5.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	3.4	438 of 440	0.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	10.0	433 of 437	0.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	13.1	420 of 430	2.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	10.1	354 of 369	4.1%	☆☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	0.8	610 of 610	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	1.1	602 of 602	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	1.6	587 of 588	0.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	5.7	580 of 594	2.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	4.4	462 of 462	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	5.2	453 of 454	0.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	8.1	444 of 449	1.1%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	4.9	600 of 606	1.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	6.8	602 of 613	1.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	2.3	444 of 446	0.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	3.7	595 of 601	1.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	6.0	590 of 607	2.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	2.7	599 of 602	0.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	3.2	585 of 585	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	5.4	471 of 488	3.5%	☆☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2023	1.4	533 of 537	0.7%	☆☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Male (2025)1st percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)1st percentile~ school

White (2023)1st percentile~ school

African American (2025)<1st percentile~ school

Female (2025)<1st percentile~ school

Hispanic (2025)<1st percentile~ school

By subject vs North Carolina (2024-2025) ?

Math III19%-48 vs state

English II17%-42 vs state

Biology5%-43 vs state

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Schools Near SCORE Academy

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				EOC Biology (2025)	EOC English II (2025)	EOC Math I (2025)	EOC Math III (2025)	EOG Mathematics (2025)			EOG Reading (2025)			EOG Science (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	EOC Biology End of Course	EOC English II End of Course	EOC Math I End of Course	EOC Math III End of Course	EOG Mathematics 6th Grade	EOG Mathematics 7th Grade	EOG Mathematics 8th Grade	EOG Reading 6th Grade	EOG Reading 7th Grade	EOG Reading 8th Grade	EOG Science 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Crossroads FLEX	Public, Virtual	9-12	5651 Dillard Dr	Cary	27518	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	Yes	No	(919) 694-8515	139	6	23.4	5.8%	95 (68.3%)	9 (6.5%)	13 (9.4%)	13 (9.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (6.5%)	92.5	56^th of 641 public high schools	91.3%		89.2	87^th of 640 public high schools	86.4%	31	73.3	100.0		99.9								$9,819	$232	$9,587
SCORE Academy	Public	9-12	5651 Dillard Dr	Cary	27518	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 694-8560	584	32	18.3	99.5%	164 (28.1%)	210 (36.0%)	174 (29.8%)	12 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	23 (3.9%)	2.7	633^rd of 641 public high schools	1.2%		3.9	624^th of 640 public high schools	2.5%	9	5.3	17.1		18.8								$16,937	$337	$16,599
Wake STEM Early College High School	Public	9-12	2205 Walnut Street	Cary	27518	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 694-8130	294	15	20.2	35.7%	98 (33.3%)	40 (13.6%)	84 (28.6%)	60 (20.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (4.1%)	96.4	6^th of 641 public high schools	99.1%		93.9	43^rd of 640 public high schools	93.3%	37	93.4	98.6	90.9									$10,774	$232	$10,542
Athens Drive High	Public, Magnet	9-12	1420 Athens Drive	Raleigh	27606	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(919) 233-4050	2,156	125	17.1	44.0%	913 (42.3%)	543 (25.2%)	474 (22.0%)	152 (7.1%)	2 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	72 (3.3%)	49.7	303^rd of 641 public high schools	52.7%		54.7	264^th of 640 public high schools	58.8%	39	45.5	65.0	28.1	72.8								$9,473	$614	$8,859
Cary High	Public	9-12	638 Walnut St	Cary	27511	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 460-3549	2,044	117	17.4	38.6%	879 (43.0%)	352 (17.2%)	597 (29.2%)	114 (5.6%)	6 (0.3%)	2 (0.1%)	94 (4.6%)	62.1	218^th of 641 public high schools	66.0%		50.5	296^th of 640 public high schools	53.8%	78	63.4	70.2	31.4	73.9								$8,602	$403	$8,198
Wake Young Women's Leadership Academy	Public	6-12	301 Ashe Avenue	Raleigh	27606	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 508-9088	337	21	15.9	34.4%	118 (35.0%)	111 (32.9%)	59 (17.5%)	25 (7.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (7.1%)	86.7	99^th of 641 public high schools	84.6%		89.8	78^th of 640 public high schools	87.8%	21	63.8	97.2		100.0	87.7	98.0	92.9	87.7	94.2	100.0	83.9	$11,659	$232	$11,427
Longleaf School of the Arts	Public, Charter	9-12	322 Chapanoke Road	Raleigh	27603	Wake County	Longleaf School of the Arts	Yes	No	No	No	(919) 896-8164	405	32	12.6		254 (62.7%)	74 (18.3%)	48 (11.9%)	8 (2.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (4.9%)	73	164^th of 641 public high schools	74.4%		60.6	231^st of 640 public high schools	63.9%	67	80.9	83.8	47.8	68.4
Vernon Malone College and Career Academy	Public	9-12	2200 S Wilmington St	Raleigh	27603	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 856-8119	348	22	15.8	45.1%	90 (25.9%)	136 (39.1%)	90 (25.9%)	11 (3.2%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (5.2%)	78.1	141^st of 641 public high schools	78.0%		76.4	149^th of 640 public high schools	76.7%	8	71.4	76.2	66.7	79.3								$12,204	$705	$11,499
Needham Broughton High	Public, Magnet	9-12	723 Saint Marys St	Raleigh	27605	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(919) 856-7810	2,153	118	18.2	28.1%	1,259 (58.5%)	423 (19.6%)	342 (15.9%)	52 (2.4%)	2 (0.1%)	1 (0.0%)	74 (3.4%)	68	185^th of 641 public high schools	71.1%		56.2	253^rd of 640 public high schools	60.5%	68	69.6	74.6	16.0	79.4								$9,028	$494	$8,535
Apex High	Public	9-12	1501 Laura Duncan Road	Apex	27502	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 387-2208	2,449	123	19.9	22.5%	1,422 (58.1%)	230 (9.4%)	378 (15.4%)	311 (12.7%)	2 (0.1%)	8 (0.3%)	98 (4.0%)	69.9	175^th of 641 public high schools	72.7%		72.5	169^th of 640 public high schools	73.6%	6	59.7	75.9	47.8	78.9								$8,281	$390	$7,891

Frequently Asked Questions about SCORE Academy

Is SCORE Academy a good school?

SCORE Academy ranks in the bottom 1.2% of North Carolina high schools.

What is the racial makeup of SCORE Academy?

Students at SCORE Academy are 36% African American, 30% Hispanic, 28% White, 4% Two or more races, 2% Asian.

How many students attend SCORE Academy?

In the 2024-25 school year, 584 students attended SCORE Academy.

What district is SCORE Academy in?

Wake County Schools

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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.

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