Best Schools for Hispanic Students in North Carolina (2026)

These are the North Carolina public schools where hispanic students scored highest on the state reading and math tests, ranked by the average of the two proficiency rates. Only schools with at least 20 tested hispanic students are included. The list reflects how students in this group perform at each school; it is not a ranking of schools by their demographic makeup.

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Elementary schools

#	School	Reading	Math	Tested	Overall Repit grade
1	Marvin Elementary Marvin	90%	90%	20	A+
2	Parkside Elementary Morrisville	90%	70%	26	A
3	White Oak Elementary Apex	90%	70%	20	A+
4	Southwest Elementary High Point	75%	75%	47	B+
5	Hawk Ridge Elementary Charlotte	75%	75%	42	A
6	New Town Elementary Waxhaw	65%	85%	32	A
7	Olive Chapel Elementary Apex	75%	75%	39	A+
8	Polo Ridge Elementary Charlotte	70%	70%	22	A+
9	Providence Spring Elementary Charlotte	70%	70%	25	A
10	Pinehurst Elementary Pinehurst	70%	70%	20	A+
11	McKee Road Elementary Charlotte	65%	75%	31	A+
12	St James Elementary Denver	70%	70%	24	A
13	Lake Norman Elementary Mooresville	65%	75%	43	B+
14	Jamestown Elementary Jamestown	70%	70%	25	A
15	Colfax Elementary Colfax	75%	65%	35	A
16	W R Odell Elementary Concord	62%	77%	63	A+
17	W Jesse Gurganus Elementary Havelock	70%	70%	22	A+
18	Creekside Elementary New Bern	70%	70%	21	B+
19	Topsail Annandale Elementary School Hampstead	70%	70%	24	A+
20	EP Pearce Elementary Greensboro	75%	65%	42	A
21	Moravian Falls Elementary School Moravian Falls	55%	85%	47	A
22	Hortons Creek Elementary Cary	70%	70%	24	A+
23	Highcroft Elementary Cary	70%	70%	22	B+
24	Sandy Ridge Elementary Waxhaw	70%	70%	27	A+
25	Kensington Elementary Waxhaw	72%	67%	62	A+

Middle schools

#	School	Reading	Math	Tested	Overall Repit grade
1	Marvin Ridge Middle Waxhaw	82%	87%	64	A+
2	The Brawley School Mooresville	75%	85%	35	A+
3	Oakwood Middle IB School Statesville	77%	77%	88	A+
4	Cuthbertson Middle Waxhaw	82%	72%	98	A+
5	Weddington Middle Matthews	67%	82%	99	A+
6	Greensboro Academy Greensboro	70%	70%	30	A+
7	Envision Science Academy Wake Forest	75%	65%	34	A+
8	Pamlico County Middle Bayboro	70%	70%	25	B+
9	Piedmont Middle School Charlotte	72%	62%	160	A+
10	Union Prep Academy at Indian Trail Indian Trail	72%	62%	127	B+
11	Hope Middle Greenville	62%	67%	75	A+
12	Classical Charter Schools of Leland Leland	65%	65%	42	B+
13	Jay M. Robinson Middle Charlotte	62%	67%	105	A+
14	Community House Middle Charlotte	67%	62%	168	A+
15	Summerfield Charter Academy Summerfield	75%	55%	40	A+
16	Mills Park Middle Cary	67%	62%	89	A+
17	Davis Drive Middle Cary	65%	65%	50	A+
18	Seventy-First Classical Middle Fayetteville	75%	52%	60	A+
19	Cramerton Middle Cramerton	57%	67%	80	A
20	STEM Early High Henderson	62%	62%	81	B
21	Heritage Middle Wake Forest	62%	62%	90	B+
22	Burns Middle Lawndale	57%	67%	62	C
23	Hickory Ridge Middle Harrisburg	57%	62%	94	A+
24	Harris Road Middle Concord	62%	57%	126	A+
25	Peak Charter Academy Apex	65%	55%	55	A+

High schools

#	School	Reading	Math	Tested	Overall Repit grade
1	Weddington High Matthews	95%	—	33	A+
2	J D Clement Early College HS Durham	—	90%	0	A+
3	Woods Charter Chapel Hill	90%	90%	26	A+
4	Challenger Early College High Hickory	90%	—	20	A+
5	Vernon Malone College and Career Academy Raleigh	90%	—	29	A+
6	Early College of Forsyth Co Winston Salem	90%	—	22	A+
7	Lee Early College Sanford	—	90%	18	A+
8	Char Eng Early College-UNCC Charlotte	90%	—	22	A+
9	Montgomery County Early College Troy	90%	—	23	A+
10	Central Academy of Technology and Arts Monroe	90%	—	21	A+
11	NRM Early College High School Rocky Mount	90%	—	29	A+
12	Sampson Early College High Clinton	90%	90%	25	A+
13	Randolph Early College High School Asheboro	85%	90%	31	A+
14	Cuthbertson High Waxhaw	85%	90%	49	A+
15	Surry Early College Dobson	85%	90%	31	A+
16	Providence High School Charlotte	95%	70%	33	A+
17	Atkins Academic & Tech High Winston-salem	75%	90%	50	A+
18	Green Hope High Cary	90%	70%	25	A+
19	Apex Friendship High Apex	75%	75%	58	A+
20	Green Level High Cary	75%	—	33	A+
21	Pine Lake Preparatory Mooresville	75%	75%	43	A+
22	Wake Young Women's Leadership Academy Raleigh	75%	75%	42	A+
23	Ardrey Kell High School Charlotte	72%	75%	99	A+
24	Ronald W Reagan High School Pfafftown	72%	75%	63	A+
25	Panther Creek High Cary	75%	70%	51	A+

Source: U.S. Department of Education EDFacts (state assessment results by student group) via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Small schools report results as ranges; we use the midpoint. Methodology

Best Schools for Hispanic Students in North Carolina (2026)

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