State overview
North Carolina
121 regular public school districts · 1,397,909 students
Academic standing
45th percentile
Estimate from 116 districts and 1,219,741 assessments
What stands out
Chronic absence is higher than in a typical state.
29.5% of students were chronically absent in the latest comparable data. Spending was 16% below a typical state. Open a local profile below to see how much results vary within North Carolina.
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Public school districts in North Carolina
The list includes regular public school districts and excludes charter, service and other education agencies. It is ranked by the selected topic when a comparable measure exists.
Return to the national view →Read the parent comparison guide →Chapel Hill-Carrboro City SchoolsCarrboro · NCES 370072071st percentileacademic standing · 2025Union County Public SchoolsMatthews · NCES 370462066th percentileacademic standing · 2025Wake County SchoolsRaleigh · NCES 370472059th percentileacademic standing · 2025Watauga County SchoolsSugar Grove · NCES 370483058th percentileacademic standing · 2025Cabarrus County SchoolsConcord · NCES 370053057th percentileacademic standing · 2025Carteret County Public SchoolsAtlantic · NCES 370063057th percentileacademic standing · 2025Moore County SchoolsAberdeen · NCES 370309056th percentileacademic standing · 2025Mooresville Graded School DistrictMooresville · NCES 370312055th percentileacademic standing · 2025New Hanover County SchoolsWilmington · NCES 370333054th percentileacademic standing · 2025Ashe County SchoolsWest Jefferson · NCES 370021054th percentileacademic standing · 2025Camden County SchoolsCamden · NCES 370060054th percentileacademic standing · 2025Polk County SchoolsMill Spring · NCES 370372053rd percentileacademic standing · 2025Chatham County SchoolsBennett · NCES 370075052nd percentileacademic standing · 2025Currituck County SchoolsBarco · NCES 370108052nd percentileacademic standing · 2025Lincoln County SchoolsLincolnton · NCES 370268051st percentileacademic standing · 2025Orange County SchoolsHillsborough · NCES 370348051st percentileacademic standing · 2025Haywood County SchoolsCanton · NCES 370204051st percentileacademic standing · 2025Dare County SchoolsBuxton · NCES 370111050th percentileacademic standing · 2025Clay County SchoolsHayesville · NCES 370087050th percentileacademic standing · 2025Davie County SchoolsMocksville · NCES 370117050th percentileacademic standing · 2025Pender County SchoolsBurgaw · NCES 370357049th percentileacademic standing · 2025Surry County SchoolsLowgap · NCES 370441048th percentileacademic standing · 2025Johnston County Public SchoolsWendell · NCES 370237048th percentileacademic standing · 2025Davidson County SchoolsThomasville · NCES 370114048th percentileacademic standing · 2025Asheville City SchoolsAsheville · NCES 370027048th percentileacademic standing · 2025Newton Conover City SchoolsConover · NCES 370336048th percentileacademic standing · 2025Charlotte-Mecklenburg SchoolsCharlotte · NCES 370297047th percentileacademic standing · 2025Henderson County SchoolsHendersonville · NCES 370210047th percentileacademic standing · 2025Rutherford County SchoolsForest City · NCES 370408047th percentileacademic standing · 2025Cleveland County SchoolsKings Mountain · NCES 370090047th percentileacademic standing · 2025Wilson County SchoolsWilson · NCES 370502047th percentileacademic standing · 2025Alexander County SchoolsTaylorsville · NCES 370009047th percentileacademic standing · 2025Stanly County SchoolsAlbemarle · NCES 370432046th percentileacademic standing · 2025Perquimans County SchoolsHertford · NCES 370360046th percentileacademic standing · 2025Elkin City SchoolsElkin · NCES 370138046th percentileacademic standing · 2025Pitt County SchoolsWinterville · NCES 370001246th percentileacademic standing · 2025Catawba County SchoolsNewton · NCES 370069046th percentileacademic standing · 2025Beaufort County SchoolsChocowinity · NCES 370033045th percentileacademic standing · 2025Transylvania County SchoolsBrevard · NCES 370453045th percentileacademic standing · 2025Iredell-Statesville SchoolsOlin · NCES 370231045th percentileacademic standing · 2025Wilkes County SchoolsBoomer · NCES 370495044th percentileacademic standing · 2025Avery County SchoolsNewland · NCES 370030044th percentileacademic standing · 2025Onslow County SchoolsJacksonville · NCES 370345044th percentileacademic standing · 2025Brunswick County SchoolsLeland · NCES 370042044th percentileacademic standing · 2025Mount Airy City SchoolsMount Airy · NCES 370321044th percentileacademic standing · 2025Craven County SchoolsNew Bern · NCES 370331043rd percentileacademic standing · 2025Burke County SchoolsMorganton · NCES 370048043rd percentileacademic standing · 2025Pamlico County SchoolsBayboro · NCES 370351043rd percentileacademic standing · 2025Buncombe County SchoolsArden · NCES 370045043rd percentileacademic standing · 2025Madison County SchoolsMarshall · NCES 370282043rd percentileacademic standing · 2025Roanoke Rapids City SchoolsRoanoke Rapids · NCES 370390042nd percentileacademic standing · 2025Jones County SchoolsComfort · NCES 370240042nd percentileacademic standing · 2025McDowell County SchoolsMarion · NCES 370294042nd percentileacademic standing · 2025Stokes County SchoolsKing · NCES 370438042nd percentileacademic standing · 2025Person County SchoolsTimberlake · NCES 370363041st percentileacademic standing · 2025Yadkin County SchoolsBoonville · NCES 370504041st percentileacademic standing · 2025Whiteville City SchoolsWhiteville · NCES 370492041st percentileacademic standing · 2025Franklin County SchoolsBunn · NCES 370153041st percentileacademic standing · 2025Yancey County SchoolsBurnsville · NCES 370507041st percentileacademic standing · 2025Randolph County School SystemArchdale · NCES 370378040th percentileacademic standing · 2025Cherokee County SchoolsAndrews · NCES 370078040th percentileacademic standing · 2025Guilford County SchoolsGreensboro · NCES 370192039th percentileacademic standing · 2025Macon County SchoolsFranklin · NCES 370276039th percentileacademic standing · 2025Caldwell County SchoolsGranite Falls · NCES 370058039th percentileacademic standing · 2025Lee County SchoolsSanford · NCES 370256039th percentileacademic standing · 2025Clinton City SchoolsClinton · NCES 370093039th percentileacademic standing · 2025Gates County SchoolsGates · NCES 370168039th percentileacademic standing · 2025Wayne County Public SchoolsDudley · NCES 370488039th percentileacademic standing · 2025Winston Salem / Forsyth County SchoolsWinston-Salem · NCES 370150038th percentileacademic standing · 2025Cumberland County SchoolsFayetteville · NCES 370001138th percentileacademic standing · 2025Sampson County SchoolsAutryville · NCES 370414038th percentileacademic standing · 2025Durham Public SchoolsDurham · NCES 370126037th percentileacademic standing · 2025Hickory City SchoolsHickory · NCES 370219037th percentileacademic standing · 2025Elizabeth City-Pasquotank Public SchoolsElizabeth City · NCES 370354037th percentileacademic standing · 2025Bertie County SchoolsAulander · NCES 370036037th percentileacademic standing · 2025Gaston County SchoolsGastonia · NCES 370162037th percentileacademic standing · 2025Nash County Public SchoolsBailey · NCES 370327036th percentileacademic standing · 2025Lenoir County Public SchoolsKinston · NCES 370261035th percentileacademic standing · 2025Rockingham County SchoolsReidsville · NCES 370399034th percentileacademic standing · 2025Richmond County SchoolsRockingham · NCES 370387034th percentileacademic standing · 2025Jackson County Public SchoolsCashiers · NCES 370234034th percentileacademic standing · 2025Lexington City SchoolsLexington · NCES 370264034th percentileacademic standing · 2025Edenton-Chowan SchoolsTyner · NCES 370084034th percentileacademic standing · 2025Harnett County SchoolsBunnlevel · NCES 370201034th percentileacademic standing · 2025Swain County SchoolsBryson City · NCES 370444034th percentileacademic standing · 2025Alleghany County SchoolsSparta · NCES 370012034th percentileacademic standing · 2025Granville County SchoolsButner · NCES 370180033rd percentileacademic standing · 2025Mitchell County SchoolsBakersville · NCES 370300033rd percentileacademic standing · 2025Hoke County SchoolsRaeford · NCES 370225032nd percentileacademic standing · 2025Columbus County SchoolsRiegelwood · NCES 370096032nd percentileacademic standing · 2025Martin County SchoolsWilliamston · NCES 370288032nd percentileacademic standing · 2025Hyde County SchoolsSwan Quarter · NCES 370228032nd percentileacademic standing · 2025Tyrrell County SchoolsColumbia · NCES 370459031st percentileacademic standing · 2025Montgomery County SchoolsCandor · NCES 370306030th percentileacademic standing · 2025Northampton County SchoolsJackson · NCES 370342030th percentileacademic standing · 2025Alamance-Burlington SchoolsGraham · NCES 370003030th percentileacademic standing · 2025Anson County SchoolsPolkton · NCES 370018030th percentileacademic standing · 2025Caswell County SchoolsYanceyville · NCES 370066029th percentileacademic standing · 2025Asheboro City SchoolsAsheboro · NCES 370024029th percentileacademic standing · 2025Duplin County SchoolsAlbertson · NCES 370120028th percentileacademic standing · 2025Washington County SchoolsCreswell · NCES 370480027th percentileacademic standing · 2025Bladen County SchoolsDublin · NCES 370039027th percentileacademic standing · 2025Kannapolis City SchoolsKannapolis · NCES 370243027th percentileacademic standing · 2025East Carolina Community SchoolGreenville · NCES 370041926th percentileacademic standing · 2019Rowan-Salisbury SchoolsChina Grove · NCES 370405026th percentileacademic standing · 2025Thomasville City SchoolsThomasville · NCES 370450026th percentileacademic standing · 2025Scotland County SchoolsLaurel Hill · NCES 370420025th percentileacademic standing · 2025Vance County SchoolsHenderson · NCES 370465025th percentileacademic standing · 2025Public Schools of Robeson CountyLumberton · NCES 370393025th percentileacademic standing · 2025Edgecombe County Public SchoolsBattleboro · NCES 370132024th percentileacademic standing · 2025Warren County SchoolsWarrenton · NCES 370474023rd percentileacademic standing · 2025Hertford County SchoolsAhoskie · NCES 370216023rd percentileacademic standing · 2025Graham County SchoolsRobbinsville · NCES 370177023rd percentileacademic standing · 2025Halifax County SchoolsLittleton · NCES 370195021st percentileacademic standing · 2025Greene County SchoolsSnow Hill · NCES 370183021st percentileacademic standing · 2025Weldon City SchoolsWeldon · NCES 370489019th percentileacademic standing · 2025Moss Street Partnership SchoolReidsville · NCES 3700431363students · 2023–24Appalachian State U Academy Middle ForkWalkertown · NCES 3700427284students · 2023–24D.C. Virgo Preparatory AcademyWilmington · NCES 3700429197students · 2023–24Niner University Elementary SchoolCharlotte · NCES 3700443133students · 2023–24Catamount SchoolSylva · NCES 370042159students · 2023–24