SchoolGrades.org is a new website that uses a fair and uniform grading standard to evaluate nearly every public school in the nation.
Gold schools, the highest rating in the SchoolGrades.org system, have an adjusted overall proficiency percentage of 75 percent or above. SchoolGrades notes that fewer than 700 schools nationwide earn a Gold rating. North Carolina’s 18 Gold schools are listed below.
With 3.6 percent of its schools receiving SchoolGrades.org honors, North Carolina ranks 21th in the nation among all states and the District of Columbia.
BROWN SUMMIT CENTER
GUILFORD COUNTY SCHOOLS
METROLINA REGIONAL SCHOLARS ACADEMY
CHARTER SCHOOL
PROVIDENCE SPRING ELEMENTARY
CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG SCHOOLS
MAGELLAN CHARTER
CHARTER SCHOOL
MOUNT MOURNE ELEMENTARY
IREDELL-STATESVILLE SCHOOLS
QUEST ACADEMY
CHARTER SCHOOL
WEDDINGTON ELEMENTARY
UNION COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
DAVIS DRIVE ELEMENTARY
WAKE COUNTY SCHOOLS
HIGHCROFT ELEMENTARY
WAKE COUNTY SCHOOLS
RIVERBEND ELEMENTARY
HAYWOOD COUNTY SCHOOLS
TILLER SCHOOL
CHARTER SCHOOL
WHITAKER ELEMENTARY
FORSYTH COUNTY SCHOOLS
J N FRIES MIDDLE
CABARRUS COUNTY SCHOOLS
MARVIN RIDGE MIDDLE
UNION COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
EXPLORIS
CHARTER SCHOOL
JAY M ROBINSON MIDDLE
CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG SCHOOLS
PARK VIEW ELEMENTARY
MOORESVILLE CITY SCHOOLS
EDGEWOOD COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENTAL
WAYNE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS