Where are the Charlotte area’s top-ranked public middle schools?

Charlotte Business Journal
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Metrolina Regional Scholars Academy in Charlotte has scored top marks among local public middle schools, and elementary schools alike, in Niche.com’s newly released rankings. It was one of 10 public middle schools included in the national ranking.

CBJ, which has already provided a look at the top-ranked Charlotte-area public elementary schools, will also round up the best local public high schools and K-12 private schools, according to Niche.com.

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To compile the rankings, the Pittsburgh-based research and review site incorporated ratings from current students, alumni and parents with metrics such as test scores and other measures of academic performance, sports, diversity and quality of school administration. The 2023 rankings included data for more than 92,000 public schools, 30,000 private schools and 11,000 school districts nationwide.

Chapel Hill’s Woods Charter School ranked as the best public middle school in North Carolina, as it also did in the elementary school ranking. Pleasant Knoll Middle in Fort Mill came out on top in South Carolina.

See the top 20 public middle schools in the Charlotte area here.

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