Education

State releases test scores. See how Charlotte-area, other NC schools fared in new data

The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction on Wednesday released student performance data for the 2024-25 school year.

That includes letter grades for each public school as well as information about student growth and low-performing schools. A school is considered “low-performing” if it received a D or an F accountability grade from the state and did not exceed growth.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools saw results that were better than the state average. Statewide scores improved, but not to pre-pandemic levels.

Tables for schools in the Charlotte area and elsewhere in North Carolina are below. There are also tables comparing different student groups and reading and math scores.

Charlotte-area school scores

Statewide school letter grades and scores

NC Student group comparison

NC reading and math scores

This story was originally published September 3, 2025 at 10:11 AM.

Rebecca Noel
The Charlotte Observer
Rebecca Noel reports on education for The Charlotte Observer. She’s a native of Houston, Texas, and graduated from Rice University. She later received a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Missouri. When she’s not reporting, she enjoys reading, running and frequenting coffee shops around Charlotte.
David Raynor
The News & Observer
David Raynor is database editor at The News & Observer where he acquires, maintains and analyzes data for the newsroom. He has worked on many stories and projects covering topics such as health care, campaign finance, census, crime, construction industry, elections, sports, education and environment. He joined the News & Observer in 1992.
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