Wilson County Schools Schools

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The ten highest SchoolGrades in the district. Grades reward actual test performance against the projection for each school's student context, so a B in a high-poverty school can outrank an A- elsewhere on impact.

1. A+ Wilson Early College Academy (High school, greatly exceeds expectations)
2. A+ New Hope Elementary (Elementary school, greatly exceeds expectations)
3. A+ Rock Ridge Elementary (Elementary school, greatly exceeds expectations)
4. A Wilson Academy Of Applied Technology (High school, greatly exceeds expectations)
5. A Springfield Middle (Middle school, greatly exceeds expectations)
6. A Lucama Elementary (Elementary school, greatly exceeds expectations)
7. A- James Hunt High (High school, greatly exceeds expectations)
8. A- Gardners Elementary (Elementary school, greatly exceeds expectations)
9. A- Elm City Middle (Middle school, greatly exceeds expectations)
10. B+ Forest Hills Middle (Middle school, greatly exceeds expectations)

High schools (3)

• C+ Beddingfield High, Wilson
• B- Fike High, Wilson
• A- James Hunt High, Wilson

Middle and junior high schools (5)

• C Charles H Darden Middle, Wilson
• A- Elm City Middle, Elm City
• B+ Forest Hills Middle, Wilson
• C+ Speight Middle, Stantonsburg
• A Springfield Middle, Lucama

Elementary and primary schools (14)

• D- B O Barnes Elementary, Wilson
• B Frederick Douglass Elementary, Elm City
• A- Gardners Elementary, Elm City
• C- John W Jones Elementary, Wilson
• C Lee Woodard Elementary, Black Creek
• A Lucama Elementary, Lucama
• D Margaret Hearne Elementary, Wilson
• A+ New Hope Elementary, Wilson
• A+ Rock Ridge Elementary, Wilson
• C Stantonsburg Elementary, Stantonsburg
• D- Vick Elementary, Wilson
• B- Vinson Bynum Elementary, Wilson
• B- Wells Elementary, Wilson
• A+ Wilson Early College Academy, Wilson

Other schools and academies (3)

• D- Milton M Daniels Learning Center, Wilson
• A Wilson Academy Of Applied Technology, Wilson
• Wilson Academy Of Virtual Education, Wilson

Cities and towns served (5)

• Wilson (17)
• Elm City (3)
• Lucama (2)
• Stantonsburg (2)
• Black Creek (1)

• State: Best schools in North Carolina
• County: Wilson County
• Type: regular local school district
• Setting: fringe town (NCES locale of the district office)
• Enrollment: 10,260 students with 621 full-time-equivalent teachers and 1,238 total staff FTE (NCES CCD, 2023-24)
• NCES district ID: 3705020
• Grades are the 2025-26 SchoolGrade model: each school's actual proficiency against the level projected for its student context. How SchoolGrade works

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