New Report On NC’s Best School Districts: How Mooresville Ranks

MOORESVILLE, NC — Niche has ranked North Carolina’s best school districts for 2019 and the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools is the No.1 school district in the state.

The rankings were released this week by Niche as part of its 2019 K-12 rankings. Niche ranked a total of 43 school districts in North Carolina.

Mooresville City Schools were ranked No. 8 in the state, according to Niche. Here’s what Niche said about the district:

Mooresville City Schools is an above average, public school district located in Mooresville, NC. It has 6,130 students in grades PK, K-12 with a student-teacher ratio of 18 to 1. According to state test scores, 61% of students are at least proficient in math and 57% in reading.

The Watauga County Schools, Union County Public Schools, Polk County Schools and Wak County Schools closed out the top five spots in the state.

Here are the top school districts in North Carolina that received a minimum Niche grade of B:

• Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools
• Watauga County Schools
• Union County Public Schools
• Polk County Schools
• Wake County Schools
• Asheville City Schools
• Elkin City Schools
• Mooresville City Schools
• Henderson County Schools
• Dare County Schools
• Orange County Schools
• Newton Conover City Schools
• Cabarrus County Schools
• Burke County Schools
• Davie County Schools
• Graham County Schools
• Mount Airy City Schools
• Carteret County Public Schools
• Chatham County Schools
• Caldwell County Schools
• Buncombe County Schools
• Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
• Forsyth County Schools
• Macon County Schools
• Catawba County Schools
• New Hanover County Schools
• Transylvania County Schools
• Guilford County Schools
• Lincoln County Schools
• Johnston County Schools
• Cleveland County Schools
• Yancey County Schools
• Moore County Schools
• Rutherford County Schools
• Mitchell County Schools
• Pender County Schools
• Alleghany County Schools
• Jones County Schools
• Surry County Schools
• Wilkes County Schools
• Swain County Schools
• Greene County Schools
• Hyde County Schools

You can see the full list of North Carolina's best school districts here.

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According to Niche, the Jericho Union Free School District in Jericho, New York, is the best school district in the country overall. With an overall Niche grade of A+, the district received a grade of A+ in academics, teachers, clubs and activities, college prep and health and safety. In the category of diversity, Niche awarded the school district a B+.

To arrive at these rankings, Niche looked at data from the U.S. Department of Education as well as test scores, college data and ratings collected from Niche users. (You can read more about the methodology here.)

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