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Best public schools in Cary, NC

33 public schools in Cary: 17 elementary · 7 middle · 7 high · 1 K-8 · 1 combined. Ranked by our score, based on 2025-26 state test results.

Rankings renumber to share equal ranks and fill gaps when schools are hidden. Scores compare each school with schools of the same type across North Carolina.

Elementary schools

17 schools in Cary, best first
1
Davis Drive Elementary 99.6
Wake County Schools · Grades K-5 · 820 students
ELA 87%Math 93%Science 93%
#5 of 1,256 in North Carolina
2
Mills Park Elementary 98.1
Wake County Schools · Grades PK-5 · 645 students
ELA 86%Math 91%Science 88%
#24 of 1,256 in North Carolina
3
Hortons Creek Elementary 97.4
Wake County Schools · Grades PK-5 · 694 students
ELA 82%Math 90%Science 90%
#33 of 1,256 in North Carolina
4
Highcroft Elementary 97.3
Wake County Schools · Grades PK-5 · 699 students
ELA 82%Math 90%Science 90%
#34 of 1,256 in North Carolina
5
Green Hope Elementary 95.5
Wake County Schools · Grades PK-5 · 603 students
ELA 81%Math 87%Science 87%
#57 of 1,256 in North Carolina
6
Turner Creek Elementary 92.7
Wake County Schools · Grades PK-5 · 739 students
ELA 76%Math 81%Science 90%
#92 of 1,256 in North Carolina
7
Carpenter Elementary 90.8
Wake County Schools · Grades PK-5 · 680 students
ELA 75%Math 81%Science 83%
#116 of 1,256 in North Carolina
8
Alston Ridge Elementary 90.4
Wake County Schools · Grades PK-5 · 1,111 students
ELA 75%Math 80%Science 84%
#121 of 1,256 in North Carolina
9
Weatherstone Elementary 89.9
Wake County Schools · Grades PK-5 · 718 students
ELA 70%Math 83%Science 86%
#127 of 1,256 in North Carolina
10
Farmington Woods Elementary 84.6
Wake County Schools · Grades PK-5 · 652 students
ELA 71%Math 77%Science 76%
#194 of 1,256 in North Carolina
11
Cary Elementary 79.7
Wake County Schools · Grades PK-5 · 440 students
ELA 74%Math 71%Science 72%
#255 of 1,256 in North Carolina
12
Northwoods Elementary 79.0
Wake County Schools · Grades PK-5 · 618 students
ELA 68%Math 71%Science 77%
#264 of 1,256 in North Carolina
13
Penny Road Elementary 71.4
Wake County Schools · Grades K-5 · 488 students
ELA 65%Math 70%Science 71%
#360 of 1,256 in North Carolina
14
Kingswood Elementary 63.2
Wake County Schools · Grades PK-5 · 434 students
ELA 59%Math 66%Science 71%
#463 of 1,256 in North Carolina
15
Briarcliff Elementary 56.7
Wake County Schools · Grades PK-5 · 456 students
ELA 61%Math 64%Science 59%
#544 of 1,256 in North Carolina
16
Reedy Creek Elementary 48.1
Wake County Schools · Grades K-5 · 593 students
ELA 55%Math 61%Science 59%
#652 of 1,256 in North Carolina
17
Adams Elementary 45.7
Wake County Schools · Grades PK-5 · 616 students
ELA 52%Math 59%Science 66%
#682 of 1,256 in North Carolina

Middle schools

7 schools in Cary, best first
1
Mills Park Middle 99.7
Wake County Schools · Grades 6-8 · 1,628 students
ELA 93%Math 95%Science 95%
#2 of 460 in North Carolina
2
Davis Drive Middle 98.6
Wake County Schools · Grades 6-8 · 997 students
ELA 84%Math 91%Science 93%
#7 of 460 in North Carolina
3
Alston Ridge Middle 94.2
Wake County Schools · Grades 6-8 · 1,532 students
ELA 73%Math 79%Science 87%
#27 of 460 in North Carolina
4
West Cary Middle 93.8
Wake County Schools · Grades 6-8 · 891 students
ELA 74%Math 76%Science 88%
#29 of 460 in North Carolina
5
East Cary Middle 87.1
Wake County Schools · Grades 6-8 · 623 students
ELA 71%Math 68%Science 80%
#60 of 460 in North Carolina
6
Reedy Creek Middle 73.0
Wake County Schools · Grades 6-8 · 805 students
ELA 63%Math 64%Science 65%
#124 of 460 in North Carolina
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Connections Academy —
Wake County Schools · Grades 6-8 · 17 students
No published test results

High schools

7 schools in Cary, best first
1
Wake STEM Early College High School 96.0
Wake County Schools · Grades 9-13 · 282 students
ELA 98%Math 97%Science 98%
#21 of 512 in North Carolina
2
Green Level High 82.9
Wake County Schools · Grades 9-12 · 2,149 students
ELA 93%Math 88%Science 90%
#88 of 512 in North Carolina
3
Green Hope High 78.0
Wake County Schools · Grades 9-12 · 2,126 students
ELA 87%Math 81%Science 86%
#113 of 512 in North Carolina
4
Crossroads FLEX 76.9
Wake County Schools · Grades 9-12 · 146 students
ELA 94%Math 76%Science 70%
#119 of 512 in North Carolina
5
Panther Creek High 76.3
Wake County Schools · Grades 9-12 · 2,561 students
ELA 88%Math 75%Science 85%
#122 of 512 in North Carolina
6
Cary High 56.5
Wake County Schools · Grades 9-12 · 2,136 students
ELA 71%Math 61%Science 63%
#223 of 512 in North Carolina
7
SCORE Academy 0.7
Wake County Schools · Grades 9-12 · 581 students
ELA 20%Math 3%Science 10%
#509 of 512 in North Carolina

K-8 schools

1 school in Cary
1
Cardinal Charter Academy 61.8
Cardinal Charter · Grades K-8 · Charter · 720 students
ELA 61%Math 64%Science 69%
#67 of 174 in North Carolina

Combined schools

1 school in Cary
1
Triangle Math and Science Academy 99.7
Triangle Math and Science Academy · Grades K-12 · Charter · 1,341 students
ELA 91%Math 94%Science 95%
#1 of 194 in North Carolina

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