NC Superintendent of Public Instruction Catherine Truitt 2023 | North Carolina Department of Public Instruction
NC Superintendent of Public Instruction Catherine Truitt 2023 | North Carolina Department of Public Instruction
Math scores in North Carolina counties dropped 0.2% compared to the previous school year, when 23.6% of students were considered ready for post-secondary education.
Statewide, Orange County students stood out in math, with almost 45.5% of the 12th-graders hitting the ACT benchmark in the 2022-23 school year (671). Meanwhile, students from Anson County, Montgomery County and Tyrrell County struggled the most on the math portion, and none were considered ready for college.
Beyond math, 38.6% of North Carolina 12th-graders met English college readiness benchmarks in the 2022-23 school year. In reading, 34.1% of students were ready for college, and science scores revealed 24.1% of seniors also met the standard.
North Carolina's education system is still grappling with the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the 2022-23 ACT results, college readiness among North Carolina students falls short of pre-pandemic levels, with only 17.1% meeting benchmarks.
Additionally, the state's performance is lagging behind the national average, which currently stands at 21%.
| County | Met or Exceeded Benchmarks (2021-22) | Met or Exceeded Benchmarks (2022-23) |
|---|---|---|
| Alamance County | 20.8% | 16% |
| Alexander County | 18.8% | 18.9% |
| Alleghany County | 12.8% | 16% |
| Anson County | 9.8% | 0% |
| Ashe County | 20.1% | 13.6% |
| Avery County | 14.5% | 16.6% |
| Beaufort County | 18.2% | 18.7% |
| Bertie County | 0.9% | 5.9% |
| Bladen County | 0.3% | 6.9% |
| Brunswick County | 15.4% | 17.6% |
| Buncombe County | 27.7% | 25.5% |
| Burke County | 21% | 20.9% |
| Cabarrus County | 26% | 29.8% |
| Caldwell County | 16.9% | 13.4% |
| Camden County | 17.6% | 23.2% |
| Carteret County | 33.9% | 33.8% |
| Caswell County | 4.5% | 6.5% |
| Catawba County | 22% | 23.7% |
| Chatham County | 39.8% | 32.4% |
| Cherokee County | 18.5% | 10.4% |
| Chowan County | 8.1% | 7% |
| Clay County | 14.1% | 20.5% |
| Cleveland County | 18.4% | 21.5% |
| Columbus County | 8.5% | 5.5% |
| Craven County | 22.3% | 18.1% |
| Cumberland County | 12.6% | 14% |
| Currituck County | 30% | 25.5% |
| Dare County | 34.2% | 25.8% |
| Davidson County | 20.9% | 21.4% |
| Davie County | 24.4% | 31.3% |
| Duplin County | 7.4% | 9.6% |
| Durham County | 22% | 20.8% |
| Edgecombe County | 10.2% | 7.1% |
| Forsyth County | 21.4% | 20.6% |
| Franklin County | 10.7% | 12.4% |
| Gaston County | 24.9% | 18% |
| Gates County | 6.5% | 7.8% |
| Graham County | 9.6% | 5.7% |
| Granville County | 10.7% | 12.5% |
| Greene County | 3.3% | 4.3% |
| Guilford County | 22.5% | 22.1% |
| Halifax County | 8.3% | 5.8% |
| Harnett County | 11.4% | 13.6% |
| Haywood County | 23.2% | 25.8% |
| Henderson County | 17.8% | 23.2% |
| Hertford County | 6% | 1.1% |
| Hoke County | 16.2% | 12.7% |
| Hyde County | 45.5% | 15.2% |
| Iredell County | 27.4% | 28.2% |
| Jackson County | 26% | 30.3% |
| Johnston County | 16.2% | 16.4% |
| Jones County | 8.9% | 13.4% |
| Lee County | 14.2% | 14.6% |
| Lenoir County | 5.4% | 9.2% |
| Lincoln County | 24.2% | 31.7% |
| Macon County | 18.7% | 20.3% |
| Madison County | 13.3% | 17.1% |
| Martin County | 7.7% | 4.6% |
| McDowell County | 17.1% | 15.9% |
| Mecklenburg County | 33.4% | 31.6% |
| Mitchell County | 13.4% | 8.5% |
| Montgomery County | 17.2% | 0% |
| Moore County | 25.2% | 25.6% |
| Nash County | 5.3% | 7.1% |
| New Hanover County | 31.4% | 29.6% |
| Northampton County | 0% | 4.3% |
| Onslow County | 19.6% | 18.7% |
| Orange County | 48.1% | 45.5% |
| Pamlico County | 6.5% | 15.4% |
| Pasquotank County | 13.8% | 6.1% |
| Pender County | 23.8% | 25.3% |
| Perquimans County | 12.9% | 14.2% |
| Person County | 19% | 16.6% |
| Pitt County | 19.4% | 19.8% |
| Polk County | 22.9% | 20% |
| Randolph County | 13.2% | 12.5% |
| Richmond County | 10% | 10.6% |
| Robeson County | 2.6% | 2.3% |
| Rockingham County | 15.7% | 14.7% |
| Rowan County | 9.3% | 8.2% |
| Rutherford County | 23.8% | 23.1% |
| Sampson County | 11.8% | 13% |
| Scotland County | 13% | 11% |
| Stanly County | 25.3% | 22.2% |
| Stokes County | 13.6% | 12.9% |
| Surry County | 23.8% | 24.8% |
| Swain County | 12.6% | 18.4% |
| Transylvania County | 17.4% | 24.5% |
| Tyrrell County | 0% | 0% |
| Union County | 36% | 39.9% |
| Vance County | 7.1% | 13% |
| Wake County | 39% | 37.3% |
| Warren County | 2.6% | 6.9% |
| Washington County | 1.6% | 2.9% |
| Watauga County | 33.9% | 28.7% |
| Wayne County | 9.3% | 13.1% |
| Wilkes County | 14.7% | 19.4% |
| Wilson County | 12.4% | 12.2% |
| Yadkin County | 22.2% | 22.3% |
| Yancey County | 12.9% | 25% |
| North Carolina | 23.6% | 23.4% |
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