US Naval Ordnance Testing Facility Assembly Building · Public domainTopsail Beach’s public schools
Pender County Schools has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Topsail Beach. Each school below is shown with its own results.
Tests spring 2022, when 100% of students in North Carolina’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools
Topsail Beach’s schools, in brief
School by school
9 of Topsail Beach’s 18 district schools with test results score above the middle of North Carolina’s 2,529 public schools. Pender Early College High places highest (better than 99%); Malpass Corner Elementary lowest (16%). See the path ↓
Which school depends on your street
Nine elementary schools serve Topsail Beach, graded from C− to A, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then six middle schools and four high schools: Topsail High, Heide Trask High, Pender High and Pender Early College High. See the path ↓
Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Topsail Beach, with each school’s own grade.
Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Pender County Schools.
The district
Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.
Close to the state in reading
Topsail Beach vs. its neighbors
Schools grades for the North Carolina towns that share Topsail Beach’s borders.
| Town | Schools | Main districts |
|---|---|---|
| Topsail Beach | — | Pender County Schools |
| Surf City | B+ | Pender County Schools |
Every school in Topsail Beach
18 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with North Carolina’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).
Questions about Topsail Beach’s schools
Are Topsail Beach’s schools good?
There’s no Schools grade for Topsail Beach. Pender County Schools has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Topsail Beach. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 9 of its 18 district schools with test results score above the middle of North Carolina’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.
What school district is Topsail Beach in?
Pender County Schools.
Where do Topsail Beach kids go to high school?
One of four high schools, depending on your address: Topsail High, Heide Trask High, Pender High and Pender Early College High.
Parents talk
What Topsail Beach families are saying about school.
Looking for colleges? Colleges near Topsail Beach → They have their own page.
School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.