NC EOG Scores Explained:
Score Ranges by Grade

The Individual Student Report uses achievement levels, not a pass/fail label. Level 3 and above is grade-level proficient, and Level 4 and above is on track for career and college. The Level 3 score depends on grade and subject: in reading it runs from 540 in grade 3 to 557 in grade 8, and in math from 543 (grade 8) to 547 (grade 4). Below Level 3 is reported as Not Proficient.

Level 3 means your child is on grade level. NCDPI describes it as sufficient understanding of the grade-level standards, though some support may be needed at the next grade. Level 4 and Level 5 go further: NCDPI counts them as on track for career and college.

EOG and EOC reports show four achievement levels: Not Proficient, Level 3, Level 4 and Level 5. A score below the Level 3 number for the grade is reported as Not Proficient.

NCDPI publishes the cut scores for each level, not a maximum. Level 5, the top level, starts at 551 to 572 in reading depending on grade, and at 555 to 561 in math.

Compare the achievement level, not the raw number. Each grade has its own ranges, so a 550 is Level 3 in grade 3 math but Level 4 in grade 7 math. NCDPI's 2025-26 report compares reading and math results across 2023-24, 2024-25 and 2025-26 on the same levels.

EOG tests are given in the last ten days of the school year. State rule 16 NCAC 06D .0307 says districts must report scores to students and parents no later than 30 days after the test is given. Your school sends the Individual Student Report.

NCDPI says the percentile shows that your child scored equal to or better than that percentage of students who took the test in the norming year, which is the first year the test was given. It is not a comparison with this year's students.

The reading EOG is linked to the Lexile Framework for Reading, so the report gives a Lexile measure you can use to find books at the right level. The math EOG is linked to the Quantile Framework for Mathematics, so the math report gives a Quantile measure.

Not automatically. Under Read to Achieve, a third grader who does not meet the requirements can take the grade 3 EOG reading retest, the Read to Achieve test, or both, inside the end-of-year testing window. Parents can decline the retests, and reading camp is the parent's choice. The principal makes the final placement decision: staying in grade 3, a transitional third and fourth class, or an accelerated fourth grade class.

North Carolina gave new science tests in grades 5 and 8 (and Biology) for the first time in 2024-25. NCDPI's published ranges table belongs to the older science tests, so we do not show it. Your child's science report shows the ranges for the current test.

Look at the report with your child's teacher first: it is one of several measures of progress, as NCDPI itself says. Then find the exact skills behind the score. iMasterly's NC EOG practice tests explain every answer, so you can see which skills your child missed and practice those skills.