As a public charter school, the Arts Based School’s students are required to take the same end-of-grade tests required by all North Carolina public schools. SchoolDigger.com has released the test score rankings of 139 school districts in NC. Of the top twenty school districts in the state, charters schools claimed fourteen top spots. The Arts Based School ranked #9 out of all charter schools in the state and #11 out of all school districts in NC.