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Fastest-growing North Carolina public schools, 2017-2024

North Carolina public schools open in both 2017-18 and 2024-25 with at least 200 students in 2017, ranked by percentage enrollment change over the seven-year window.

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NORTH CAROLINA · FASTEST-GROWING

#	School	City	District	2017-18	2024-25	% Change
1	FernLeaf	Fletcher	FernLeaf Community Charter School	225	763	239%
2	Red Oak Elementary	Red Oak	Nash County Public Schools	246	696	183%
3	Royal Oaks Elementary	Kannapolis	Cabarrus County Schools	239	661	177%
4	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Virtual School	Charlotte	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	226	619	174%
5	Durham Charter School	Durham	Durham Charter School	372	1,010	172%
6	Guilford Preparatory Academy	Greensboro	Guilford Preparatory Academy	254	672	165%
7	Pine Springs Preparatory Academy	Holly Springs	Pine Springs Preparatory Academy	509	1,258	147%
8	Youngsville Academy	Youngsville	Youngsville Academy	266	615	131%
9	Erwin Elementary	Erwin	Harnett County Schools	281	637	127%
10	Oxford Preparatory	Oxford	Oxford Preparatory School	388	869	124%
11	Triangle Math and Science Academy	Cary	Triangle Math and Science Academy	868	1,904	119%
12	Clara J Peck Elementary	Greensboro	Guilford County Schools	293	638	118%
13	Northeast Academy of Aerospace & AdvTech	Elizabeth City	Northeast Academy of Aerospace & AdvTech	351	760	117%
14	Excelsior Classical Academy	Durham	Excelsior Classical Academy	478	1,032	116%
15	Movement Charter School	Charlotte	Movement Freedom	297	625	110%
16	Uwharrie Charter Academy	Asheboro	Uwharrie Charter Academy	1,020	2,145	110%
17	Aberdeen Elementary	Aberdeen	Moore County Schools	324	675	108%
18	Mineral Springs Middle	Winston Salem	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	341	702	106%
19	Fremont STARS Elementary	Fremont	Wayne County Public Schools	260	535	106%
20	White Oak Elementary	Apex	Wake County Schools	414	843	104%
21	Emereau: Bladen	Elizabethtown	Emereau: Bladen	310	629	103%
22	Oak Grove High	Winston-Salem	Davidson County Schools	490	992	102%
23	New Dimensions	Morganton	The New Dimensions School	282	569	102%
24	Pioneer Springs Community School	Charlotte	Pioneer Springs Community School	281	558	98.6%
25	American Leadership Academy-Coastal	Wilmington	American Leadership Academy-Coastal	511	1,002	96.1%
26	R Brown McAllister Elementary	Concord	Cabarrus County Schools	357	698	95.5%
27	Benhaven Elementary	Sanford	Harnett County Schools	554	1,065	92.2%
28	The Capitol Encore Academy	Fayetteville	The Capitol Encore Academy	449	853	90.0%
29	The Hawbridge School	Saxapahaw	The Hawbridge School	316	597	88.9%
30	Rocky Mount Middle	Rocky Mount	Nash County Public Schools	372	692	86.0%
31	Crosscreek Charter School	Louisburg	Crosscreek Charter School	220	404	83.6%
32	Renaissance West STEAM Academy	Charlotte	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	404	737	82.4%
33	Girls Leadership Academy of Wilmington	Wilmington	Girls Leadership Academy of Wilmington	200	362	81.0%
34	Southern Pines Elementary	Southern Pines	Moore County Schools	332	600	80.7%
35	Bethany Community School	Summerfield	Bethany Community School	363	640	76.3%
36	Julius I Foust Elementary	Greensboro	Guilford County Schools	379	661	74.4%
37	STARS Charter	Vass	Sandhills Theatre Arts Renaiss	508	885	74.2%
38	Wesley Chapel Elementary	Monroe	Union County Public Schools	430	729	69.5%
39	NC Virtual Academy	Durham	NC Virtual Academy	2,068	3,482	68.4%
40	Davidson K-8 School	Davidson	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	704	1,185	68.3%
41	Camden Middle	Camden	Camden County Schools	274	461	68.2%
42	Corvian Community School	Charlotte	Corvian Community School	825	1,376	66.8%
43	Phoenix Academy - Primary Elem Upper	High Point	Phoenix Academy Inc	956	1,583	65.6%
44	South Davidson Middle and High	Denton	Davidson County Schools	389	640	64.5%
45	Concord Lake STEAM Academy	Kannapolis	Concord Lake STEAM Academy	521	856	64.3%
46	Porter Ridge Elementary	Indian Trail	Union County Public Schools	468	765	63.5%
47	Classical Charter Schools of Southport	Bolivia	Classical Charter Schools of Southport	354	573	61.9%
48	Lumberton Junior	Lumberton	Public Schools of Robeson County	405	655	61.7%
49	Pinnacle Classical Academy	Shelby	Pinnacle Classical Academy	734	1,178	60.5%
50	Ferguson-Easley Elementary	Fayetteville	Cumberland County Schools	247	392	58.7%

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