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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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#	School	City	District	2017-18	2024-25	% Change
701	Morton Elementary	Jacksonville	Onslow County Schools	709	715	0.8%
702	J. F. Webb High	Oxford	Granville County Schools	508	512	0.8%
703	Northwoods Park Middle	Jacksonville	Onslow County Schools	628	633	0.8%
704	Southwest Middle	Gastonia	Gaston County Schools	825	832	0.8%
705	Western Alamance Middle	Elon	Alamance-Burlington Schools	830	837	0.8%
706	River Bend Middle	Raleigh	Wake County Schools	987	995	0.8%
707	Nathanael Greene Elementary	Liberty	Guilford County Schools	261	263	0.8%
708	Gray's Creek Middle	Hope Mills	Cumberland County Schools	1,061	1,068	0.7%
709	Jefferson Elementary	Winston-Salem	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	556	560	0.7%
710	Durham School of the Arts	Durham	Durham Public Schools	1,751	1,764	0.7%
711	Ray Childers Elementary	Hickory	Burke County Schools	457	460	0.7%
712	Boonville Elementary	Boonville	Yadkin County Schools	363	365	0.6%
713	Parkland High	Winston Salem	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	1,559	1,569	0.6%
714	Warren County Middle	Warrenton	Warren County Schools	340	342	0.6%
715	Morehead City Middle	Morehead City	Carteret County Public Schools	503	506	0.6%
716	Woods Charter	Chapel Hill	Woods Charter School	512	515	0.6%
717	Mac Williams Middle	Fayetteville	Cumberland County Schools	1,102	1,109	0.6%
718	Poplin Elementary	Indian Trail	Union County Public Schools	752	756	0.5%
719	Southeastern Stokes Middle School	Walnut Cove	Stokes County Schools	411	413	0.5%
720	Altamahaw-Ossipee Elementary	Elon	Alamance-Burlington Schools	620	623	0.5%
721	La Grange Elementary	La Grange	Lenoir County Public Schools	545	547	0.4%
722	Casar Elementary	Casar	Cleveland County Schools	274	275	0.4%
723	Laurel Mill Elementary	Louisburg	Franklin County Schools	280	281	0.4%
724	R J Reynolds High	Winston Salem	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	1,752	1,759	0.4%
725	Marvin B Smith Elementary	Burlington	Alamance-Burlington Schools	554	556	0.4%
726	Needham Broughton High	Raleigh	Wake County Schools	2,144	2,153	0.4%
727	Southern Nash Middle	Spring Hope	Nash County Public Schools	792	795	0.4%
728	Troy Elementary	Troy	Montgomery County Schools	290	291	0.3%
729	Flat Rock Middle	East Flat Rock	Henderson County Schools	746	748	0.3%
730	ArtSpace Charter School	Swannanoa	ArtSpace Charter	401	402	0.2%
731	Williston Middle	Wilmington	New Hanover County Schools	665	666	0.2%
732	Monroe High	Monroe	Union County Public Schools	1,213	1,215	0.2%
733	Haw Creek Elementary	Asheville	Buncombe County Schools	401	402	0.2%
734	McDougle Middle	Chapel Hill	Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools	658	659	0.2%
735	Walnut Creek Elementary	Raleigh	Wake County Schools	573	574	0.2%
736	Friedberg Elementary	Winston-Salem	Davidson County Schools	467	468	0.2%
737	Lakeshore Middle	Mooresville	Iredell-Statesville Schools	530	531	0.2%
738	Princeton High	Princeton	Johnston County Public Schools	987	988	0.1%
739	Mount Pleasant High	Mount Pleasant	Cabarrus County Schools	893	894	0.1%
740	Estes Elementary	Asheville	Buncombe County Schools	754	754	0.0%
741	Trindale Elementary School	Archdale	Randolph County School System	382	382	0.0%
742	Reidsville High	Reidsville	Rockingham County Schools	696	696	0.0%
743	C Wayne Collier Elementary	Hope Mills	Cumberland County Schools	532	532	0.0%
744	Caldwell Early College	Hudson	Caldwell County Schools	387	387	0.0%
745	Butner-Stem Elementary	Butner	Granville County Schools	476	476	0.0%
746	Southeastern Academy	Lumberton	Southeastern Academy	218	218	0.0%
747	Myers Park Traditional Elem	Charlotte	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	678	678	0.0%
748	Albemarle High	Albemarle	Stanly County Schools	414	414	0.0%
749	Tiller School	Beaufort	Tiller School	206	206	0.0%
750	Sherwood Forest Elementary	Winston Salem	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	671	670	-0.1%

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