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Best Schools · North Carolina · Fastest-growing

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
#SchoolCityDistrict2017-182024-25% Change
851Long Hill ElementaryFayettevilleCumberland County Schools421412-2.1%
852North Henderson HighHendersonvilleHenderson County Schools1,0761,052-2.2%
853Koontz IntermediateAshevilleBuncombe County Schools741725-2.2%
854Martin MiddleRaleighWake County Schools1,0341,011-2.2%
855Carnage MiddleRaleighWake County Schools946924-2.3%
856Powell ElementaryRaleighWake County Schools343335-2.3%
857Shallotte MiddleShallotteBrunswick County Schools642627-2.3%
858Northwest Harnett ElementaryFuquay-VarinaHarnett County Schools660645-2.3%
859R Max Abbott MiddleFayettevilleCumberland County Schools721704-2.4%
860Smoky Mountain High SchoolSylvaJackson County Public Schools903881-2.4%
861Ligon MiddleRaleighWake County Schools983959-2.4%
862George Hildebrand ElementaryConnelly SpringsBurke County Schools335327-2.4%
863Bethlehem ElementaryTaylorsvilleAlexander County Schools446435-2.5%
864Early CollegeAshevilleBuncombe County Schools278271-2.5%
865River Bend ElementaryRaleighWake County Schools727709-2.5%
866Jordan-Matthews HighSiler CityChatham County Schools870848-2.5%
867Northeast ElementaryKinstonLenoir County Public Schools477465-2.5%
868Henderson County Early CollegeFlat RockHenderson County Schools202197-2.5%
869Millbridge ElementaryChina GroveRowan-Salisbury Schools561547-2.5%
870Lower Creek ElementaryLenoirCaldwell County Schools406396-2.5%
871Creech Road ElementaryGarnerWake County Schools563549-2.5%
872Pleasant Grove ElementaryBurlingtonAlamance-Burlington Schools278271-2.5%
873Evergreen Community CharterAshevilleEvergreen Community Charter441430-2.5%
874West Davidson HighLexingtonDavidson County Schools759740-2.5%
875Grover C Fields MiddleNew BernCraven County Board of Education556542-2.5%
876Fair Grove ElementaryThomasvilleDavidson County Schools538524-2.6%
877Rowland Norment ElementaryLumbertonPublic Schools of Robeson County508495-2.6%
878West Bladen HighBladenboroBladen County Schools739720-2.6%
879Richmond Senior HighRockinghamRichmond County Schools1,4011,365-2.6%
880Merry Oaks International AcademyCharlotteCharlotte-Mecklenburg Schools617601-2.6%
881Junaluska ElementaryWaynesvilleHaywood County Schools440428-2.7%
882Holbrook MiddleLowellGaston County Schools732712-2.7%
883Cyrus P Frazier ElementaryGreensboroGuilford County Schools336327-2.7%
884Waxhaw ElementaryWaxhawUnion County Public Schools632615-2.7%
885Wintergreen IntermediateGreenvillePitt County Schools844821-2.7%
886Asheboro HighAsheboroAsheboro City Schools1,3761,338-2.8%
887Tucker Creek MiddleHavelockCraven County Board of Education492478-2.8%
888Manning Elementary SchoolRoanoke RapidsRoanoke Rapids City Schools648630-2.8%
889Maureen Joy Charter SchoolDurhamMaureen Joy Charter649631-2.8%
890Gray's Creek ElementaryHope MillsCumberland County Schools441428-2.9%
891UNCG Early/Middle CollegeGreensboroGuilford County Schools205199-2.9%
892Highland Sch of TechnologyGastoniaGaston County Schools554538-2.9%
893Cape Fear Center for InquiryWilmingtonCape Fear Center for Inquiry407395-2.9%
894Freedom Trail ElementaryElk ParkAvery County Schools208202-2.9%
895Norwayne MiddleFremontWayne County Public Schools873848-2.9%
896Smokey Mountain ElementaryWhittierJackson County Public Schools350340-2.9%
897Hibriten HighLenoirCaldwell County Schools842818-2.9%
898Hillsborough ElementaryHillsboroughOrange County Schools448435-2.9%
899Spring Creek ElementaryGoldsboroWayne County Public Schools828804-2.9%
900East Rowan HighSalisburyRowan-Salisbury Schools1,015986-2.9%
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