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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
901Hall Fletcher ElementaryAshevilleAsheville City Schools328318-3.0%
902Enka HighCandlerBuncombe County Schools1,0831,051-3.0%
903Childers ElementaryLincolntonLincoln County Schools431418-3.0%
904E B Frink MiddleLa GrangeLenoir County Public Schools503488-3.0%
905Old Town ElementaryWinston SalemWinston Salem / Forsyth County Schools636617-3.0%
906East Chapel Hill HighChapel HillChapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools1,4631,419-3.0%
907Alderman Road ElementaryFayettevilleCumberland County Schools675655-3.0%
908Corinth-Holders ElementaryZebulonJohnston County Public Schools603585-3.0%
909Brevard ElementaryBrevardTransylvania County Schools541524-3.1%
910Southern School of Energy and SustainabiDurhamDurham Public Schools1,4291,384-3.1%
911Salem ElementaryMorgantonBurke County Schools491476-3.1%
912Burns MiddleLawndaleCleveland County Schools768744-3.1%
913Reynolds HighAshevilleBuncombe County Schools1,2071,169-3.1%
914Wayne Early / Middle College HighGoldsboroWayne County Public Schools247239-3.2%
915Southwest Guilford HighHigh PointGuilford County Schools1,5981,547-3.2%
916Berewick ElementaryCharlotteCharlotte-Mecklenburg Schools741717-3.2%
917Whitewater MiddleCharlotteCharlotte-Mecklenburg Schools756731-3.3%
918Randleman High SchoolRandlemanRandolph County School System900870-3.3%
919Beulaville ElementaryBeulavilleDuplin County Schools907877-3.3%
920Carver Heights ElementaryGoldsboroWayne County Public Schools421407-3.3%
921Sherwood Githens MiddleDurhamDurham Public Schools908878-3.3%
922Southern Nash HighBaileyNash County Public Schools1,0851,048-3.4%
923Lake Norman HighMooresvilleIredell-Statesville Schools1,9721,905-3.4%
924Piedmont MiddleMonroeUnion County Public Schools1,014980-3.4%
925Clemmons Middle SchoolWinston-SalemWinston Salem / Forsyth County Schools1,1301,092-3.4%
926Belville ElementaryLelandBrunswick County Schools841812-3.4%
927Sandy Grove MiddleLumber BridgeHoke County Schools625604-3.4%
928Claxton ElementaryGreensboroGuilford County Schools600579-3.5%
929Pineville ElementaryPinevilleCharlotte-Mecklenburg Schools769742-3.5%
930Northwoods ElementaryJacksonvilleOnslow County Schools455439-3.5%
931J E Holmes MiddleEdenRockingham County Schools634612-3.5%
932Pickett Elementary SchoolLexingtonLexington City Schools399385-3.5%
933Lincolnton HighLincolntonLincoln County Schools826797-3.5%
934Four Oaks ElementaryFour OaksJohnston County Public Schools1,0901,051-3.6%
935Emsley A Laney HighWilmingtonNew Hanover County Schools2,3272,243-3.6%
936Northern MiddleRoxboroPerson County Schools471454-3.6%
937North Stanly HighNew LondonStanly County Schools589568-3.6%
938Salem MiddleApexWake County Schools1,0971,057-3.6%
939Bluford ElementaryGreensboroGuilford County Schools276266-3.6%
940Pender Early College HighBurgawPender County Schools223215-3.6%
941Wake Early College of Health and ScienceRaleighWake County Schools329317-3.6%
942Purnell Swett HighPembrokePublic Schools of Robeson County1,6441,583-3.7%
943Hickory Ridge HighHarrisburgCabarrus County Schools1,7351,671-3.7%
944Carl A Furr ElementaryConcordCabarrus County Schools812782-3.7%
945Forestview HighGastoniaGaston County Schools1,1771,133-3.7%
946Supply ElementarySupplyBrunswick County Schools602580-3.7%
947Leland MiddleLelandBrunswick County Schools837806-3.7%
948Vienna ElementaryPfafftownWinston Salem / Forsyth County Schools784755-3.7%
949Smithfield MiddleSmithfieldJohnston County Public Schools595573-3.7%
950North Iredell MiddleOlinIredell-Statesville Schools578556-3.8%
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