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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
101	The Institute Development Young Leaders	Durham	The Institute for the Development of You	296	419	41.6%
102	Brogden Middle	Durham	Durham Public Schools	533	753	41.3%
103	GE Massey Elementary	Lincolnton	Lincoln County Schools	262	370	41.2%
104	West Millbrook Middle	Raleigh	Wake County Schools	830	1,164	40.2%
105	South End Elementary	Reidsville	Rockingham County Schools	254	355	39.8%
106	West Charlotte High School	Charlotte	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	1,436	2,008	39.8%
107	Neuse River Middle	Raleigh	Wake County Schools	632	877	38.8%
108	The Academy of Moore County	Aberdeen	The Academy of Moore County	345	479	38.8%
109	Union Intermediate	Clinton	Sampson County Schools	286	396	38.5%
110	Salem Elementary	Apex	Wake County Schools	561	776	38.3%
111	Wayne Preparatory Academy	Goldsboro	Wayne Preparatory	554	765	38.1%
112	Bradford Preparatory School	Charlotte	Bradford Preparatory School	1,135	1,566	38.0%
113	W R Odell Primary	Concord	Cabarrus County Schools	680	938	37.9%
114	Stough Elementary	Raleigh	Wake County Schools	399	550	37.8%
115	Isenberg Elementary	Salisbury	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	373	509	36.5%
116	East Columbus Junior-Senior High	Lake Waccamaw	Columbus County Schools	423	576	36.2%
117	Stanfield Elementary	Stanfield	Stanly County Schools	355	483	36.1%
118	Forest Hills Middle	Wilson	Wilson County Schools	481	654	36.0%
119	Coddle Creek Elementary	Mooresville	Iredell-Statesville Schools	595	808	35.8%
120	Elizabeth Elementary	Shelby	Cleveland County Schools	479	649	35.5%
121	Central Elementary	Eden	Rockingham County Schools	385	521	35.3%
122	North Rowan Middle	Spencer	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	480	649	35.2%
123	Willow Oak Montessori	Pittsboro	Willow Oak Montessori	209	281	34.4%
124	Locust Elementary	Locust	Stanly County Schools	420	563	34.0%
125	Tar Heel School	Tar Heel	Bladen County Schools	336	449	33.6%
126	Charles E Boger Elementary	Kannapolis	Cabarrus County Schools	672	895	33.2%
127	Northern Granville Middle	Oxford	Granville County Schools	372	495	33.1%
128	Henderson Collegiate	Henderson	Henderson Collegiate	1,007	1,334	32.5%
129	East Wake High	Wendell	Wake County Schools	1,348	1,777	31.8%
130	Topsail High	Hampstead	Pender County Schools	1,476	1,945	31.8%
131	W R Odell Elementary	Concord	Cabarrus County Schools	798	1,052	31.8%
132	Hanes Magnet School	Winston Salem	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	736	967	31.4%
133	North End Elementary	Roxboro	Person County Schools	216	283	31.0%
134	Vance Charter School	Henderson	Vance Charter School	730	956	31.0%
135	Valdese Elementary	Valdese	Burke County Schools	405	530	30.9%
136	Julius L. Chambers High School	Charlotte	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	1,704	2,225	30.6%
137	Sherrills Ford Elementary	Sherrills Ford	Catawba County Schools	486	633	30.2%
138	Summit Charter	Cashiers	Summit Charter	242	315	30.2%
139	Cumberland Polytechnic	Fayetteville	Cumberland County Schools	245	319	30.2%
140	Crestdale Middle	Matthews	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	764	989	29.5%
141	Shelby Middle	Shelby	Cleveland County Schools	456	588	28.9%
142	Kimberley Park Elementary	Winston Salem	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	258	332	28.7%
143	Sunset Avenue Elementary	Clinton	Clinton City Schools	507	649	28.0%
144	PSRC Early College at RCC	Lumberton	Public Schools of Robeson County	214	274	28.0%
145	The Arts Based School	Winston-Salem	Arts Based School	518	663	28.0%
146	Union Academy	Monroe	Union Academy Charter School	1,710	2,186	27.8%
147	Hawfields Middle	Mebane	Alamance-Burlington Schools	676	864	27.8%
148	Ballentine Elementary	Fuquay Varina	Wake County Schools	581	742	27.7%
149	Mendenhall Middle	Greensboro	Guilford County Schools	709	905	27.6%
150	Union Elementary	Vale	Lincoln County Schools	268	342	27.6%

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