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Largest North Carolina public schools by enrollment

North Carolina public schools ranked by total enrollment. Brick-and-mortar only; virtual schools excluded.

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NORTH CAROLINA · LARGEST BY ENROLLMENT

#	School	City	District	Level	Students
451	Dunn Elementary	Dunn	Harnett County Schools	Elementary	813
452	KIPP Charlotte	Charlotte	KIPP: Charlotte	Elementary	813
453	Belville Elementary	Leland	Brunswick County Schools	Elementary	812
454	Crest Middle	Shelby	Cleveland County Schools	Middle	810
455	Warsaw Elementary	Warsaw	Duplin County Schools	Elementary	808
456	Thomas Jefferson Middle	Winston-Salem	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	Middle	808
457	Southwest Elementary	High Point	Guilford County Schools	Elementary	808
458	Coddle Creek Elementary	Mooresville	Iredell-Statesville Schools	Elementary	808
459	Hidden Valley Elementary	Charlotte	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	Elementary	808
460	Charlotte Lab School	Charlotte	Charlotte Lab School	Combined	807
461	Hugh M Cummings High	Burlington	Alamance-Burlington Schools	High	807
462	Leland Middle	Leland	Brunswick County Schools	Middle	806
463	Reedy Creek Middle	Cary	Wake County Schools	Middle	805
464	Abbotts Creek Elementary	Raleigh	Wake County Schools	Elementary	805
465	Spring Creek Elementary	Goldsboro	Wayne County Public Schools	Elementary	804
466	Wakefield Middle	Raleigh	Wake County Schools	Middle	803
467	Southwest High	Jacksonville	Onslow County Schools	High	803
468	Monroe Middle	Monroe	Union County Public Schools	Middle	802
469	Southwestern Randolph High School	Asheboro	Randolph County School System	High	801
470	Holly Shelter Middle	Castle Hayne	New Hanover County Schools	Middle	801
471	West Stanly High	Oakboro	Stanly County Schools	High	800
472	West Stokes High School	King	Stokes County Schools	High	799
473	Endeavor Charter School	Wake Forest	Endeavor Charter	Elementary	799
474	J. M. Alexander Middle	Huntersville	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	Middle	799
475	Brevard High	Brevard	Transylvania County Schools	High	799
476	SouthWest Edgecombe High	Pinetops	Edgecombe County Public Schools	High	798
477	Fairview School	Sylva	Jackson County Public Schools	Elementary	797
478	Lincolnton High	Lincolnton	Lincoln County Schools	High	797
479	Iredell Charter Academy of Arts &Science	Troutman	Iredell Charter Academy of Arts & Scienc	Elementary	795
480	Leesville Road Middle	Raleigh	Wake County Schools	Middle	795
481	Southern Nash Middle	Spring Hope	Nash County Public Schools	Middle	795
482	Davis Drive Elementary	Cary	Wake County Schools	Elementary	794
483	Selma Elementary	Selma	Johnston County Public Schools	Elementary	794
484	Washington High	Washington	Beaufort County Schools	High	794
485	Hendersonville High	Hendersonville	Henderson County Schools	High	794
486	Speas Elementary	Winston Salem	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	Elementary	793
487	SanLee Middle School	Sanford	Lee County Schools	Middle	792
488	North Surry High	Mount Airy	Surry County Schools	High	792
489	Shelby High	Shelby	Cleveland County Schools	High	792
490	C C Griffin Middle	Concord	Cabarrus County Schools	Middle	792
491	Endhaven Elementary	Charlotte	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	Elementary	790
492	Contentnea-Savannah School	Kinston	Lenoir County Public Schools	Elementary	789
493	North Johnston High	Kenly	Johnston County Public Schools	High	788
494	Forbush High	East Bend	Yadkin County Schools	High	787
495	Winding Springs Elementary	Charlotte	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	Elementary	786
496	Sterling Elementary	Pineville	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	Elementary	786
497	Wintergreen Primary	Greenville	Pitt County Schools	Elementary	786
498	Audrey W. Garrett Elementary	Mebane	Alamance-Burlington Schools	Elementary	785
499	Gov's Village STEM (Lower)	Charlotte	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	Elementary	784
500	White Oak Elementary	Cape Carteret	Carteret County Public Schools	Elementary	784

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