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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
51	Lake Norman High	Mooresville	Iredell-Statesville Schools	High	1,905
52	Triangle Math and Science Academy	Cary	Triangle Math and Science Academy	Combined	1,904
53	Riverside High	Durham	Durham Public Schools	High	1,900
54	Weddington High	Matthews	Union County Public Schools	High	1,899
55	Lumberton Senior High	Lumberton	Public Schools of Robeson County	High	1,894
56	Eugene Ashley High	Wilmington	New Hanover County Schools	High	1,893
57	Cleveland High	Clayton	Johnston County Public Schools	High	1,889
58	Pine Lake Preparatory	Mooresville	Pine Lake Preparatory	Combined	1,888
59	Garinger High School	Charlotte	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	1,877
60	Fuquay-Varina High	Fuquay-Varina	Wake County Schools	High	1,858
61	Cuthbertson High	Waxhaw	Union County Public Schools	High	1,857
62	North Mecklenburg High School	Huntersville	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	1,854
63	Hopewell High School	Huntersville	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	1,851
64	South Garner High	Garner	Wake County Schools	High	1,835
65	Davie County High	Mocksville	Davie County Schools	High	1,819
66	Porter Ridge High School	Indian Trail	Union County Public Schools	High	1,809
67	Butler High School	Matthews	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	1,791
68	Mountain Island Charter School	Mt. Holly	Mountain Island Charter	Combined	1,782
69	Heritage High	Wake Forest	Wake County Schools	High	1,778
70	East Wake High	Wendell	Wake County Schools	High	1,777
71	Cox Mill High School	Concord	Cabarrus County Schools	High	1,772
72	South Iredell High	Statesville	Iredell-Statesville Schools	High	1,768
73	Durham School of the Arts	Durham	Durham Public Schools	High	1,764
74	R J Reynolds High	Winston Salem	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	High	1,759
75	D H Conley High	Greenville	Pitt County Schools	High	1,757
76	A L Brown High	Kannapolis	Kannapolis City Schools	High	1,753
77	South Central	Winterville	Pitt County Schools	High	1,738
78	Knightdale High	Knightdale	Wake County Schools	High	1,695
79	Hickory Ridge High	Harrisburg	Cabarrus County Schools	High	1,671
80	Garner High	Garner	Wake County Schools	High	1,670
81	Franklin Academy	Wake Forest	Franklin Academy	Combined	1,660
82	Sanderson High	Raleigh	Wake County Schools	High	1,648
83	Page High	Greensboro	Guilford County Schools	High	1,648
84	East Forsyth High	Kernersville	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	High	1,647
85	New Bern High	New Bern	Craven County Board of Education	High	1,637
86	Mills Park Middle	Cary	Wake County Schools	Middle	1,632
87	Community School of Davidson	Davidson	Community School of Davidson	Combined	1,631
88	West Cabarrus High	Concord	Cabarrus County Schools	High	1,627
89	North Brunswick High	Leland	Brunswick County Schools	High	1,620
90	Chapel Hill High	Chapel Hill	Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools	High	1,608
91	Sugar Creek Charter	Charlotte	Sugar Creek Charter	Combined	1,591
92	Middle Creek High	Apex	Wake County Schools	High	1,587
93	Purnell Swett High	Pembroke	Public Schools of Robeson County	High	1,583
94	Parkland High	Winston Salem	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	High	1,569
95	Junius H Rose High	Greenville	Pitt County Schools	High	1,568
96	Bradford Preparatory School	Charlotte	Bradford Preparatory School	Combined	1,566
97	West Johnston High	Benson	Johnston County Public Schools	High	1,563
98	Rocky River High School	Mint Hill	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	1,562
99	Pine Forest High	Fayetteville	Cumberland County Schools	High	1,551
100	Smithfield-Selma High	Smithfield	Johnston County Public Schools	High	1,548

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