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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
251	Southern Nash High	Bailey	Nash County Public Schools	High	1,048
252	East Lincoln High	Denver	Lincoln County Schools	High	1,047
253	Socrates Academy	Matthews	Socrates Academy	Combined	1,039
254	Weddington Hills Elementary	Concord	Cabarrus County Schools	Elementary	1,038
255	Lufkin Road Middle	Apex	Wake County Schools	Middle	1,035
256	Northern Nash High	Rocky Mount	Nash County Public Schools	High	1,035
257	Excelsior Classical Academy	Durham	Excelsior Classical Academy	Combined	1,032
258	Southwest Guilford Middle	High Point	Guilford County Schools	Middle	1,032
259	Fike High	Wilson	Wilson County Schools	High	1,028
260	Richlands High	Richlands	Onslow County Schools	High	1,027
261	John R Griffin Middle	Fayetteville	Cumberland County Schools	Middle	1,024
262	Hickory High	Hickory	Hickory City Schools	High	1,024
263	Rocky Mount High	Rocky Mount	Nash County Public Schools	High	1,023
264	Croatan High	Newport	Carteret County Public Schools	High	1,019
265	E E Smith High	Fayetteville	Cumberland County Schools	High	1,017
266	Northridge Middle	Charlotte	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	Middle	1,014
267	Havelock High	Havelock	Craven County Board of Education	High	1,014
268	Erwin High	Asheville	Buncombe County Schools	High	1,013
269	Martin Middle	Raleigh	Wake County Schools	Middle	1,011
270	Durham Charter School	Durham	Durham Charter School	Combined	1,010
271	Polenta Elementary	Garner	Johnston County Public Schools	Elementary	1,010
272	Southern Wayne High	Dudley	Wayne County Public Schools	High	1,007
273	Douglas Byrd High	Fayetteville	Cumberland County Schools	High	1,006
274	High Point Central High	High Point	Guilford County Schools	High	1,005
275	Carmel Middle	Charlotte	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	Middle	1,004
276	Fuquay-Varina Middle	Fuquay-Varina	Wake County Schools	Middle	1,004
277	American Leadership Academy-Coastal	Wilmington	American Leadership Academy-Coastal	Combined	1,002
278	Dixon Middle	Sneads Ferry	Onslow County Schools	Middle	997
279	Franklin High	Franklin	Macon County Schools	High	996
280	River Bend Middle	Raleigh	Wake County Schools	Middle	995
281	Northwest School of the Arts	Charlotte	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	993
282	Oak Grove High	Winston-Salem	Davidson County Schools	High	992
283	Davis Drive Middle	Cary	Wake County Schools	Middle	992
284	Statesville High	Statesville	Iredell-Statesville Schools	High	991
285	Kennedy Middle	Charlotte	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	Middle	990
286	South Point High	Belmont	Gaston County Schools	High	989
287	Crestdale Middle	Matthews	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	Middle	989
288	Princeton High	Princeton	Johnston County Public Schools	High	988
289	West Rowan High	Mount Ulla	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	High	988
290	Herbert Akins Rd Elementary	Fuquay-Varina	Wake County Schools	Elementary	988
291	East Rowan High	Salisbury	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	High	986
292	North Iredell High	Olin	Iredell-Statesville Schools	High	983
293	River Dell Elementary	Clayton	Johnston County Public Schools	Elementary	981
294	Piedmont Middle	Monroe	Union County Public Schools	Middle	980
295	Holly Grove Middle	Holly Springs	Wake County Schools	Middle	979
296	Dillard Drive Middle	Raleigh	Wake County Schools	Middle	977
297	Northeast Guilford High	McLeansville	Guilford County Schools	High	977
298	Forest Hills High	Marshville	Union County Public Schools	High	973
299	West View Elementary	Garner	Johnston County Public Schools	Elementary	969
300	Hanes Magnet School	Winston Salem	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	Middle	967

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