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Best Schools · North Carolina · Lowest student-teacher ratio

North Carolina schools with the lowest student-teacher ratios

North Carolina public schools with 200+ students reporting the fewest students per teacher. Excludes virtual schools.

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NORTH CAROLINA · LOWEST STUDENT-TEACHER RATIO
#SchoolCityDistrictLevelStudentsRatio
501Anne Chesnutt MiddleFayettevilleCumberland County SchoolsMiddle47013.7:1
502Summit CharterCashiersSummit CharterCombined31513.7:1
503Pumpkin Center PrimaryLincolntonLincoln County SchoolsElementary32513.7:1
504Patriots ElementaryConcordCabarrus County SchoolsElementary63613.7:1
505Wilburn ElementaryRaleighWake County SchoolsElementary59313.7:1
506Hasty ElementaryThomasvilleDavidson County SchoolsElementary38513.7:1
507Madison ElementaryMcLeansvilleGuilford County SchoolsElementary20413.7:1
508Cloverleaf ElementaryStatesvilleIredell-Statesville SchoolsElementary56813.7:1
509Petree ElementaryWinston-SalemWinston Salem / Forsyth County SchoolsElementary51913.7:1
510Carver MiddleLaurel HillScotland County SchoolsMiddle56313.7:1
511Jefferson ElementaryWinston-SalemWinston Salem / Forsyth County SchoolsElementary56013.7:1
512Kitty Hawk Elementary SchoolKitty HawkDare County SchoolsElementary48713.7:1
513Asheville HighAshevilleAsheville City SchoolsHigh1,22113.7:1
514Blue Ridge ElementaryWarrensvilleAshe County SchoolsElementary34813.7:1
515Owen MiddleSwannanoaBuncombe County SchoolsMiddle45713.7:1
516American Renaissance SchoolStatesvilleAmerican Renaissance SchoolElementary82313.7:1
517Tryon Elementary SchoolTryonPolk County SchoolsElementary36713.7:1
518West Lee MiddleSanfordLee County SchoolsMiddle52213.7:1
519West Hoke ElementaryRaefordHoke County SchoolsElementary46713.7:1
520The International School at GregoryWilmingtonNew Hanover County SchoolsElementary51413.8:1
521Pathways ElementaryHillsboroughOrange County SchoolsElementary37113.8:1
522Carpenter ElementaryCaryWake County SchoolsElementary60413.8:1
523Rocky Point ElementaryRocky PointPender County SchoolsElementary40313.8:1
524Carrboro HighCarrboroChapel Hill-Carrboro City SchoolsHigh88513.8:1
525Erwin MiddleAshevilleBuncombe County SchoolsMiddle54513.8:1
526Fred L Wilson ElementaryKannapolisKannapolis City SchoolsElementary41513.8:1
527McAlpine ElementaryCharlotteCharlotte-Mecklenburg SchoolsElementary53513.8:1
528Childers ElementaryLincolntonLincoln County SchoolsElementary41813.8:1
529Douglas ElementaryRaleighWake County SchoolsElementary56213.8:1
530Newport MiddleNewportCarteret County Public SchoolsMiddle34613.8:1
531J C Sawyer ElementaryElizabeth CityElizabeth City-Pasquotank Public SchoolsElementary40013.8:1
532Chatham MiddleSiler CityChatham County SchoolsMiddle51313.8:1
533Cox Mill ElementaryConcordCabarrus County SchoolsElementary1,08613.8:1
534Westwood ElementaryWest JeffersonAshe County SchoolsElementary45113.8:1
535Candler ElementaryCandlerBuncombe County SchoolsElementary38113.8:1
536Lucile Souders ElementaryFayettevilleCumberland County SchoolsElementary39913.8:1
537Northeast ElementaryPinetownBeaufort County SchoolsElementary35513.8:1
538Neuse River MiddleRaleighWake County SchoolsMiddle87713.8:1
539Nathanael Greene ElementaryLibertyGuilford County SchoolsElementary26313.8:1
540Perquimans County MiddleWinfallPerquimans County SchoolsMiddle38713.8:1
541Brentwood ElementaryFayettevilleCumberland County SchoolsElementary49413.8:1
542Seagrove Elementary SchoolSeagroveRandolph County School SystemElementary33213.8:1
543W Jesse Gurganus ElementaryHavelockCraven County Board of EducationElementary34013.8:1
544Dunn MiddleDunnHarnett County SchoolsMiddle38813.8:1
545Robinson ElementaryGastoniaGaston County SchoolsElementary42013.8:1
546Langdon C Kerr ElementaryClintonClinton City SchoolsElementary36613.8:1
547Rankin ElementaryGreensboroGuilford County SchoolsElementary67313.8:1
548Doral Academy of North CarolinaRaleighDoral Academy North CarolinaElementary59213.8:1
549Pamlico County PrimaryBayboroPamlico County SchoolsElementary32913.9:1
550Parkwood ElementaryDurhamDurham Public SchoolsElementary49113.9:1
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