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Most racially diverse North Carolina public schools

North Carolina public schools ranked by diversity index: the chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.

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NORTH CAROLINA · MOST RACIALLY DIVERSE

#	School	City	Students	Diversity index	% White	% Black	% Hispanic	% Asian
101	Forest City-Dunbar Elementary School	Forest City	459	72.8%	30.5%(140)	35.1%(161)	19.4%(89)	1.7%(8)
102	J N Fries Magnet School	Concord	755	72.8%	38.9%(294)	25.2%(190)	21.6%(163)	6.8%(51)
103	Hoke County High	Raeford	2,110	72.8%	16.3%(343)	39.9%(841)	27.1%(572)	0.6%(13)
104	Poe Elementary	Raleigh	324	72.8%	25.6%(83)	35.5%(115)	27.2%(88)	5.9%(19)
105	Butler High School	Matthews	1,791	72.8%	27.6%(494)	30.4%(544)	31.2%(558)	7.5%(135)
106	Northwoods Elementary	Jacksonville	439	72.8%	38.3%(168)	26.0%(114)	19.1%(84)	0.5%(2)
107	Newton-Conover Middle	Conover	559	72.8%	36.9%(206)	12.7%(71)	32.2%(180)	8.4%(47)
108	Wake Young Women's Leadership Academy	Raleigh	337	72.8%	35.0%(118)	32.9%(111)	17.5%(59)	7.4%(25)
109	Sherwood Githens Middle	Durham	878	72.7%	26.8%(235)	27.1%(238)	34.7%(305)	4.2%(37)
110	Roberta Road Middle	Concord	906	72.7%	33.9%(307)	30.7%(278)	24.1%(218)	5.0%(45)
111	Cardinal Charter Acad at Wendell Falls	Wendell	567	72.7%	25.8%(146)	32.6%(185)	30.2%(171)	2.3%(13)
112	Peterson Elementary	Red Springs	539	72.7%	2.8%(15)	22.6%(122)	34.5%(186)	0.4%(2)
113	Forest Park Elementary	Kannapolis	472	72.7%	20.3%(96)	35.0%(165)	31.1%(147)	2.5%(12)
114	Woods Creek Elementary	Holly Springs	406	72.7%	39.4%(160)	11.8%(48)	16.8%(68)	27.1%(110)
115	W M Jenkins Elementary	Hickory	276	72.7%	42.0%(116)	12.7%(35)	21.4%(59)	6.5%(18)
116	Walter M Williams High	Burlington	1,206	72.7%	26.3%(317)	31.8%(383)	31.1%(375)	3.5%(42)
117	Pleasant Grove Elementary	Burlington	271	72.7%	29.1%(79)	29.9%(81)	29.1%(79)	0.0%(0)
118	Dillard Drive Elementary	Raleigh	648	72.6%	35.5%(230)	28.2%(183)	24.7%(160)	6.9%(45)
119	Cabarrus-Kannapolis Early Coll	Concord	234	72.6%	37.2%(87)	28.6%(67)	20.9%(49)	9.4%(22)
120	Innovation Early College High	Greenville	227	72.6%	38.8%(88)	27.3%(62)	19.8%(45)	6.2%(14)
121	River Gate Elementary	Charlotte	693	72.6%	15.2%(105)	39.5%(274)	28.6%(198)	9.5%(66)
122	Hope Mills Middle	Hope Mills	474	72.5%	29.8%(141)	37.3%(177)	17.5%(83)	0.2%(1)
123	Woodlawn Middle	Mebane	633	72.5%	31.6%(200)	29.5%(187)	28.1%(178)	1.1%(7)
124	Acme Delco Elementary	Riegelwood	349	72.5%	37.3%(130)	27.5%(96)	23.5%(82)	0.0%(0)
125	Challenger Early College High	Hickory	376	72.5%	34.8%(131)	2.7%(10)	32.5%(122)	19.1%(72)
126	East Iredell Elementary	Statesville	663	72.4%	22.3%(148)	30.3%(201)	35.3%(234)	2.6%(17)
127	C C Griffin Middle	Concord	792	72.4%	33.6%(266)	29.0%(230)	27.3%(216)	4.0%(32)
128	Wake EC of Information & Biotechnologies	Morrisville	260	72.4%	33.9%(88)	21.1%(55)	7.3%(19)	33.1%(86)
129	Havelock Elementary	Havelock	248	72.4%	40.3%(100)	23.4%(58)	13.3%(33)	2.4%(6)
130	Elon Park Elementary	Charlotte	732	72.3%	29.5%(216)	12.6%(92)	13.5%(99)	39.1%(286)
131	Ballantyne Elementary	Charlotte	745	72.3%	38.4%(286)	14.6%(109)	10.2%(76)	30.7%(229)
132	Matthews Charter Academy	Matthews	771	72.3%	37.4%(288)	28.1%(217)	22.6%(174)	3.9%(30)
133	C Wayne Collier Elementary	Hope Mills	532	72.3%	27.4%(146)	39.9%(212)	16.5%(88)	1.1%(6)
134	Overhills Middle	Spring Lake	758	72.3%	27.7%(210)	37.9%(287)	21.5%(163)	0.8%(6)
135	Southwest Elementary	Durham	639	72.2%	31.8%(203)	31.9%(204)	26.0%(166)	1.9%(12)
136	Wake Forest Middle School	Wake Forest	878	72.2%	30.6%(269)	35.3%(310)	23.2%(204)	5.2%(46)
137	Wayne STEM Academy	Goldsboro	305	72.2%	31.8%(97)	35.4%(108)	16.7%(51)	0.0%(0)
138	Overhills High	Spring Lake	1,981	72.1%	31.4%(623)	34.4%(681)	23.6%(467)	0.8%(15)
139	Charles E Boger Elementary	Kannapolis	895	72.1%	42.1%(377)	23.7%(212)	17.5%(157)	11.2%(100)
140	ALA Monroe	Monroe	237	72.0%	14.3%(34)	38.8%(92)	30.8%(73)	6.3%(15)
141	Northside Elementary	Chapel Hill	412	72.0%	41.8%(172)	26.7%(110)	12.1%(50)	12.4%(51)
142	West Rockingham Elementary	Rockingham	314	72.0%	35.0%(110)	33.8%(106)	18.8%(59)	0.0%(0)
143	Dole Elementary	Salisbury	388	72.0%	22.4%(87)	35.6%(138)	30.9%(120)	2.3%(9)
144	Marvin B Smith Elementary	Burlington	556	72.0%	39.0%(217)	22.8%(127)	25.4%(141)	2.5%(14)
145	Hawk Eye Elementary	Red Springs	328	72.0%	4.6%(15)	13.1%(43)	32.3%(106)	0.0%(0)
146	Doral Academy of North Carolina	Raleigh	592	72.0%	28.9%(171)	35.5%(210)	25.7%(152)	4.2%(25)
147	Hickory Ridge Middle	Harrisburg	1,057	72.0%	40.5%(428)	18.7%(198)	8.3%(88)	26.8%(283)
148	Turrentine Middle	Burlington	739	72.0%	21.2%(157)	34.0%(251)	33.8%(250)	3.6%(27)
149	Southern Guilford High	Greensboro	934	71.9%	15.9%(149)	37.3%(348)	32.5%(304)	9.2%(86)
150	Southeast Alamance High	Haw River	1,079	71.9%	39.2%(423)	22.6%(244)	26.0%(281)	3.7%(40)

Page 3 of 20 · 1,000 ranked. Schools with 200+ students whose reported race and ethnicity shares cover at least 90% of enrollment. Higher index means a more mixed student body.

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