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North Carolina: the counties with the most public school students

98 counties

North Carolina counties ranked by total public school enrollment across every school in the county. Counties need at least 3 schools and 1,000 students to qualify. The median ranked county is at 8,381. Showing ranks 51 to 98.

#CountyStateSchoolsStudentsStudents
51Carteret CountyNC188,0538,053
52Vance CountyNC187,4957,495
53Haywood CountyNC167,0927,092
54Halifax CountyNC236,8036,803
55Richmond CountyNC156,5046,504
56Davie CountyNC136,1166,116
57Beaufort CountyNC146,0306,030
58Pasquotank CountyNC145,7745,774
59Stokes CountyNC195,7585,758
60McDowell CountyNC165,7125,712
61Person CountyNC155,6595,659
62Scotland CountyNC105,4165,416
63Yadkin CountyNC145,1745,174
64Dare CountyNC114,9684,968
65Watauga CountyNC124,8214,821
66Bladen CountyNC144,7564,756
67Currituck CountyNC114,6514,651
68Macon CountyNC124,4694,469
69Alexander CountyNC114,3444,344
70Martin CountyNC123,9673,967
71Jackson CountyNC113,8233,823
72Montgomery CountyNC123,8183,818
73Transylvania CountyNC103,6403,640
74Swain CountyNC93,3933,393
75Cherokee CountyNC132,9922,992
76Anson CountyNC92,9242,924
77Greene CountyNC62,6992,699
78Ashe CountyNC62,6762,676
79Hertford CountyNC72,3672,367
80Mitchell CountyNC82,2492,249
81Northampton CountyNC62,2462,246
82Yancey CountyNC72,1482,148
83Polk CountyNC72,1102,110
84Caswell CountyNC62,0982,098
85Madison CountyNC72,0632,063
86Avery CountyNC102,0252,025
87Camden CountyNC51,9181,918
88Bertie CountyNC71,8191,819
89Perquimans CountyNC41,7861,786
90Chowan CountyNC41,7671,767
91Warren CountyNC71,6871,687
92Pamlico CountyNC51,6281,628
93Washington CountyNC61,5861,586
94Gates CountyNC51,4101,410
95Alleghany CountyNC41,3521,352
96Clay CountyNC41,3221,322
97Graham CountyNC31,0961,096
98Jones CountyNC51,0161,016

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