North Carolina: the counties with the lowest-performing public schools

93 counties

North Carolina counties ranked by the lowest enrollment-weighted state-assessment proficiency. Counties need at least 3 schools and 1,000 students to qualify. The median ranked county is at 51.7%. Showing ranks 1 to 50.

#	County	State	Schools	Students	% Proficient
1	Warren County	NC	7	1,687	29.7%
2	Greene County	NC	6	2,699	31.3%
3	Washington County	NC	6	1,586	34.8%
4	Vance County	NC	18	7,495	35.8%
5	Bladen County	NC	14	4,756	36.7%
6	Robeson County	NC	39	21,625	37.3%
7	Hertford County	NC	7	2,367	37.5%
8	Rowan County	NC	34	18,917	37.5%
9	Duplin County	NC	13	9,822	37.7%
10	Scotland County	NC	10	5,416	38.9%
11	Halifax County	NC	23	6,803	40.1%
12	Richmond County	NC	15	6,504	40.4%
13	Graham County	NC	3	1,096	41.5%
14	Granville County	NC	18	8,376	41.5%
15	Anson County	NC	9	2,924	41.7%
16	Caswell County	NC	6	2,098	42.0%
17	Montgomery County	NC	12	3,818	42.7%
18	Alamance County	NC	41	25,737	42.8%
19	Bertie County	NC	7	1,819	43.0%
20	Chowan County	NC	4	1,767	43.2%
21	Columbus County	NC	19	8,386	43.8%
22	Harnett County	NC	31	20,611	43.8%
23	Rockingham County	NC	26	12,299	45.0%
24	Hoke County	NC	14	8,732	45.1%
25	Lenoir County	NC	18	8,480	45.7%
26	Gaston County	NC	60	35,898	46.2%
27	Lee County	NC	20	10,641	46.7%
28	Gates County	NC	5	1,410	47.1%
29	Randolph County	NC	42	21,656	47.1%
30	Pasquotank County	NC	14	5,774	47.2%
31	Jackson County	NC	11	3,823	47.3%
32	Durham County	NC	71	46,109	48.0%
33	Alleghany County	NC	4	1,352	48.1%
34	Nash County	NC	25	14,285	48.5%
35	Forsyth County	NC	85	55,902	48.8%
36	Sampson County	NC	23	11,001	48.9%
37	Guilford County	NC	137	79,539	49.3%
38	Person County	NC	15	5,659	49.3%
39	Avery County	NC	10	2,025	49.9%
40	Cumberland County	NC	88	50,815	50.2%
41	Yadkin County	NC	14	5,174	50.4%
42	Yancey County	NC	7	2,148	50.8%
43	Caldwell County	NC	26	10,920	50.9%
44	McDowell County	NC	16	5,712	51.0%
45	Perquimans County	NC	4	1,786	51.3%
46	Wayne County	NC	36	18,481	51.3%
47	Craven County	NC	27	12,526	51.7%
48	Franklin County	NC	19	11,614	51.8%
49	Macon County	NC	12	4,469	52.1%
50	Davidson County	NC	47	23,696	52.3%

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