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 51 to 93.

#	County	State	Schools	Students	% Proficient
51	Jones County	NC	5	1,016	52.4%
52	Pitt County	NC	42	25,202	52.8%
53	Buncombe County	NC	61	29,908	53.3%
54	Beaufort County	NC	14	6,030	53.4%
55	Stokes County	NC	19	5,758	53.5%
56	Burke County	NC	29	12,360	53.6%
57	Wilson County	NC	29	12,482	53.6%
58	Onslow County	NC	40	27,501	53.9%
59	Brunswick County	NC	22	15,069	54.1%
60	Mecklenburg County	NC	221	170,407	54.1%
61	Cherokee County	NC	13	2,992	54.3%
62	Cleveland County	NC	29	15,682	54.5%
63	Iredell County	NC	51	31,906	54.6%
64	Catawba County	NC	44	22,392	54.8%
65	Alexander County	NC	11	4,344	54.9%
66	Stanly County	NC	24	9,471	55.1%
67	Wilkes County	NC	22	8,547	55.2%
68	Pamlico County	NC	5	1,628	55.4%
69	Johnston County	NC	51	41,004	55.6%
70	Surry County	NC	30	11,139	56.1%
71	Transylvania County	NC	10	3,640	56.1%
72	Davie County	NC	13	6,116	57.0%
73	Madison County	NC	7	2,063	57.0%
74	Henderson County	NC	25	13,572	57.3%
75	New Hanover County	NC	50	27,460	57.3%
76	Rutherford County	NC	20	9,205	57.4%
77	Cabarrus County	NC	56	43,278	57.7%
78	Pender County	NC	19	11,073	57.7%
79	Clay County	NC	4	1,322	57.9%
80	Chatham County	NC	24	10,374	58.4%
81	Ashe County	NC	6	2,676	59.1%
82	Polk County	NC	7	2,110	59.3%
83	Lincoln County	NC	24	14,428	59.6%
84	Dare County	NC	11	4,968	61.5%
85	Wake County	NC	226	184,790	61.9%
86	Currituck County	NC	11	4,651	62.1%
87	Haywood County	NC	16	7,092	62.9%
88	Moore County	NC	26	14,708	63.0%
89	Orange County	NC	35	19,582	63.7%
90	Camden County	NC	5	1,918	64.0%
91	Watauga County	NC	12	4,821	64.8%
92	Carteret County	NC	18	8,053	67.5%
93	Union County	NC	58	45,934	68.8%

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