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North Carolina: the counties with the most public schools

98 counties

North Carolina counties ranked by the number of public schools in the county. Counties need at least 3 schools and 1,000 students to qualify. The median ranked county is at 18. Showing ranks 51 to 98.

#CountyStateSchoolsStudentsSchools
51Lenoir CountyNC188,48018
52Vance CountyNC187,49518
53Haywood CountyNC167,09216
54McDowell CountyNC165,71216
55Person CountyNC155,65915
56Richmond CountyNC156,50415
57Beaufort CountyNC146,03014
58Bladen CountyNC144,75614
59Hoke CountyNC148,73214
60Pasquotank CountyNC145,77414
61Yadkin CountyNC145,17414
62Cherokee CountyNC132,99213
63Davie CountyNC136,11613
64Duplin CountyNC139,82213
65Macon CountyNC124,46912
66Martin CountyNC123,96712
67Montgomery CountyNC123,81812
68Watauga CountyNC124,82112
69Alexander CountyNC114,34411
70Currituck CountyNC114,65111
71Dare CountyNC114,96811
72Jackson CountyNC113,82311
73Avery CountyNC102,02510
74Scotland CountyNC105,41610
75Transylvania CountyNC103,64010
76Anson CountyNC92,9249
77Swain CountyNC93,3939
78Mitchell CountyNC82,2498
79Bertie CountyNC71,8197
80Hertford CountyNC72,3677
81Madison CountyNC72,0637
82Polk CountyNC72,1107
83Warren CountyNC71,6877
84Yancey CountyNC72,1487
85Ashe CountyNC62,6766
86Caswell CountyNC62,0986
87Greene CountyNC62,6996
88Northampton CountyNC62,2466
89Washington CountyNC61,5866
90Camden CountyNC51,9185
91Gates CountyNC51,4105
92Jones CountyNC51,0165
93Pamlico CountyNC51,6285
94Alleghany CountyNC41,3524
95Chowan CountyNC41,7674
96Clay CountyNC41,3224
97Perquimans CountyNC41,7864
98Graham CountyNC31,0963

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