North Carolina: the largest school districts

116 districts

North Carolina public school districts ranked by total student enrollment across every school in the district. Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to qualify.

#	District	State	Schools	Students	Students
1	Wake County Schools	NC	198	163,176	163,176
2	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	NC	186	145,014	145,014
3	Guilford County Schools	NC	123	68,535	68,535
4	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	NC	79	51,745	51,745
5	Cumberland County Schools	NC	86	49,002	49,002
6	Union County Public Schools	NC	52	41,272	41,272
7	Johnston County Public Schools	NC	48	37,320	37,320
8	Cabarrus County Schools	NC	44	35,568	35,568
9	Durham Public Schools	NC	55	31,797	31,797
10	Gaston County Schools	NC	56	30,995	30,995
11	Onslow County Schools	NC	39	27,397	27,397
12	New Hanover County Schools	NC	42	24,791	24,791
13	Pitt County Schools	NC	40	24,470	24,470
14	Alamance-Burlington Schools	NC	37	22,661	22,661
15	Buncombe County Schools	NC	45	22,452	22,452
16	Iredell-Statesville Schools	NC	38	21,017	21,017
17	Public Schools of Robeson County	NC	36	20,856	20,856
18	Harnett County Schools	NC	29	20,095	20,095
19	Davidson County Schools	NC	35	17,936	17,936
20	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	NC	32	17,683	17,683
21	Wayne County Public Schools	NC	33	17,150	17,150
22	Catawba County Schools	NC	28	16,003	16,003
23	Randolph County School System	NC	32	14,994	14,994
24	Nash County Public Schools	NC	28	14,587	14,587
25	Cleveland County Schools	NC	28	14,504	14,504
26	Brunswick County Schools	NC	20	13,561	13,561
27	Moore County Schools	NC	23	13,085	13,085
28	Henderson County Schools	NC	23	12,619	12,619
29	Craven County Board of Education	NC	26	12,152	12,152
30	Lincoln County Schools	NC	22	11,710	11,710
31	Burke County Schools	NC	26	11,667	11,667
32	Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools	NC	20	11,392	11,392
33	Rockingham County Schools	NC	23	11,114	11,114
34	Pender County Schools	NC	19	11,073	11,073
35	Caldwell County Schools	NC	25	10,667	10,667
36	Wilson County Schools	NC	25	10,451	10,451
37	Duplin County Schools	NC	13	9,822	9,822
38	Lee County Schools	NC	16	9,168	9,168
39	Chatham County Schools	NC	21	8,987	8,987
40	Stanly County Schools	NC	23	8,743	8,743
41	Hoke County Schools	NC	14	8,732	8,732
42	Wilkes County Schools	NC	22	8,547	8,547
43	Lenoir County Public Schools	NC	17	8,331	8,331
44	Sampson County Schools	NC	18	7,986	7,986
45	Franklin County Schools	NC	16	7,978	7,978
46	Carteret County Public Schools	NC	17	7,847	7,847
47	Rutherford County Schools	NC	18	7,394	7,394
48	Surry County Schools	NC	20	7,318	7,318
49	Orange County Schools	NC	13	6,982	6,982
50	Richmond County Schools	NC	15	6,504	6,504

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