North Carolina: the lowest-poverty school districts

114 districts

North Carolina public school districts ranked by the lowest share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to qualify.

#	District	State	Schools	Students	Students on FRL	% FRL
1	Camden County Schools	NC	5	1,918	505	26.3%
2	Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools	NC	20	11,392	3,296	28.9%
3	Uwharrie Charter Academy	NC	2	2,257	765	35.7%
4	Currituck County Schools	NC	10	4,601	1,650	35.9%
5	Watauga County Schools	NC	11	4,658	1,823	39.1%
6	Union County Public Schools	NC	52	41,272	16,687	40.4%
7	Wake County Schools	NC	198	163,176	67,630	41.4%
8	Asheville City Schools	NC	9	4,177	1,893	45.3%
9	Dare County Schools	NC	11	4,968	2,283	46.0%
10	Mooresville Graded School District	NC	8	5,917	2,736	46.2%
11	Cabarrus County Schools	NC	44	35,568	17,094	48.1%
12	Onslow County Schools	NC	39	27,397	13,887	50.7%
13	Davie County Schools	NC	13	6,116	3,296	53.9%
14	Elkin City Schools	NC	4	1,329	720	54.2%
15	Gates County Schools	NC	5	1,410	772	54.8%
16	Orange County Schools	NC	13	6,982	3,973	56.9%
17	Henderson County Schools	NC	23	12,619	7,917	62.7%
18	Moore County Schools	NC	23	13,085	8,312	63.5%
19	Lincoln County Schools	NC	22	11,710	7,734	66.0%
20	Iredell-Statesville Schools	NC	38	21,017	14,123	67.2%
21	New Hanover County Schools	NC	42	24,791	16,798	67.8%
22	Davidson County Schools	NC	35	17,936	12,539	69.9%
23	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	NC	186	145,014	101,813	70.2%
24	Pender County Schools	NC	19	11,073	7,782	70.3%
25	Harnett County Schools	NC	29	20,095	14,831	73.8%
26	Craven County Board of Education	NC	26	12,152	9,001	74.1%
27	Carteret County Public Schools	NC	17	7,847	5,985	76.3%
28	Chatham County Schools	NC	21	8,987	6,917	77.0%
29	Alamance-Burlington Schools	NC	37	22,661	18,067	79.7%
30	Macon County Schools	NC	12	4,469	3,647	81.6%
31	Stokes County Schools	NC	19	5,758	4,701	81.6%
32	Yadkin County Schools	NC	14	5,174	4,302	83.1%
33	Catawba County Schools	NC	28	16,003	13,401	83.8%
34	Newton Conover City Schools	NC	7	2,654	2,238	84.3%
35	Cumberland County Schools	NC	86	49,002	41,971	85.7%
36	Randolph County School System	NC	32	14,994	13,066	87.1%
37	Gaston County Schools	NC	56	30,995	27,193	87.7%
38	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	NC	79	51,745	45,514	88.0%
39	Guilford County Schools	NC	123	68,535	61,751	90.1%
40	Swain County Schools	NC	6	1,872	1,741	93.0%
41	Caldwell County Schools	NC	25	10,667	10,084	94.5%
42	Pitt County Schools	NC	40	24,470	23,124	94.5%
43	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	NC	32	17,683	16,893	95.5%
44	Yancey County Schools	NC	7	2,148	2,053	95.6%
45	Wilson County Schools	NC	25	10,451	10,004	95.7%
46	Avery County Schools	NC	8	1,782	1,730	97.1%
47	Jackson County Public Schools	NC	9	3,444	3,360	97.6%
48	Rutherford County Schools	NC	18	7,394	7,216	97.6%
49	Bladen County Schools	NC	12	3,928	3,845	97.9%
50	Buncombe County Schools	NC	45	22,452	21,994	98.0%

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