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The fastest-declining public high schools by enrollment in North Carolina

Across North Carolina, 279 public high schools are ranked here, ranked by the steepest enrollment decline between the 2017-18 and 2024-25 school years. Charlotte Secondary leads the list at -58.1%, against a median of -9.0% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

279

North Carolina

Best Enrollment change

-58.1%

Median Enrollment change

-9.0%

FASTEST DECLINING · NORTH CAROLINA

#	School	City	District	2017-18	2024-25	% Change
1	Charlotte Secondary	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte Secondary School	375	157	-58.1%
2	Northwood High	Pittsboro, NC	Chatham County Schools	1,367	634	-53.6%
3	The School for Creative Studies	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	605	350	-42.1%
4	NERSBA Early College	Jamesville, NC	NERSBA Early College	232	140	-39.7%
5	Garner High	Garner, NC	Wake County Schools	2,748	1,670	-39.2%
6	Durham School of Technology	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	337	219	-35.0%
7	Columbus Career and College Academy	Whiteville, NC	Columbus County Schools	340	230	-32.4%
8	Discovery High School	Newton, NC	Newton Conover City Schools	216	146	-32.4%
9	Hertford County High	Ahoskie, NC	Hertford County Schools	656	447	-31.9%
10	Madison High School	Marshall, NC	Madison County Schools	549	377	-31.3%
11	Cato Middle College High School	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	252	173	-31.3%
12	Nash Central High	Rocky Mount, NC	Nash County Public Schools	1,016	703	-30.8%
13	High Point Central High	High Point, NC	Guilford County Schools	1,449	1,005	-30.6%
14	Middle Creek High	Apex, NC	Wake County Schools	2,285	1,587	-30.5%
15	Ledford Senior High	Thomasville, NC	Davidson County Schools	1,115	776	-30.4%
16	North Davidson High	Lexington, NC	Davidson County Schools	1,281	935	-27.0%
17	Northwest Halifax Collegiate and Technic	Littleton, NC	Halifax County Schools	438	321	-26.7%
18	Harding University High School	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	1,635	1,204	-26.4%
19	Dalton McMichael High	Mayodan, NC	Rockingham County Schools	921	681	-26.1%
20	Providence Grove High School	Climax, NC	Randolph County School System	788	587	-25.5%
21	Eastern Alamance High	Mebane, NC	Alamance-Burlington Schools	1,273	952	-25.2%
22	Eastern Wayne High	Goldsboro, NC	Wayne County Public Schools	1,044	781	-25.2%
23	Southeast Halifax Collegiate Prep Academ	Halifax, NC	Halifax County Schools	272	204	-25.0%
24	North Mecklenburg High School	Huntersville, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	2,447	1,854	-24.2%
25	Patton High School	Morganton, NC	Burke County Schools	988	756	-23.5%
26	Southern Alamance High	Graham, NC	Alamance-Burlington Schools	1,499	1,148	-23.4%
27	West Craven High	Vanceboro, NC	Craven County Board of Education	981	751	-23.4%
28	Roanoke Rapids High School	Roanoke Rapids, NC	Roanoke Rapids City Schools	1,013	776	-23.4%
29	West Caldwell High	Lenoir, NC	Caldwell County Schools	827	634	-23.3%
30	Bartlett Yancey High	Yanceyville, NC	Caswell County Schools	828	635	-23.3%
31	Chatham Central High	Bear Creek, NC	Chatham County Schools	414	320	-22.7%
32	Northampton County High School	Gaston, NC	Northampton County Schools	343	265	-22.7%
33	Reid Ross Classical High	Fayetteville, NC	Cumberland County Schools	293	227	-22.5%
34	Goldsboro High	Goldsboro, NC	Wayne County Public Schools	530	412	-22.3%
35	Rosman High	Rosman, NC	Transylvania County Schools	326	254	-22.1%
36	Wheatmore High School	Trinity, NC	Randolph County School System	851	667	-21.6%
37	Bertie High	Windsor, NC	Bertie County Schools	569	449	-21.1%
38	Green Hope High	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	2,916	2,304	-21.0%
39	Washington High	Washington, NC	Beaufort County Schools	1,004	794	-20.9%
40	West Wilkes High School	Millers Creek, NC	Wilkes County Schools	735	582	-20.8%
41	Mallard Creek High School	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	2,603	2,068	-20.6%
42	Pasquotank County High	Elizabeth City, NC	Elizabeth City-Pasquotank Public Schools	821	653	-20.5%
43	North Stokes High School	Danbury, NC	Stokes County Schools	351	280	-20.2%
44	East Bladen High	Elizabethtown, NC	Bladen County Schools	656	525	-20.0%
45	Carson High	China Grove, NC	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	1,328	1,063	-20.0%
46	Wilkes Central High School	Wilkesboro, NC	Wilkes County Schools	898	719	-19.9%
47	Sanderson High	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	2,050	1,648	-19.6%
48	Granville Central High	Stem, NC	Granville County Schools	658	531	-19.3%
49	Central Cabarrus High	Concord, NC	Cabarrus County Schools	1,694	1,369	-19.2%
50	Sun Valley High	Monroe, NC	Union County Public Schools	1,575	1,272	-19.2%

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