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The fastest-declining public high schools by enrollment in North Carolina · page 4

Ranks 151–200 of the fastest-declining public schools by enrollment in North Carolina. Back to page 1.

FASTEST DECLINING · NORTH CAROLINA

#	School	City	District	2017-18	2024-25	% Change
151	Northern Guilford High	Greensboro, NC	Guilford County Schools	1,365	1,251	-8.4%
152	SouthWest Edgecombe High	Pinetops, NC	Edgecombe County Public Schools	870	798	-8.3%
153	Northwest School of the Arts	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	1,083	993	-8.3%
154	West Rowan High	Mount Ulla, NC	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	1,078	988	-8.3%
155	Phillip O Berry Academy of Technology	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	1,670	1,533	-8.2%
156	Southern Wayne High	Dudley, NC	Wayne County Public Schools	1,097	1,007	-8.2%
157	East Carteret High	Beaufort, NC	Carteret County Public Schools	567	521	-8.1%
158	Lee Early College	Sanford, NC	Lee County Schools	296	272	-8.1%
159	Hawthorne Academy of Health Sciences	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	260	239	-8.1%
160	Yadkin Early College	Yadkinville, NC	Yadkin County Schools	217	200	-7.8%
161	East Forsyth High	Kernersville, NC	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	1,785	1,647	-7.7%
162	Kinston High	Kinston, NC	Lenoir County Public Schools	714	659	-7.7%
163	Jay M Robinson High	Concord, NC	Cabarrus County Schools	1,309	1,210	-7.6%
164	Cochrane Collegiate Academy	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	924	854	-7.6%
165	Charles B Aycock High	Pikeville, NC	Wayne County Public Schools	1,232	1,138	-7.6%
166	Union High	Rose Hill, NC	Sampson County Schools	534	494	-7.5%
167	Southside High	Chocowinity, NC	Beaufort County Schools	443	410	-7.4%
168	Forbush High	East Bend, NC	Yadkin County Schools	849	787	-7.3%
169	Caldwell Applied Sciences Academy	Hudson, NC	Caldwell County Schools	235	218	-7.2%
170	John A Holmes High	Edenton, NC	Edenton-Chowan Schools	597	554	-7.2%
171	Robert B Glenn High School	Kernersville, NC	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	1,504	1,396	-7.2%
172	Heritage High	Wake Forest, NC	Wake County Schools	1,915	1,778	-7.2%
173	Brunswick County Early College	Bolivia, NC	Brunswick County Schools	357	332	-7.0%
174	Wake Forest High School	Wake Forest, NC	Wake County Schools	2,194	2,043	-6.9%
175	Forest Hills High	Marshville, NC	Union County Public Schools	1,041	973	-6.5%
176	South Lenoir High	Deep Run, NC	Lenoir County Public Schools	770	721	-6.4%
177	West Henderson High	Hendersonville, NC	Henderson County Schools	1,124	1,053	-6.3%
178	Alexander Central High	Taylorsville, NC	Alexander County Schools	1,337	1,254	-6.2%
179	East Burke High	Connelly Springs, NC	Burke County Schools	932	874	-6.2%
180	McDowell Early College	Marion, NC	McDowell County Schools	257	241	-6.2%
181	Western Alamance High	Elon, NC	Alamance-Burlington Schools	1,212	1,138	-6.1%
182	William Amos Hough High	Cornelius, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	2,683	2,518	-6.1%
183	Leesville Road High	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	2,568	2,411	-6.1%
184	Cumberland International Early College	Fayetteville, NC	Cumberland County Schools	252	237	-6.0%
185	Roberson High	Asheville, NC	Buncombe County Schools	1,573	1,479	-6.0%
186	Lee County High	Sanford, NC	Lee County Schools	1,552	1,459	-6.0%
187	South Point High	Belmont, NC	Gaston County Schools	1,051	989	-5.9%
188	Havelock High	Havelock, NC	Craven County Board of Education	1,077	1,014	-5.8%
189	Eastern Guilford High	Gibsonville, NC	Guilford County Schools	1,272	1,200	-5.7%
190	Mitchell High	Bakersville, NC	Mitchell County Schools	511	482	-5.7%
191	Trinity High School	Trinity, NC	Randolph County School System	715	675	-5.6%
192	Maiden High	Maiden, NC	Catawba County Schools	902	852	-5.5%
193	Central Davidson High	Lexington, NC	Davidson County Schools	949	897	-5.5%
194	Lumberton Senior High	Lumberton, NC	Public Schools of Robeson County	2,005	1,894	-5.5%
195	North Gaston High	Dallas, NC	Gaston County Schools	1,121	1,061	-5.4%
196	Northern Nash High	Rocky Mount, NC	Nash County Public Schools	1,094	1,035	-5.4%
197	Burns High	Lawndale, NC	Cleveland County Schools	978	928	-5.1%
198	South Rowan High	China Grove, NC	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	982	932	-5.1%
199	East Surry High	Pilot Mountain, NC	Surry County Schools	607	576	-5.1%
200	Hendersonville High	Hendersonville, NC	Henderson County Schools	836	794	-5.0%

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