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The fastest-growing public middle schools in North Carolina

Across North Carolina, 143 public middle schools are ranked here, ranked by enrollment growth between the 2017-18 and 2024-25 school years. Mineral Springs Middle leads the list at 106%, against a median of 9.2% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

143

North Carolina

Top Enrollment growth

106%

Median Enrollment growth

9.2%

FASTEST GROWING · NORTH CAROLINA

#	School	City	District	2017-18	2024-25	% Change
1	Mineral Springs Middle	Winston Salem, NC	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	341	702	106%
2	Rocky Mount Middle	Rocky Mount, NC	Nash County Public Schools	372	692	86.0%
3	Camden Middle	Camden, NC	Camden County Schools	274	461	68.2%
4	Lumberton Junior	Lumberton, NC	Public Schools of Robeson County	405	655	61.7%
5	Vance County Middle School	Henderson, NC	Vance County Schools	485	755	55.7%
6	Starmount Middle	Boonville, NC	Yadkin County Schools	333	502	50.8%
7	Douglas Byrd Middle	Fayetteville, NC	Cumberland County Schools	573	855	49.2%
8	Trinity Middle School	Archdale, NC	Randolph County School System	368	544	47.8%
9	Saint Pauls Middle	Saint Pauls, NC	Public Schools of Robeson County	470	678	44.3%
10	The Brawley School	Mooresville, NC	Iredell-Statesville Schools	447	641	43.4%
11	Northridge Middle	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	713	1,014	42.2%
12	Brogden Middle	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	533	753	41.3%
13	West Millbrook Middle	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	830	1,164	40.2%
14	Neuse River Middle	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	632	877	38.8%
15	Forest Hills Middle	Wilson, NC	Wilson County Schools	481	654	36.0%
16	North Rowan Middle	Spencer, NC	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	480	649	35.2%
17	Northern Granville Middle	Oxford, NC	Granville County Schools	372	495	33.1%
18	Hanes Magnet School	Winston Salem, NC	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	736	967	31.4%
19	Crestdale Middle	Matthews, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	764	989	29.5%
20	Shelby Middle	Shelby, NC	Cleveland County Schools	456	588	28.9%
21	Hawfields Middle	Mebane, NC	Alamance-Burlington Schools	676	864	27.8%
22	Mendenhall Middle	Greensboro, NC	Guilford County Schools	709	905	27.6%
23	Mill Creek Middle	Claremont, NC	Catawba County Schools	375	477	27.2%
24	Holly Shelter Middle	Castle Hayne, NC	New Hanover County Schools	630	801	27.1%
25	Forbush Middle	East Bend, NC	Yadkin County Schools	472	598	26.7%
26	Swansboro Middle	Swansboro, NC	Onslow County Schools	835	1,052	26.0%
27	Charles H Darden Middle	Wilson, NC	Wilson County Schools	301	378	25.6%
28	Zebulon Middle	Zebulon, NC	Wake County Schools	621	772	24.3%
29	Kiser Middle	Greensboro, NC	Guilford County Schools	867	1,074	23.9%
30	Crain's Creek Middle	Carthage, NC	Moore County Schools	390	481	23.3%
31	Wiley Magnet Middle	Winston Salem, NC	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	615	754	22.6%
32	Weddington Middle	Matthews, NC	Union County Public Schools	1,085	1,324	22.0%
33	Troutman Middle	Troutman, NC	Iredell-Statesville Schools	386	470	21.8%
34	Hunters Creek Middle	Jacksonville, NC	Onslow County Schools	705	856	21.4%
35	Anne Chesnutt Middle	Fayetteville, NC	Cumberland County Schools	392	470	19.9%
36	Hope Middle	Greenville, NC	Pitt County Schools	795	952	19.7%
37	West Stanly Middle School	Locust, NC	Stanly County Schools	559	662	18.4%
38	C M Eppes Middle	Greenville, NC	Pitt County Schools	534	631	18.2%
39	Woodlawn Middle	Mebane, NC	Alamance-Burlington Schools	536	633	18.1%
40	Oakwood Middle IB School	Statesville, NC	Iredell-Statesville Schools	437	516	18.1%
41	J N Fries Magnet School	Concord, NC	Cabarrus County Schools	640	755	18.0%
42	China Grove Middle	China Grove, NC	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	487	572	17.5%
43	Luther Nick Jeralds Middle	Fayetteville, NC	Cumberland County Schools	516	605	17.2%
44	Dixon Middle	Sneads Ferry, NC	Onslow County Schools	858	997	16.2%
45	Brogden Middle	Dudley, NC	Wayne County Public Schools	520	603	16.0%
46	West Hoke Middle	Raeford, NC	Hoke County Schools	566	656	15.9%
47	Cramerton Middle	Cramerton, NC	Gaston County Schools	828	959	15.8%
48	Moore Square Middle	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	515	594	15.3%
49	Kernersville Middle	Kernersville, NC	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	656	754	14.9%
50	Rochelle Middle	Kinston, NC	Lenoir County Public Schools	450	517	14.9%

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