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The highest-poverty public schools in Cary, North Carolina

30 public schools in Cary, North Carolina appear in this ranking of the highest-poverty public schools, ranked by share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. SCORE Academy leads the list at 99.5%, against a median of 30.5% across the ranked schools.

The table below is sortable and filterable, and the full list downloads as a CSV. Figures come from federal NCES enrollment data and, where applicable, state assessment results for 2024-25.

Schools ranked

Cary, North Carolina

Top % FRL

99.5%

Median % FRL

30.5%

HIGHEST POVERTY · CARY, NORTH CAROLINA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	SCORE Academy	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	High	584	99.5%
2	Reedy Creek Elementary	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	605	67.4%
3	Adams Elementary	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	655	61.2%
4	Cardinal Charter Academy	Cary, NC	Cardinal Charter	Elementary	584	47.4%
5	Briarcliff Elementary	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	486	43.0%
6	Cary Elementary	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	477	42.6%
7	Kingswood Elementary	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	427	42.4%
8	Cary High	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	High	2,044	38.6%
9	Reedy Creek Middle	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	805	37.1%
10	Penny Road Elementary	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	509	36.9%
11	East Cary Middle	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	597	36.2%
12	Wake STEM Early College High School	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	High	294	35.7%
13	Northwoods Elementary	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	579	35.1%
14	Weatherstone Elementary	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	730	31.1%
15	Farmington Woods Elementary	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	648	31.0%
16	West Cary Middle	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	824	30.0%
17	Carpenter Elementary	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	604	28.8%
18	Turner Creek Elementary	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	638	22.6%
19	Alston Ridge Middle	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	1,494	21.3%
20	Alston Ridge Elementary	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	917	17.8%
21	Mills Park Elementary	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	594	17.7%
22	Panther Creek High	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	High	2,609	14.8%
23	Green Hope Elementary	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	548	14.4%
24	Davis Drive Middle	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	992	13.3%
25	Green Hope High	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	High	2,304	12.5%
26	Hortons Creek Elementary	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	739	11.5%
27	Davis Drive Elementary	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	794	9.2%
28	Highcroft Elementary	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	698	9.2%
29	Mills Park Middle	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	1,632	7.6%
30	Green Level High	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	High	2,283	6.4%

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