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The highest-poverty public schools in Pender County, North Carolina

Across Pender County, North Carolina, 17 public schools are ranked here, ranked by share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Surf City Elementary leads the list at 99.6%, against a median of 98.5% 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

Pender County, North Carolina

Top % FRL

99.6%

Median % FRL

98.5%

HIGHEST POVERTY · PENDER COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	Surf City Elementary	Hampstead, NC	Pender County Schools	Elementary	857	99.6%
2	Heide Trask High	Rocky Point, NC	Pender County Schools	High	732	99.6%
3	South Topsail Elementary	Hampstead, NC	Pender County Schools	Elementary	618	99.5%
4	Cape Fear Elementary	Rocky Point, NC	Pender County Schools	Elementary	533	99.4%
5	Penderlea Elementary	Willard, NC	Pender County Schools	Elementary	468	99.4%
6	Rocky Point Elementary	Rocky Point, NC	Pender County Schools	Elementary	403	99.3%
7	Cape Fear Middle	Rocky Point, NC	Pender County Schools	Middle	430	99.1%
8	North Topsail Elementary	Hampstead, NC	Pender County Schools	Elementary	529	99.1%
9	Pender High	Burgaw, NC	Pender County Schools	High	648	98.5%
10	Malpass Corner Elementary	Burgaw, NC	Pender County Schools	Elementary	513	98.1%
11	Burgaw Middle	Burgaw, NC	Pender County Schools	Middle	236	97.9%
12	C.F. Pope Elementary	Burgaw, NC	Pender County Schools	Elementary	530	97.7%
13	West Pender Middle	Burgaw, NC	Pender County Schools	Middle	209	97.6%
14	Topsail High	Hampstead, NC	Pender County Schools	High	1,945	23.5%
15	Surf City Middle	Hampstead, NC	Pender County Schools	Middle	752	21.3%
16	Topsail Middle	Hampstead, NC	Pender County Schools	Middle	837	20.1%
17	Topsail Annandale Elementary School	Hampstead, NC	Pender County Schools	Elementary	580	19.8%

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