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The highest-poverty public K-12 schools in North Carolina

This ranking covers the highest-poverty public K-12 schools in North Carolina, drawn from 18 qualifying public K-12 schools. Doris Henderson Newcomers Sch leads the list at 99.1%, against a median of 97.2% across the ranked schools.

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Top % FRL

99.1%

Median % FRL

97.2%

HIGHEST POVERTY · NORTH CAROLINA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	Doris Henderson Newcomers Sch	Greensboro, NC	Guilford County Schools	Combined	326	99.1%
2	Durham Charter School	Durham, NC	Durham Charter School	Combined	1,010	99.0%
3	Mattamuskeet School	Swan Quarter, NC	Hyde County Schools	Combined	299	99.0%
4	Metro School	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	Combined	258	98.8%
5	Sylvia Mendez Newcomers School	High Point, NC	Guilford County Schools	Combined	185	98.4%
6	Webb Street School	Gastonia, NC	Gaston County Schools	Combined	163	98.2%
7	Gateway Education Center	Greensboro, NC	Guilford County Schools	Combined	146	97.9%
8	Haynes Inman Education Center	Jamestown, NC	Guilford County Schools	Combined	135	97.8%
9	Boonville Elementary	Boonville, NC	Yadkin County Schools	Combined	365	97.3%
10	Northview Academy	Statesville, NC	Iredell-Statesville Schools	Combined	108	97.2%
11	Conover Special Education	Conover, NC	Newton Conover City Schools	Combined	107	97.2%
12	West Lake Preparatory Academy	Denver, NC	West Lake Preparatory Academy	Combined	402	54.2%
13	Union Prep Academy at Indian Trail	Indian Trail, NC	Union Preparatory Academy at Indian Trai	Combined	1,268	43.7%
14	Ocracoke School	Ocracoke, NC	Hyde County Schools	Combined	139	42.4%
15	American Leadership Academy-Coastal	Wilmington, NC	American Leadership Academy-Coastal	Combined	1,002	35.4%
16	Highlands School	Highlands, NC	Macon County Schools	Combined	344	33.4%
17	Telra Institute	Charlotte, NC	Telra Institute	Combined	621	10.3%
18	Cherokee Extension School	Bryson City, NC	Swain County Schools	Combined	110	2.7%

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