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The highest-poverty public elementary schools in North Carolina · page 20

Ranks 951–1,000 of the highest-poverty public schools in North Carolina. Back to page 1.

HIGHEST POVERTY · NORTH CAROLINA
#SchoolCityDistrictLevelStudents% FRL
951Westarea ElementaryFayetteville, NCCumberland County SchoolsElementary54697.6%
952Tryon ElementaryBessemer City, NCGaston County SchoolsElementary33697.6%
953Niner University ElementaryCharlotte, NCNiner University Elementary SchoolElementary12597.6%
954Barnardsville ElementaryBarnardsville, NCBuncombe County SchoolsElementary12597.6%
955Raleigh Road ElementaryLinden, NCCumberland County SchoolsElementary20897.6%
956Peachtree ElementaryMurphy, NCCherokee County SchoolsElementary16697.6%
957Central ElementaryStatesville, NCIredell-Statesville SchoolsElementary33197.6%
958C B Eller Elementary SchoolElkin, NCWilkes County SchoolsElementary24897.6%
959Ida Rankin Elementary SchoolMount Holly, NCGaston County SchoolsElementary53397.6%
960Brinson Memorial ElementaryNew Bern, NCCraven County Board of EducationElementary44697.5%
961Maysville ElementaryMaysville, NCJones County SchoolsElementary12197.5%
962West Oxford ElementaryOxford, NCGranville County SchoolsElementary52097.5%
963Pollocksville ElementaryPollocksville, NCJones County SchoolsElementary12097.5%
964Sunny View Elementary SchoolMill Spring, NCPolk County SchoolsElementary12097.5%
965East ElementaryKings Mountain, NCCleveland County SchoolsElementary19997.5%
966GriftonGrifton, NCPitt County SchoolsElementary39597.5%
967Moss Street ElementaryReidsville, NCRockingham County SchoolsElementary35497.5%
968S W Snowden ElementaryAurora, NCBeaufort County SchoolsElementary11797.4%
969Huntsville ElementaryMadison, NCRockingham County SchoolsElementary38997.4%
970Nancy Reynolds Elementary SchoolWestfield, NCStokes County SchoolsElementary19297.4%
971S Ray Lowder ElementaryLincolnton, NCLincoln County SchoolsElementary30697.4%
972Valmead ElementaryLenoir, NCCaldwell County SchoolsElementary30597.4%
973New Century International ElementaryFayetteville, NCCumberland County SchoolsElementary68697.4%
974Fairview ElementaryFairview, NCBuncombe County SchoolsElementary64697.4%
975Weaverville ElementaryWeaverville, NCBuncombe County SchoolsElementary34297.4%
976West Smithfield ElementarySmithfield, NCJohnston County Public SchoolsElementary49497.4%
977Oaklawn Language AcademyCharlotte, NCCharlotte-Mecklenburg SchoolsElementary53197.4%
978Ellenboro Elementary SchoolEllenboro, NCRutherford County SchoolsElementary56797.4%
979Fayetteville Street ElementaryDurham, NCDurham Public SchoolsElementary26197.3%
980Elizabethtown PrimaryElizabethtown, NCBladen County SchoolsElementary48397.3%
981Aulander ElementaryAulander, NCBertie County SchoolsElementary11197.3%
982Woodfin ElementaryAsheville, NCBuncombe County SchoolsElementary11197.3%
983Boomer-Ferguson Elementary SchoolBoomer, NCWilkes County SchoolsElementary11197.3%
984Fairview Heights ElementaryHamlet, NCRichmond County SchoolsElementary48097.3%
985Ahoskie ElementaryAhoskie, NCHertford County SchoolsElementary21897.2%
986ECU Community SchoolGreenville, NCEast Carolina Community SchoolElementary10897.2%
987Union IntermediateClinton, NCSampson County SchoolsElementary39697.2%
988South Toe ElementaryBurnsville, NCYancey County SchoolsElementary10797.2%
989W G Pearson ElementaryDurham, NCDurham Public SchoolsElementary31997.2%
990Battleground ElementaryLincolnton, NCLincoln County SchoolsElementary42097.1%
991Mallard Creek ElementaryCharlotte, NCCharlotte-Mecklenburg SchoolsElementary49097.1%
992Childers ElementaryLincolnton, NCLincoln County SchoolsElementary41897.1%
993Lee Woodard ElementaryBlack Creek, NCWilson County SchoolsElementary17397.1%
994Mallard Creek STEM AcademyCharlotte, NCMallard Creek STEM AcademyElementary96197.1%
995Princeville ElementaryTarboro, NCEdgecombe County Public SchoolsElementary20597.1%
996South Harnett ElementaryBunnlevel, NCHarnett County SchoolsElementary47697.1%
997Hudson ElementaryHudson, NCCaldwell County SchoolsElementary66597.0%
998Broadway ElementaryBroadway, NCLee County SchoolsElementary49096.9%
999Black Mountain ElementaryBlack Mountain, NCBuncombe County SchoolsElementary16396.9%
1000Southeast ElementaryKinston, NCLenoir County Public SchoolsElementary32696.9%
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