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The highest-poverty public high schools in North Carolina

This ranking covers the highest-poverty public high schools in North Carolina, drawn from 535 qualifying public high schools. East Mecklenburg High School leads the list at 99.9%, against a median of 98.5% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

535

North Carolina

Top % FRL

99.9%

Median % FRL

98.5%

HIGHEST POVERTY · NORTH CAROLINA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	East Mecklenburg High School	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	2,422	99.9%
2	Julius L. Chambers High School	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	2,225	99.9%
3	C E Jordan High	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	High	2,189	99.9%
4	Hoke County High	Raeford, NC	Hoke County Schools	High	2,110	99.9%
5	Mallard Creek High School	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	2,068	99.9%
6	Independence High School	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	2,024	99.9%
7	West Charlotte High School	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	2,008	99.9%
8	Riverside High	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	High	1,900	99.8%
9	Garinger High School	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	1,877	99.8%
10	North Mecklenburg High School	Huntersville, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	1,854	99.8%
11	Hopewell High School	Huntersville, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	1,851	99.8%
12	A L Brown High	Kannapolis, NC	Kannapolis City Schools	High	1,753	99.8%
13	South Central	Winterville, NC	Pitt County Schools	High	1,738	99.8%
14	Page High	Greensboro, NC	Guilford County Schools	High	1,648	99.8%
15	East Forsyth High	Kernersville, NC	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	High	1,647	99.8%
16	North Brunswick High	Leland, NC	Brunswick County Schools	High	1,620	99.8%
17	Parkland High	Winston Salem, NC	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	High	1,569	99.8%
18	Junius H Rose High	Greenville, NC	Pitt County Schools	High	1,568	99.8%
19	Rocky River High School	Mint Hill, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	1,562	99.8%
20	Smithfield-Selma High	Smithfield, NC	Johnston County Public Schools	High	1,548	99.8%
21	Southwest Guilford High	High Point, NC	Guilford County Schools	High	1,547	99.8%
22	Olympic High School	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	1,483	99.8%
23	Southeast Raleigh High	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	High	1,438	99.8%
24	Hillside High	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	High	1,433	99.8%
25	Mount Tabor High School	Winston Salem, NC	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	High	1,426	99.8%
26	James B Dudley High	Greensboro, NC	Guilford County Schools	High	1,403	99.8%
27	Robert B Glenn High School	Kernersville, NC	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	High	1,396	99.8%
28	Ashbrook High	Gastonia, NC	Gaston County Schools	High	1,386	99.8%
29	Southern School of Energy and Sustainabi	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	High	1,384	99.8%
30	South Johnston High	Four Oaks, NC	Johnston County Public Schools	High	1,355	99.8%
31	Ben L. Smith High School	Greensboro, NC	Guilford County Schools	High	1,348	99.8%
32	Asheboro High	Asheboro, NC	Asheboro City Schools	High	1,338	99.8%
33	Freedom High	Morganton, NC	Burke County Schools	High	1,299	99.8%
34	Scotland High School	Laurinburg, NC	Scotland County Schools	High	1,294	99.8%
35	Lucy Ragsdale High	Jamestown, NC	Guilford County Schools	High	1,292	99.8%
36	West Mecklenburg High School	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	1,290	99.8%
37	Northern High	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	High	1,281	99.8%
38	Saint Stephens High	Hickory, NC	Catawba County Schools	High	1,268	99.8%
39	Alexander Central High	Taylorsville, NC	Alexander County Schools	High	1,254	99.8%
40	Western Guilford High	Greensboro, NC	Guilford County Schools	High	1,243	99.8%
41	Westover High	Fayetteville, NC	Cumberland County Schools	High	1,234	99.8%
42	Southeast Guilford High	Greensboro, NC	Guilford County Schools	High	1,209	99.8%
43	Walter M Williams High	Burlington, NC	Alamance-Burlington Schools	High	1,206	99.8%
44	Harding University High School	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	1,204	99.8%
45	Southern Lee High School	Sanford, NC	Lee County Schools	High	1,180	99.7%
46	Hunter Huss High	Gastonia, NC	Gaston County Schools	High	1,165	99.7%
47	Person High	Roxboro, NC	Person County Schools	High	1,165	99.7%
48	South Brunswick High	Southport, NC	Brunswick County Schools	High	1,154	99.7%
49	Saint Pauls High	Saint Pauls, NC	Public Schools of Robeson County	High	1,142	99.7%
50	Forestview High	Gastonia, NC	Gaston County Schools	High	1,133	99.7%

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