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The highest-poverty public high schools in North Carolina · page 10

Ranks 451–500 of the highest-poverty public schools in North Carolina. Back to page 1.

HIGHEST POVERTY · NORTH CAROLINA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
451	Char Eng Early College-UNCC	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	313	35.5%
452	Northwest Cabarrus High	Concord, NC	Cabarrus County Schools	High	1,142	35.4%
453	Wake Young Men's Leadership Academy	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	High	262	35.1%
454	Union County Early College	Monroe, NC	Union County Public Schools	High	340	35.0%
455	Pinecrest High	Southern Pines, NC	Moore County Schools	High	2,290	34.9%
456	Myers Park High School	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	3,225	34.5%
457	Wake Young Women's Leadership Academy	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	High	337	34.4%
458	Currituck County High	Barco, NC	Currituck County Schools	High	1,061	34.2%
459	Wake Early College of Health and Science	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	High	317	34.1%
460	Highland Sch of Technology	Gastonia, NC	Gaston County Schools	High	538	34.0%
461	Early College of Forsyth Co	Winston Salem, NC	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	High	306	34.0%
462	Oak Grove High	Winston-Salem, NC	Davidson County Schools	High	992	34.0%
463	Caldwell Applied Sciences Academy	Hudson, NC	Caldwell County Schools	High	218	33.9%
464	Craven Early College High	New Bern, NC	Craven County Board of Education	High	221	33.9%
465	Northeast Academy of Aerospace & AdvTech	Elizabeth City, NC	Northeast Academy of Aerospace & AdvTech	High	760	33.7%
466	Millbrook High	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	High	2,498	33.3%
467	D H Conley High	Greenville, NC	Pitt County Schools	High	1,757	33.3%
468	South Iredell High	Statesville, NC	Iredell-Statesville Schools	High	1,768	33.2%
469	Watauga High	Boone, NC	Watauga County Schools	High	1,289	33.0%
470	Merancas Middle College-CPCC	Huntersville, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	176	32.4%
471	Cabarrus Early College of Technology	Concord, NC	Cabarrus County Schools	High	236	32.2%
472	East Lincoln High	Denver, NC	Lincoln County Schools	High	1,047	31.8%
473	Union Pines High	Cameron, NC	Moore County Schools	High	1,462	31.7%
474	Dixon High	Holly Ridge, NC	Onslow County Schools	High	1,085	30.9%
475	Wake Forest High School	Wake Forest, NC	Wake County Schools	High	2,043	30.4%
476	Carrboro High	Carrboro, NC	Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools	High	885	30.4%
477	Cabarrus Health Sciences Institute	Concord, NC	Cabarrus County Schools	High	159	30.2%
478	Ronald W Reagan High School	Pfafftown, NC	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	High	2,122	29.8%
479	Middle Creek High	Apex, NC	Wake County Schools	High	1,587	29.6%
480	Discovery High School	Newton, NC	Newton Conover City Schools	High	146	29.5%
481	Northern Guilford High	Greensboro, NC	Guilford County Schools	High	1,251	29.4%
482	Crossroads Arts and Science Early Colleg	Statesville, NC	Iredell-Statesville Schools	High	225	28.9%
483	Willow Spring High	Fuquay Varina, NC	Wake County Schools	High	2,223	28.7%
484	Needham Broughton High	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	High	2,153	28.1%
485	Enloe High	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	High	2,643	28.0%
486	Croatan High	Newport, NC	Carteret County Public Schools	High	1,019	27.9%
487	Heritage High	Wake Forest, NC	Wake County Schools	High	1,778	27.7%
488	Early College EAST High	Havelock, NC	Craven County Board of Education	High	208	27.4%
489	First Flight High School	Kill Devil Hills, NC	Dare County Schools	High	874	27.2%
490	Central Carolina Academy	Sanford, NC	Central Carolina Academy	High	536	26.5%
491	Agriculture and Science Early College	Olin, NC	Iredell-Statesville Schools	High	255	26.3%
492	Isaac M Bear Early College High School	Wilmington, NC	New Hanover County Schools	High	260	25.8%
493	Harper Middle College High	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	125	25.6%
494	North Lincoln High	Lincolnton, NC	Lincoln County Schools	High	1,126	25.3%
495	Fuquay-Varina High	Fuquay-Varina, NC	Wake County Schools	High	1,858	25.1%
496	Leesville Road High	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	High	2,411	24.5%
497	Onslow Early College	Jacksonville, NC	Onslow County Schools	High	189	24.3%
498	Collaborative College for Technology	Statesville, NC	Iredell-Statesville Schools	High	232	23.7%
499	Topsail High	Hampstead, NC	Pender County Schools	High	1,945	23.5%
500	Camden County High	Camden, NC	Camden County Schools	High	457	23.0%

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