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The highest-poverty public high schools in North Carolina · page 11

Ranks 501–527 of the highest-poverty public schools in North Carolina. Back to page 1.

HIGHEST POVERTY · NORTH CAROLINA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
501	Apex High	Apex, NC	Wake County Schools	High	2,449	22.5%
502	The JP Knapp ECH (i)School	Currituck, NC	Currituck County Schools	High	274	22.3%
503	Chapel Hill High	Chapel Hill, NC	Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools	High	1,608	22.2%
504	East Chapel Hill High	Chapel Hill, NC	Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools	High	1,419	22.2%
505	Northwest Guilford High	Greensboro, NC	Guilford County Schools	High	2,055	20.9%
506	William Amos Hough High	Cornelius, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	2,518	20.1%
507	Seaforth High	Pittsboro, NC	Chatham County Schools	High	1,088	20.0%
508	Lake Norman High	Mooresville, NC	Iredell-Statesville Schools	High	1,905	19.8%
509	Williams Secondary Montessori	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	401	19.7%
510	Hickory Ridge High	Harrisburg, NC	Cabarrus County Schools	High	1,671	19.6%
511	Levine Middle College High Sch	Matthews, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	216	19.4%
512	Career Academy and Technical School	Troutman, NC	Iredell-Statesville Schools	High	103	18.4%
513	Wake EC of Information & Biotechnologies	Morrisville, NC	Wake County Schools	High	260	16.5%
514	Camden Early College High	Camden, NC	Camden County Schools	High	124	16.1%
515	Providence High School	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	2,167	15.2%
516	Panther Creek High	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	High	2,609	14.8%
517	Ardrey Kell High School	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	3,036	14.7%
518	Cox Mill High School	Concord, NC	Cabarrus County Schools	High	1,772	14.1%
519	Central Academy of Technology and Arts	Monroe, NC	Union County Public Schools	High	875	13.8%
520	Holly Springs High	Holly Springs, NC	Wake County Schools	High	2,018	13.8%
521	Green Hope High	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	High	2,304	12.5%
522	Apex Friendship High	Apex, NC	Wake County Schools	High	2,748	11.2%
523	Cuthbertson High	Waxhaw, NC	Union County Public Schools	High	1,857	10.2%
524	Weddington High	Matthews, NC	Union County Public Schools	High	1,899	8.1%
525	Green Level High	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	High	2,283	6.4%
526	Marvin Ridge High	Waxhaw, NC	Union County Public Schools	High	1,961	4.3%
527	North Rowan High	Spencer, NC	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	High	555	0.5%

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