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The highest-poverty public high schools in North Carolina · page 3

Ranks 101–150 of the highest-poverty public schools in North Carolina. Back to page 1.

HIGHEST POVERTY · NORTH CAROLINA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
101	Heide Trask High	Rocky Point, NC	Pender County Schools	High	732	99.6%
102	Carver High	Winston Salem, NC	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	High	728	99.6%
103	South Lenoir High	Deep Run, NC	Lenoir County Public Schools	High	721	99.6%
104	West Bladen High	Bladenboro, NC	Bladen County Schools	High	720	99.6%
105	Wilkes Central High School	Wilkesboro, NC	Wilkes County Schools	High	719	99.6%
106	Anson High School	Wadesboro, NC	Anson County Schools	High	705	99.6%
107	Nash Central High	Rocky Mount, NC	Nash County Public Schools	High	703	99.6%
108	Reidsville High	Reidsville, NC	Rockingham County Schools	High	696	99.6%
109	Cherokee Central High School	Cherokee, NC	Cherokee Central High School	High	693	99.6%
110	East Gaston High	Mount Holly, NC	Gaston County Schools	High	917	99.6%
111	Dalton McMichael High	Mayodan, NC	Rockingham County Schools	High	681	99.6%
112	Surry Central High	Dobson, NC	Surry County Schools	High	679	99.6%
113	Walkertown High	Walkertown, NC	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	High	662	99.5%
114	Northeastern High	Elizabeth City, NC	Elizabeth City-Pasquotank Public Schools	High	658	99.5%
115	Pasquotank County High	Elizabeth City, NC	Elizabeth City-Pasquotank Public Schools	High	653	99.5%
116	Beddingfield High	Wilson, NC	Wilson County Schools	High	653	99.5%
117	East Duplin High	Beulaville, NC	Duplin County Schools	High	864	99.5%
118	South Davidson Middle and High	Denton, NC	Davidson County Schools	High	640	99.5%
119	Whiteville High	Whiteville, NC	Whiteville City Schools	High	639	99.5%
120	Bartlett Yancey High	Yanceyville, NC	Caswell County Schools	High	635	99.5%
121	Northwood High	Pittsboro, NC	Chatham County Schools	High	634	99.5%
122	Mount Airy High	Mount Airy, NC	Mount Airy City Schools	High	620	99.5%
123	North Duplin Jr Sr High	Mt. Olive, NC	Duplin County Schools	High	609	99.5%
124	SouthWest Edgecombe High	Pinetops, NC	Edgecombe County Public Schools	High	798	99.5%
125	Lincolnton High	Lincolnton, NC	Lincoln County Schools	High	797	99.5%
126	Polk County High School	Columbus, NC	Polk County Schools	High	596	99.5%
127	Purnell Swett High	Pembroke, NC	Public Schools of Robeson County	High	1,583	99.5%
128	Bessemer City High	Bessemer City, NC	Gaston County Schools	High	590	99.5%
129	Thomasville High	Thomasville, NC	Thomasville City Schools	High	590	99.5%
130	SCORE Academy	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	High	584	99.5%
131	East Columbus Junior-Senior High	Lake Waccamaw, NC	Columbus County Schools	High	576	99.5%
132	East Surry High	Pilot Mountain, NC	Surry County Schools	High	576	99.5%
133	Burns High	Lawndale, NC	Cleveland County Schools	High	928	99.5%
134	Perquimans County High	Hertford, NC	Perquimans County Schools	High	556	99.5%
135	John A Holmes High	Edenton, NC	Edenton-Chowan Schools	High	554	99.5%
136	Triton High	Erwin, NC	Harnett County Schools	High	1,274	99.5%
137	East Burke High	Connelly Springs, NC	Burke County Schools	High	874	99.4%
138	Richmond Senior High	Rockingham, NC	Richmond County Schools	High	1,365	99.4%
139	South Columbus High	Tabor City, NC	Columbus County Schools	High	669	99.4%
140	Tarboro High	Tarboro, NC	Edgecombe County Public Schools	High	496	99.4%
141	Jones Senior High School	Trenton, NC	Jones County Schools	High	495	99.4%
142	Wayne School of Engineering	Goldsboro, NC	Wayne County Public Schools	High	486	99.4%
143	Cherryville High	Cherryville, NC	Gaston County Schools	High	484	99.4%
144	Franklinton High	Franklinton, NC	Franklin County Schools	High	1,127	99.4%
145	R J Reynolds High	Winston Salem, NC	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	High	1,759	99.4%
146	Riverside High	Williamston, NC	Martin County Schools	High	470	99.4%
147	East Wilkes High School	Ronda, NC	Wilkes County Schools	High	469	99.4%
148	Hobbton High	Newton Grove, NC	Sampson County Schools	High	467	99.4%
149	North Moore High	Robbins, NC	Moore County Schools	High	605	99.3%
150	Eastern Guilford High	Gibsonville, NC	Guilford County Schools	High	1,200	99.3%

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