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The highest-poverty public high schools in North Carolina · page 5

Ranks 201–250 of the highest-poverty public schools in North Carolina. Back to page 1.

HIGHEST POVERTY · NORTH CAROLINA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
201	Patton High School	Morganton, NC	Burke County Schools	High	756	98.9%
202	Beaufort Co Early College High	Washington, NC	Beaufort County Schools	High	280	98.9%
203	Mountain Heritage High	Burnsville, NC	Yancey County Schools	High	642	98.9%
204	Lee County High	Sanford, NC	Lee County Schools	High	1,459	98.9%
205	Midway High	Newton Grove, NC	Sampson County Schools	High	726	98.9%
206	Lee Early College	Sanford, NC	Lee County Schools	High	272	98.9%
207	Girls Leadership Academy of Wilmington	Wilmington, NC	Girls Leadership Academy of Wilmington	High	362	98.9%
208	Early College	Asheville, NC	Buncombe County Schools	High	271	98.9%
209	Phillip O Berry Academy of Technology	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	1,533	98.9%
210	Madison Early College High	Marshall, NC	Madison County Schools	High	270	98.9%
211	Wilmington Early College High	Castle Hayne, NC	New Hanover County Schools	High	270	98.9%
212	Northampton County High School	Gaston, NC	Northampton County Schools	High	265	98.9%
213	Wilkes Early College High School	Wilkesboro, NC	Wilkes County Schools	High	265	98.9%
214	The School for Creative Studies	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	High	350	98.9%
215	Philip J Weaver Ed Center	Greensboro, NC	Guilford County Schools	High	260	98.8%
216	Lumberton Senior High	Lumberton, NC	Public Schools of Robeson County	High	1,894	98.8%
217	Fike High	Wilson, NC	Wilson County Schools	High	1,028	98.8%
218	GTCC Middle College High	Jamestown, NC	Guilford County Schools	High	255	98.8%
219	Rosman High	Rosman, NC	Transylvania County Schools	High	254	98.8%
220	Johnston Co Early College Academy	Smithfield, NC	Johnston County Public Schools	High	251	98.8%
221	Academy at Smith	Greensboro, NC	Guilford County Schools	High	246	98.8%
222	Lenoir County Early College High	Kinston, NC	Lenoir County Public Schools	High	246	98.8%
223	Kings Mountain High	Kings Mountain, NC	Cleveland County Schools	High	1,305	98.8%
224	McDowell High School	Marion, NC	McDowell County Schools	High	1,379	98.8%
225	Hugh M Cummings High	Burlington, NC	Alamance-Burlington Schools	High	807	98.8%
226	Johnston County Schools Career Technical	Smithfield, NC	Johnston County Public Schools	High	241	98.8%
227	McDowell Early College	Marion, NC	McDowell County Schools	High	241	98.8%
228	Mitchell High	Bakersville, NC	Mitchell County Schools	High	482	98.8%
229	Wayne Early / Middle College High	Goldsboro, NC	Wayne County Public Schools	High	239	98.7%
230	James Hunt High	Wilson, NC	Wilson County Schools	High	1,115	98.7%
231	Scotland Early College High	Laurinburg, NC	Scotland County Schools	High	238	98.7%
232	West Caldwell High	Lenoir, NC	Caldwell County Schools	High	634	98.7%
233	Red Springs High	Red Springs, NC	Public Schools of Robeson County	High	867	98.7%
234	Cleveland High	Clayton, NC	Johnston County Public Schools	High	1,889	98.7%
235	Vance Co Early College	Henderson, NC	Vance County Schools	High	236	98.7%
236	Rowan Co Early College	Salisbury, NC	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	High	235	98.7%
237	Penn-Griffin Schools	High Point, NC	Guilford County Schools	High	539	98.7%
238	Columbus Career and College Academy	Whiteville, NC	Columbus County Schools	High	230	98.7%
239	Sampson Early College High	Clinton, NC	Sampson County Schools	High	229	98.7%
240	Charles B Aycock High	Pikeville, NC	Wayne County Public Schools	High	1,138	98.7%
241	Reid Ross Classical High	Fayetteville, NC	Cumberland County Schools	High	227	98.7%
242	Innovation Early College High	Greenville, NC	Pitt County Schools	High	227	98.7%
243	SEA-Tech	Castle Hayne, NC	New Hanover County Schools	High	227	98.7%
244	Cleveland ECHS	Shelby, NC	Cleveland County Schools	High	225	98.7%
245	Chase High School	Forest City, NC	Rutherford County Schools	High	596	98.7%
246	Nesbitt Discovery Academy	Asheville, NC	Buncombe County Schools	High	372	98.7%
247	Hibriten High	Lenoir, NC	Caldwell County Schools	High	818	98.7%
248	Spring Creek High	Seven Springs, NC	Wayne County Public Schools	High	732	98.6%
249	Durham School of Technology	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	High	219	98.6%
250	Montgomery County Early College	Troy, NC	Montgomery County Schools	High	282	98.6%

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