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The highest-poverty public high schools in North Carolina · page 6

Ranks 251–300 of the highest-poverty public schools in North Carolina. Back to page 1.

HIGHEST POVERTY · NORTH CAROLINA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
251	Pender Early College High	Burgaw, NC	Pender County Schools	High	215	98.6%
252	Montgomery County Early College	Troy, NC	Montgomery County Schools	High	282	98.6%
253	Anson Co. Early College High	Polkton, NC	Anson County Schools	High	210	98.6%
254	Rutherford Early College High School	Spindale, NC	Rutherford County Schools	High	208	98.6%
255	Granville Early College High	Creedmoor, NC	Granville County Schools	High	207	98.6%
256	New Hanover High	Wilmington, NC	New Hanover County Schools	High	1,437	98.5%
257	Southeast Halifax Collegiate Prep Academ	Halifax, NC	Halifax County Schools	High	204	98.5%
258	Hickory Career Arts Magnet High School	Hickory, NC	Hickory City Schools	High	201	98.5%
259	Paul R. Brown Leadership Academy	Elizabethtown, NC	Paul R Brown Leadership Academy	High	199	98.5%
260	Duplin Early College High	Kenansville, NC	Duplin County Schools	High	199	98.5%
261	UNCG Early/Middle College	Greensboro, NC	Guilford County Schools	High	199	98.5%
262	South Creek High	Robersonville, NC	Martin County Schools	High	265	98.5%
263	Hertford Co Early College	Ahoskie, NC	Hertford County Schools	High	198	98.5%
264	City of Medicine Academy	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	High	329	98.5%
265	Rosewood High	Goldsboro, NC	Wayne County Public Schools	High	460	98.5%
266	East Bladen High	Elizabethtown, NC	Bladen County Schools	High	525	98.5%
267	Pender High	Burgaw, NC	Pender County Schools	High	648	98.5%
268	Middle College at GTCC-High Point	High Point, NC	Guilford County Schools	High	194	98.5%
269	Early College at Guilford	Greensboro, NC	Guilford County Schools	High	193	98.4%
270	J. F. Webb High	Oxford, NC	Granville County Schools	High	512	98.4%
271	STEM Early College @ NC A&T SU	Greensboro, NC	Guilford County Schools	High	192	98.4%
272	Stanly STEM Early College	Albemarle, NC	Stanly County Schools	High	189	98.4%
273	Stanly Early College High	Albemarle, NC	Stanly County Schools	High	188	98.4%
274	East Rutherford High School	Bostic, NC	Rutherford County Schools	High	623	98.4%
275	East Rowan High	Salisbury, NC	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	High	986	98.4%
276	Hawthorne Academy of Health Sciences	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	239	98.3%
277	Franklin County Early College	Louisburg, NC	Franklin County Schools	High	179	98.3%
278	Lexington Senior High School	Lexington, NC	Lexington City Schools	High	889	98.3%
279	Haywood Early College	Clyde, NC	Haywood County Schools	High	177	98.3%
280	Columbia High	Columbia, NC	Tyrrell County Schools	High	176	98.3%
281	Warlick Academy	Gastonia, NC	Gaston County Schools	High	175	98.3%
282	Alexander Early College	Taylorsville, NC	Alexander County Schools	High	172	98.3%
283	Edgecombe Early College High	Tarboro, NC	Edgecombe County Public Schools	High	171	98.2%
284	North Stanly High	New London, NC	Stanly County Schools	High	568	98.2%
285	North Johnston High	Kenly, NC	Johnston County Public Schools	High	788	98.2%
286	Yadkin Valley Regional Career Academy	Lexington, NC	Davidson County Schools	High	167	98.2%
287	Seventy-First High	Fayetteville, NC	Cumberland County Schools	High	1,332	98.2%
288	Greene Early College High	Snow Hill, NC	Greene County Schools	High	166	98.2%
289	Draughn High School	Valdese, NC	Burke County Schools	High	661	98.2%
290	Middle College HS @ DTCC	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	High	164	98.2%
291	R-S Central High School	Rutherfordton, NC	Rutherford County Schools	High	763	98.2%
292	A&T Four Middle College	Greensboro, NC	Guilford County Schools	High	162	98.1%
293	Middle College at GTCC-Greensboro	Greensboro, NC	Guilford County Schools	High	162	98.1%
294	Swain County High School	Bryson City, NC	Swain County Schools	High	536	98.1%
295	McDowell Academy for Innovation	Marion, NC	McDowell County Schools	High	158	98.1%
296	South View High	Hope Mills, NC	Cumberland County Schools	High	1,461	98.1%
297	Eastern Wayne High	Goldsboro, NC	Wayne County Public Schools	High	781	98.1%
298	Macon Early College High School	Franklin, NC	Macon County Schools	High	154	98.1%
299	Career Readiness Academy at Mosley PLC	Wilmington, NC	New Hanover County Schools	High	150	98.0%
300	Owen High	Black Mountain, NC	Buncombe County Schools	High	649	98.0%

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