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The highest-poverty public high schools in North Carolina · page 7

Ranks 301–350 of the highest-poverty public schools in North Carolina. Back to page 1.

HIGHEST POVERTY · NORTH CAROLINA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
301	Northampton Early College	Weldon, NC	Northampton County Schools	High	148	98.0%
302	Weldon STEM High School Career Academies	Halifax, NC	Weldon City Schools	High	145	97.9%
303	North Wilkes High School	Hays, NC	Wilkes County Schools	High	578	97.9%
304	Turning Point Academy	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	144	97.9%
305	Southern Wayne High	Dudley, NC	Wayne County Public Schools	High	1,007	97.9%
306	Ashe County Early College High	West Jefferson, NC	Ashe County Schools	High	143	97.9%
307	Turning Point Academy	Shelby, NC	Cleveland County Schools	High	142	97.9%
308	Person Early College Innovation & Ldrshp	Roxboro, NC	Person County Schools	High	142	97.9%
309	Madison High School	Marshall, NC	Madison County Schools	High	377	97.9%
310	NERSBA Early College	Jamesville, NC	NERSBA Early College	High	140	97.9%
311	Andrews High	Andrews, NC	Cherokee County Schools	High	229	97.8%
312	Hiwassee Dam High	Murphy, NC	Cherokee County Schools	High	137	97.8%
313	Wayne School of Technical Arts	Goldsboro, NC	Wayne County Public Schools	High	271	97.8%
314	Smoky Mountain High School	Sylva, NC	Jackson County Public Schools	High	881	97.7%
315	East Carteret High	Beaufort, NC	Carteret County Public Schools	High	521	97.7%
316	Burke Middle College	Morganton, NC	Burke County Schools	High	130	97.7%
317	Bladen Early College	Dublin, NC	Bladen County Schools	High	129	97.7%
318	Rocky Mount High	Rocky Mount, NC	Nash County Public Schools	High	1,023	97.7%
319	Community High School	Swannanoa, NC	Buncombe County Schools	High	127	97.6%
320	Blue Ridge Early College	Cashiers, NC	Jackson County Public Schools	High	127	97.6%
321	Halifax County Early College High	Weldon, NC	Halifax County Schools	High	126	97.6%
322	West Columbus High	Cerro Gordo, NC	Columbus County Schools	High	459	97.6%
323	Goldsboro High	Goldsboro, NC	Wayne County Public Schools	High	412	97.6%
324	Carter High School	Winston Salem, NC	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	High	123	97.6%
325	Granville Central High	Stem, NC	Granville County Schools	High	531	97.6%
326	Shaw Academy	Laurinburg, NC	Scotland County Schools	High	122	97.5%
327	Roanoke Rapids Early College High	Roanoke Rapids, NC	Roanoke Rapids City Schools	High	119	97.5%
328	Warren Early College High	Warrenton, NC	Warren County Schools	High	117	97.4%
329	Douglas Byrd High	Fayetteville, NC	Cumberland County Schools	High	1,006	97.4%
330	Elizabeth City Pasquotank Early College	Elizabeth City, NC	Elizabeth City-Pasquotank Public Schools	High	115	97.4%
331	Henderson County Career Academy	Flat Rock, NC	Henderson County Schools	High	114	97.4%
332	Roanoke Valley Early College	Weldon, NC	Weldon City Schools	High	114	97.4%
333	Chatham Early College	Siler City, NC	Chatham County Schools	High	113	97.3%
334	Jackson Co Early College	Sylva, NC	Jackson County Public Schools	High	113	97.3%
335	Mayland Early College	Spruce Pine, NC	Mitchell County Schools	High	113	97.3%
336	AdVance Academy	Henderson, NC	Vance County Schools	High	112	97.3%
337	Wolfe School	Monroe, NC	Union County Public Schools	High	109	97.2%
338	Kearns Academy	High Point, NC	Guilford County Schools	High	108	97.2%
339	GC Middle College High	Greensboro, NC	Guilford County Schools	High	106	97.2%
340	South Granville High	Creedmoor, NC	Granville County Schools	High	706	97.2%
341	CS Brown High - STEM Program	Winton, NC	Hertford County Schools	High	100	97.0%
342	Lakewood High	Salemburg, NC	Sampson County Schools	High	475	96.8%
343	Tri-County Early College High	Murphy, NC	Cherokee County Schools	High	153	96.1%
344	Phillips High	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	High	123	95.9%
345	Emsley A Laney High	Wilmington, NC	New Hanover County Schools	High	2,243	95.3%
346	Bartram Academy	Franklin, NC	Macon County Schools	High	102	91.2%
347	Durham's Performance Learning Center	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	High	122	90.2%
348	Alger B. Wilkins High School	Fayetteville, NC	Cumberland County Schools	High	159	89.3%
349	Elbert Edwin Waddell High School	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	123	71.5%
350	Knightdale High	Knightdale, NC	Wake County Schools	High	1,695	66.9%

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