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The highest-poverty public high schools in North Carolina · page 9

Ranks 401–450 of the highest-poverty public schools in North Carolina. Back to page 1.

HIGHEST POVERTY · NORTH CAROLINA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
401	Orange High	Hillsborough, NC	Orange County Schools	High	1,161	46.3%
402	Gray's Creek High	Hope Mills, NC	Cumberland County Schools	High	1,458	46.2%
403	Sun Valley High	Monroe, NC	Union County Public Schools	High	1,272	46.1%
404	Charlotte Teacher Early College	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	192	45.8%
405	Wilson Academy of Applied Technology	Wilson, NC	Wilson County Schools	High	280	45.7%
406	Harnett County Early College	Dunn, NC	Harnett County Schools	High	185	45.4%
407	Vernon Malone College and Career Academy	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	High	348	45.1%
408	West Stokes High School	King, NC	Stokes County Schools	High	799	44.7%
409	Randolph Early College High School	Asheboro, NC	Randolph County School System	High	358	44.4%
410	Hendersonville High	Hendersonville, NC	Henderson County Schools	High	794	44.3%
411	Watauga Innovation Academy	Boone, NC	Watauga County Schools	High	292	44.2%
412	Athens Drive High	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	High	2,156	44.0%
413	Parkwood High	Monroe, NC	Union County Public Schools	High	1,082	43.7%
414	Sanderson High	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	High	1,648	43.4%
415	Richlands High	Richlands, NC	Onslow County Schools	High	1,027	43.4%
416	Davidson Early College	Thomasville, NC	Davidson County Schools	High	138	42.8%
417	Gaston Early College High School	Dallas, NC	Gaston County Schools	High	235	42.6%
418	North Davidson High	Lexington, NC	Davidson County Schools	High	935	41.8%
419	Jack Britt High	Fayetteville, NC	Cumberland County Schools	High	1,940	41.6%
420	Central Piedmont Early College	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	278	41.4%
421	Asheville High	Asheville, NC	Asheville City Schools	High	1,221	41.3%
422	PSRC Early College at RCC	Lumberton, NC	Public Schools of Robeson County	High	274	41.2%
423	Mooresville High School	Mooresville, NC	Mooresville Graded School District	High	1,923	41.2%
424	Bandys High	Catawba, NC	Catawba County Schools	High	935	40.5%
425	Ballantyne Ridge High School	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	1,414	40.5%
426	Cumberland Polytechnic	Fayetteville, NC	Cumberland County Schools	High	319	40.4%
427	Manteo High School	Manteo, NC	Dare County Schools	High	528	40.3%
428	Eugene Ashley High	Wilmington, NC	New Hanover County Schools	High	1,893	40.2%
429	Massey Hill Classical High	Fayetteville, NC	Cumberland County Schools	High	273	39.6%
430	Porter Ridge High School	Indian Trail, NC	Union County Public Schools	High	1,809	39.4%
431	SILSA	Asheville, NC	Asheville City Schools	High	332	39.2%
432	Caldwell Early College	Hudson, NC	Caldwell County Schools	High	387	39.0%
433	Stokes Early College High School	Walnut Cove, NC	Stokes County Schools	High	159	39.0%
434	Cary High	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	High	2,044	38.6%
435	Mount Pleasant High	Mount Pleasant, NC	Cabarrus County Schools	High	894	38.4%
436	Piedmont High	Monroe, NC	Union County Public Schools	High	1,270	38.3%
437	Northwest School of the Arts	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	993	38.1%
438	West Forsyth High	Clemmons, NC	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	High	2,145	37.9%
439	The Franklin School of Innovation	Asheville, NC	The Franklin School of Innovation	High	717	37.8%
440	Wilson Early College Academy	Wilson, NC	Wilson County Schools	High	268	37.3%
441	Swansboro High	Swansboro, NC	Onslow County Schools	High	1,232	36.7%
442	ABSS Early College at ACC	Graham, NC	Alamance-Burlington Schools	High	247	36.4%
443	West Henderson High	Hendersonville, NC	Henderson County Schools	High	1,053	36.3%
444	John T Hoggard High	Wilmington, NC	New Hanover County Schools	High	2,082	36.2%
445	Atkins Academic & Tech High	Winston-Salem, NC	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	High	1,187	36.1%
446	North Wake College and Career Academy	Wake Forest, NC	Wake County Schools	High	346	36.1%
447	South Point High	Belmont, NC	Gaston County Schools	High	989	36.1%
448	Wakefield High	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	High	2,065	36.1%
449	Wake STEM Early College High School	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	High	294	35.7%
450	Cabarrus-Kannapolis Early Coll	Concord, NC	Cabarrus County Schools	High	234	35.5%

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