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The highest-poverty public middle schools in North Carolina

This ranking covers the highest-poverty public middle schools in North Carolina, drawn from 472 qualifying public middle schools. Southwest Middle School leads the list at 99.8%, against a median of 99.0% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

472

North Carolina

Top % FRL

99.8%

Median % FRL

99.0%

HIGHEST POVERTY · NORTH CAROLINA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	Southwest Middle School	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	Middle	1,205	99.8%
2	Archer Lodge Middle	Wendell, NC	Johnston County Public Schools	Middle	1,204	99.8%
3	East Garner Middle	Garner, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	1,109	99.7%
4	Kiser Middle	Greensboro, NC	Guilford County Schools	Middle	1,074	99.7%
5	McClintock Middle	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	Middle	1,056	99.7%
6	Southwest Guilford Middle	High Point, NC	Guilford County Schools	Middle	1,032	99.7%
7	Northridge Middle	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	Middle	1,014	99.7%
8	River Bend Middle	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	995	99.7%
9	Kennedy Middle	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	Middle	990	99.7%
10	Hanes Magnet School	Winston Salem, NC	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	Middle	967	99.7%
11	Hope Middle	Greenville, NC	Pitt County Schools	Middle	952	99.7%
12	Jamestown Middle	Jamestown, NC	Guilford County Schools	Middle	949	99.7%
13	Albemarle Road Middle	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	Middle	945	99.7%
14	Cleveland Middle	Garner, NC	Johnston County Public Schools	Middle	936	99.7%
15	Mendenhall Middle	Greensboro, NC	Guilford County Schools	Middle	905	99.7%
16	Eastern Guilford Middle	Gibsonville, NC	Guilford County Schools	Middle	901	99.7%
17	Lewisville Middle	Lewisville, NC	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	Middle	888	99.7%
18	Sherwood Githens Middle	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	Middle	878	99.7%
19	Neuse River Middle	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	877	99.7%
20	Norwayne Middle	Fremont, NC	Wayne County Public Schools	Middle	848	99.6%
21	Martin Luther King Jr Middle	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	Middle	844	99.6%
22	Ridge Road Middle	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	Middle	840	99.6%
23	Red Oak Middle	Battleboro, NC	Nash County Public Schools	Middle	840	99.6%
24	Southwest Middle	Gastonia, NC	Gaston County Schools	Middle	832	99.6%
25	North Garner Middle	Garner, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	831	99.6%
26	Southeast Guilford Middle	Greensboro, NC	Guilford County Schools	Middle	826	99.6%
27	Thomas Jefferson Middle	Winston-Salem, NC	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	Middle	808	99.6%
28	Leland Middle	Leland, NC	Brunswick County Schools	Middle	806	99.6%
29	Monroe Middle	Monroe, NC	Union County Public Schools	Middle	802	99.6%
30	J. M. Alexander Middle	Huntersville, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	Middle	799	99.6%
31	SanLee Middle School	Sanford, NC	Lee County Schools	Middle	792	99.6%
32	Kannapolis Middle School 7/8	Kannapolis, NC	Kannapolis City Schools	Middle	782	99.6%
33	A G Cox Middle	Winterville, NC	Pitt County Schools	Middle	778	99.6%
34	East Forsyth Middle School	Kernersville, NC	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	Middle	772	99.6%
35	Zebulon Middle	Zebulon, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	772	99.6%
36	George L Carrington Middle	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	Middle	771	99.6%
37	East Hoke Middle	Raeford, NC	Hoke County Schools	Middle	771	99.6%
38	Randleman Middle School	Randleman, NC	Randolph County School System	Middle	765	99.6%
39	Wendell Middle	Wendell, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	762	99.6%
40	Ranson Middle	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	Middle	757	99.6%
41	Wiley Magnet Middle	Winston Salem, NC	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	Middle	754	99.6%
42	Rockingham County Middle	Reidsville, NC	Rockingham County Schools	Middle	750	99.6%
43	Burns Middle	Lawndale, NC	Cleveland County Schools	Middle	744	99.6%
44	Turrentine Middle	Burlington, NC	Alamance-Burlington Schools	Middle	739	99.6%
45	Southeast Middle	Kernersville, NC	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	Middle	733	99.6%
46	Western Guilford Middle	Greensboro, NC	Guilford County Schools	Middle	731	99.6%
47	Whitewater Middle	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	Middle	731	99.6%
48	East Millbrook Middle	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	731	99.6%
49	West Pine Middle	West End, NC	Moore County Schools	Middle	717	99.6%
50	Neal Middle	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	Middle	706	99.6%

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