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Ranks 2,251–2,300 of the highest-poverty public schools in North Carolina. Back to page 1.

HIGHEST POVERTY · NORTH CAROLINA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
2251	Willow Spring High	Fuquay Varina, NC	Wake County Schools	High	2,223	28.7%
2252	Washington Elementary	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	514	28.6%
2253	Ballentine Elementary	Fuquay Varina, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	742	28.6%
2254	Bain Elementary	Mint Hill, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	Elementary	766	28.5%
2255	Fuquay-Varina Middle	Fuquay-Varina, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	1,004	28.3%
2256	Needham Broughton High	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	High	2,153	28.1%
2257	Enloe High	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	High	2,643	28.0%
2258	Croatan High	Newport, NC	Carteret County Public Schools	High	1,019	27.9%
2259	Creekside Elementary	New Bern, NC	Craven County Board of Education	Elementary	453	27.8%
2260	Heritage High	Wake Forest, NC	Wake County Schools	High	1,778	27.7%
2261	Sandhills Farm Life Elementary	Carthage, NC	Moore County Schools	Elementary	379	27.7%
2262	Stallings Elementary	Stallings, NC	Union County Public Schools	Elementary	766	27.7%
2263	Leesville Road Elementary	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	528	27.7%
2264	McDougle Middle	Chapel Hill, NC	Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools	Middle	659	27.6%
2265	Shady Grove Elementary	Advance, NC	Davie County Schools	Elementary	492	27.4%
2266	Early College EAST High	Havelock, NC	Craven County Board of Education	High	208	27.4%
2267	Summerfield Elementary	Summerfield, NC	Guilford County Schools	Elementary	584	27.4%
2268	McKee Road Elementary	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	Elementary	534	27.3%
2269	EP Pearce Elementary	Greensboro, NC	Guilford County Schools	Elementary	653	27.3%
2270	First Flight High School	Kill Devil Hills, NC	Dare County Schools	High	874	27.2%
2271	Greensboro Academy	Greensboro, NC	Greensboro Academy	Elementary	777	27.2%
2272	Phillips Middle	Chapel Hill, NC	Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools	Middle	600	27.0%
2273	St James Elementary	Denver, NC	Lincoln County Schools	Elementary	653	27.0%
2274	Dr John Codington Elem	Wilmington, NC	New Hanover County Schools	Elementary	470	26.6%
2275	Central Carolina Academy	Sanford, NC	Central Carolina Academy	High	536	26.5%
2276	Estes Hills Elementary	Chapel Hill, NC	Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools	Elementary	336	26.5%
2277	Agriculture and Science Early College	Olin, NC	Iredell-Statesville Schools	High	255	26.3%
2278	Ballantyne Elementary	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	Elementary	745	26.2%
2279	Holly Tree Elementary	Wilmington, NC	New Hanover County Schools	Elementary	383	26.1%
2280	Holly Ridge Middle	Holly Springs, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	955	26.0%
2281	Camden Middle	Camden, NC	Camden County Schools	Middle	461	25.8%
2282	Isaac M Bear Early College High School	Wilmington, NC	New Hanover County Schools	High	260	25.8%
2283	Buckhorn Creek Elementary	Holly Springs, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	905	25.7%
2284	Harper Middle College High	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	125	25.6%
2285	Sycamore Creek Elementary	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	778	25.6%
2286	Whitaker Elementary	Winston Salem, NC	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	Elementary	490	25.5%
2287	South Lakes Elementary	Fuquay-Varina, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	774	25.5%
2288	Salem Elementary	Apex, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	776	25.4%
2289	North Lincoln High	Lincolnton, NC	Lincoln County Schools	High	1,126	25.3%
2290	Fuquay-Varina High	Fuquay-Varina, NC	Wake County Schools	High	1,858	25.1%
2291	The Downtown School	Winston Salem, NC	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	Elementary	453	24.9%
2292	Apex Middle	Apex, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	867	24.8%
2293	Woods Creek Elementary	Holly Springs, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	406	24.6%
2294	Leesville Road High	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	High	2,411	24.5%
2295	Onslow Early College	Jacksonville, NC	Onslow County Schools	High	189	24.3%
2296	Lacy Elementary	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	695	23.7%
2297	Collaborative College for Technology	Statesville, NC	Iredell-Statesville Schools	High	232	23.7%
2298	Woodland Heights Middle	Mooresville, NC	Iredell-Statesville Schools	Middle	581	23.6%
2299	Bailey Middle	Cornelius, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	Middle	1,315	23.5%
2300	Topsail High	Hampstead, NC	Pender County Schools	High	1,945	23.5%

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