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The highest-performing public high schools by test proficiency in North Carolina · page 2

Ranks 51–100 of the highest-performing public schools by test proficiency in North Carolina. Back to page 1.

HIGHEST PROFICIENCY · NORTH CAROLINA

#	School	City	District	Level	% FRL	Students	% Proficient
51	Early College	Asheville, NC	Buncombe County Schools	High	98.9%	271	80.5%
52	Franklin County Early College	Louisburg, NC	Franklin County Schools	High	98.3%	179	80.1%
53	The JP Knapp ECH (i)School	Currituck, NC	Currituck County Schools	High	22.3%	274	79.6%
54	Randolph Early College High School	Asheboro, NC	Randolph County School System	High	44.4%	358	79.5%
55	Caldwell Early College	Hudson, NC	Caldwell County Schools	High	39.0%	387	79.2%
56	Lenoir County Early College High	Kinston, NC	Lenoir County Public Schools	High	98.8%	246	79.2%
57	GTCC Middle College High	Jamestown, NC	Guilford County Schools	High	98.8%	255	78.9%
58	Camden Early College High	Camden, NC	Camden County Schools	High	16.1%	124	78.8%
59	Discovery High School	Newton, NC	Newton Conover City Schools	High	29.5%	146	78.5%
60	Rowan Co Early College	Salisbury, NC	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	High	98.7%	235	78.4%
61	Williams Secondary Montessori	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	19.7%	401	78.4%
62	Cuthbertson High	Waxhaw, NC	Union County Public Schools	High	10.2%	1,857	78.1%
63	Alexander Early College	Taylorsville, NC	Alexander County Schools	High	98.3%	172	76.7%
64	Madison Early College High	Marshall, NC	Madison County Schools	High	98.9%	270	76.7%
65	Innovation Early College High	Greenville, NC	Pitt County Schools	High	98.7%	227	76.3%
66	Northwest Guilford High	Greensboro, NC	Guilford County Schools	High	20.9%	2,055	76.1%
67	Croatan High	Newport, NC	Carteret County Public Schools	High	27.9%	1,019	76.1%
68	Central Piedmont Early College	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	41.4%	278	76.0%
69	North Wake College and Career Academy	Wake Forest, NC	Wake County Schools	High	36.1%	346	75.9%
70	Cox Mill High School	Concord, NC	Cabarrus County Schools	High	14.1%	1,772	75.7%
71	Green Hope High	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	High	12.5%	2,304	75.7%
72	Mayland Early College	Spruce Pine, NC	Mitchell County Schools	High	97.3%	113	75.4%
73	Caldwell Applied Sciences Academy	Hudson, NC	Caldwell County Schools	High	33.9%	218	75.2%
74	Roanoke Rapids Early College High	Roanoke Rapids, NC	Roanoke Rapids City Schools	High	97.5%	119	75.0%
75	Durham School of the Arts	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	High	99.2%	1,764	74.8%
76	Apex Friendship High	Apex, NC	Wake County Schools	High	11.2%	2,748	74.4%
77	Ardrey Kell High School	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	14.7%	3,036	74.3%
78	Cabarrus Health Sciences Institute	Concord, NC	Cabarrus County Schools	High	30.2%	159	74.2%
79	Tri-County Early College High	Murphy, NC	Cherokee County Schools	High	96.1%	153	74.0%
80	Northwest School of the Arts	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	38.1%	993	73.8%
81	Wilkes Early College High School	Wilkesboro, NC	Wilkes County Schools	High	98.9%	265	73.5%
82	Macon Early College High School	Franklin, NC	Macon County Schools	High	98.1%	154	73.4%
83	Wilmington Early College High	Castle Hayne, NC	New Hanover County Schools	High	98.9%	270	72.8%
84	Davie County Early College High	Mocksville, NC	Davie County Schools	High	55.7%	131	72.2%
85	Bladen Early College	Dublin, NC	Bladen County Schools	High	97.7%	129	72.1%
86	First Flight High School	Kill Devil Hills, NC	Dare County Schools	High	27.2%	874	71.9%
87	Rutherford Early College High School	Spindale, NC	Rutherford County Schools	High	98.6%	208	71.9%
88	Panther Creek High	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	High	14.8%	2,609	71.9%
89	Atkins Academic & Tech High	Winston-Salem, NC	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	High	36.1%	1,187	71.5%
90	Vernon Malone College and Career Academy	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	High	45.1%	348	71.4%
91	Stokes Early College High School	Walnut Cove, NC	Stokes County Schools	High	39.0%	159	71.1%
92	William Amos Hough High	Cornelius, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	20.1%	2,518	70.6%
93	Columbus Career and College Academy	Whiteville, NC	Columbus County Schools	High	98.7%	230	70.2%
94	East Carteret High	Beaufort, NC	Carteret County Public Schools	High	97.7%	521	69.9%
95	Topsail High	Hampstead, NC	Pender County Schools	High	23.5%	1,945	69.7%
96	Pisgah High	Canton, NC	Haywood County Schools	High	99.7%	859	69.3%
97	Holly Springs High	Holly Springs, NC	Wake County Schools	High	13.8%	2,018	68.9%
98	Duplin Early College High	Kenansville, NC	Duplin County Schools	High	98.5%	199	68.7%
99	SILSA	Asheville, NC	Asheville City Schools	High	39.2%	332	67.4%
100	Durham School of Technology	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	High	98.6%	219	67.4%

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