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The public schools with the highest student-to-teacher ratios in North Carolina

This ranking covers the public schools with the highest student-to-teacher ratios in North Carolina, drawn from 2,321 qualifying public schools. Concord Lake STEAM Academy leads the list at 48.8:1, against a median of 15.5:1 across the ranked schools.

The table below is sortable and filterable, and the full list downloads as a CSV. Figures come from federal NCES enrollment data and, where applicable, state assessment results for 2024-25.

Schools ranked

2,321

North Carolina

Top Students/teacher

48.8:1

Median Students/teacher

15.5:1

HIGHEST RATIO · NORTH CAROLINA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	Ratio
1	Concord Lake STEAM Academy	Kannapolis, NC	Concord Lake STEAM Academy	Elementary	856	48.8:1
2	Union Prep Academy at Indian Trail	Indian Trail, NC	Union Preparatory Academy at Indian Trai	Combined	1,268	47.0:1
3	Cardinal Charter Academy	Cary, NC	Cardinal Charter	Elementary	584	45.2:1
4	Classical Charter Schools of Whiteville	Whiteville, NC	Classical Charter Schools of Whiteville	Elementary	842	44.7:1
5	Beaufort Co Early College High	Washington, NC	Beaufort County Schools	High	280	44.5:1
6	The JP Knapp ECH (i)School	Currituck, NC	Currituck County Schools	High	274	44.5:1
7	Levine Middle College High Sch	Matthews, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	216	43.2:1
8	Rockingham Co Early College High	Wentworth, NC	Rockingham County Schools	High	344	41.9:1
9	Steele Creek Preparatory Academy	Charlotte, NC	Steele Creek Preparatory Academy	Elementary	335	41.9:1
10	Yadkin Early College	Yadkinville, NC	Yadkin County Schools	High	200	41.8:1
11	Johnston County Schools Career Technical	Smithfield, NC	Johnston County Public Schools	High	241	41.1:1
12	Iredell Charter Academy of Arts &Science	Troutman, NC	Iredell Charter Academy of Arts & Scienc	Elementary	795	40.1:1
13	Lee Early College	Sanford, NC	Lee County Schools	High	272	39.6:1
14	Richmond Early College High	Hamlet, NC	Richmond County Schools	High	294	37.8:1
15	Central Wake High School	Raleigh, NC	Central Wake Charter High School	High	293	37.4:1
16	Early College EAST High	Havelock, NC	Craven County Board of Education	High	208	37.1:1
17	Cabarrus Early College of Technology	Concord, NC	Cabarrus County Schools	High	236	36.1:1
18	Surry Early College	Dobson, NC	Surry County Schools	High	296	35.9:1
19	Vance Co Early College	Henderson, NC	Vance County Schools	High	236	35.3:1
20	Johnston Co Early College Academy	Smithfield, NC	Johnston County Public Schools	High	251	35.0:1
21	Craven Early College High	New Bern, NC	Craven County Board of Education	High	221	34.4:1
22	Cumberland Polytechnic	Fayetteville, NC	Cumberland County Schools	High	319	34.3:1
23	Challenger Early College High	Hickory, NC	Catawba County Schools	High	376	33.5:1
24	Rowan Co Early College	Salisbury, NC	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	High	235	33.0:1
25	Commonwealth High	Charlotte, NC	Commonwealth High School	High	377	32.3:1
26	Granville Early College High	Creedmoor, NC	Granville County Schools	High	207	31.4:1
27	NRM Early College High School	Rocky Mount, NC	Nash County Public Schools	High	376	30.5:1
28	ABSS Early College at ACC	Graham, NC	Alamance-Burlington Schools	High	247	29.9:1
29	Legacy Classical Academy	Reidsville, NC	Legacy Classical Academy	Elementary	206	29.9:1
30	Randolph Early College High School	Asheboro, NC	Randolph County School System	High	358	29.8:1
31	Lenoir County Early College High	Kinston, NC	Lenoir County Public Schools	High	246	29.8:1
32	Stewart Creek High	Charlotte, NC	Stewart Creek High School	High	342	29.6:1
33	Wilkes Early College High School	Wilkesboro, NC	Wilkes County Schools	High	265	29.4:1
34	Topsail High	Hampstead, NC	Pender County Schools	High	1,945	29.1:1
35	Montgomery County Early College	Troy, NC	Montgomery County Schools	High	282	28.2:1
36	Cumberland International Early College	Fayetteville, NC	Cumberland County Schools	High	237	28.1:1
37	Agriculture and Science Early College	Olin, NC	Iredell-Statesville Schools	High	255	28.0:1
38	Central Piedmont Early College	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	278	27.8:1
39	Pinecrest High	Southern Pines, NC	Moore County Schools	High	2,290	27.6:1
40	New Bern High	New Bern, NC	Craven County Board of Education	High	1,637	27.6:1
41	Draughn High School	Valdese, NC	Burke County Schools	High	661	27.3:1
42	Madison Early College High	Marshall, NC	Madison County Schools	High	270	27.0:1
43	Overhills High	Spring Lake, NC	Harnett County Schools	High	1,981	26.8:1
44	Hickory High	Hickory, NC	Hickory City Schools	High	1,024	26.6:1
45	Charles B Aycock High	Pikeville, NC	Wayne County Public Schools	High	1,138	26.6:1
46	J D Clement Early College HS	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	High	380	26.3:1
47	Pine Forest High	Fayetteville, NC	Cumberland County Schools	High	1,551	26.1:1
48	Crossroads Arts and Science Early Colleg	Statesville, NC	Iredell-Statesville Schools	High	225	25.9:1
49	Person High	Roxboro, NC	Person County Schools	High	1,165	25.8:1
50	Gray's Creek High	Hope Mills, NC	Cumberland County Schools	High	1,458	25.7:1

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