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

Ranks 401–448 of the highest-performing public schools in reading in North Carolina. Back to page 1.

BEST IN READING · NORTH CAROLINA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% Proficient (Reading)
401	Fairmont High	Fairmont, NC	Public Schools of Robeson County	High	780	36.5%
402	Albemarle High	Albemarle, NC	Stanly County Schools	High	414	36.4%
403	Lee County High	Sanford, NC	Lee County Schools	High	1,459	36.1%
404	Walkertown High	Walkertown, NC	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	High	662	36.0%
405	Kinston High	Kinston, NC	Lenoir County Public Schools	High	659	35.9%
406	Purnell Swett High	Pembroke, NC	Public Schools of Robeson County	High	1,583	35.9%
407	Salisbury High	Salisbury, NC	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	High	930	35.9%
408	West Mecklenburg High School	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	1,290	35.4%
409	Southern School of Energy and Sustainabi	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	High	1,384	35.2%
410	Greene Central High	Snow Hill, NC	Greene County Schools	High	776	35.2%
411	Bessemer City High	Bessemer City, NC	Gaston County Schools	High	590	35.0%
412	Cochrane Collegiate Academy	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	854	34.6%
413	Ben L. Smith High School	Greensboro, NC	Guilford County Schools	High	1,348	34.2%
414	Parkland High	Winston Salem, NC	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	High	1,569	34.0%
415	East Bladen High	Elizabethtown, NC	Bladen County Schools	High	525	33.6%
416	Robert B Glenn High School	Kernersville, NC	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	High	1,396	33.3%
417	Starmount High	Boonville, NC	Yadkin County Schools	High	556	33.3%
418	Statesville High	Statesville, NC	Iredell-Statesville Schools	High	991	32.8%
419	Thomasville High	Thomasville, NC	Thomasville City Schools	High	590	32.4%
420	James Kenan High	Warsaw, NC	Duplin County Schools	High	758	32.1%
421	Richmond Senior High	Rockingham, NC	Richmond County Schools	High	1,365	31.8%
422	North Rowan High	Spencer, NC	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	High	555	30.6%
423	West Columbus High	Cerro Gordo, NC	Columbus County Schools	High	459	30.5%
424	Hugh M Cummings High	Burlington, NC	Alamance-Burlington Schools	High	807	30.3%
425	Roanoke Rapids High School	Roanoke Rapids, NC	Roanoke Rapids City Schools	High	776	30.3%
426	Reidsville High	Reidsville, NC	Rockingham County Schools	High	696	29.9%
427	Wallace-Rose Hill High	Teachey, NC	Duplin County Schools	High	738	29.7%
428	North Forsyth Magnet High	Winston Salem, NC	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	High	1,084	29.6%
429	Goldsboro High	Goldsboro, NC	Wayne County Public Schools	High	412	29.6%
430	Northeast Guilford High	McLeansville, NC	Guilford County Schools	High	977	29.5%
431	Pender High	Burgaw, NC	Pender County Schools	High	648	29.2%
432	Harding University High School	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	1,204	28.9%
433	Monroe High	Monroe, NC	Union County Public Schools	High	1,215	28.6%
434	Hertford County High	Ahoskie, NC	Hertford County Schools	High	447	27.6%
435	North Edgecombe High	Tarboro, NC	Edgecombe County Public Schools	High	358	27.3%
436	Washington County High	Plymouth, NC	Washington County Schools	High	450	26.9%
437	SouthWest Edgecombe High	Pinetops, NC	Edgecombe County Public Schools	High	798	26.9%
438	Northwest Halifax Collegiate and Technic	Littleton, NC	Halifax County Schools	High	321	25.3%
439	Garinger High School	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	1,877	24.7%
440	Eastern Randolph High School	Ramseur, NC	Randolph County School System	High	586	24.6%
441	Carver High	Winston Salem, NC	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	High	728	24.0%
442	Winston-Salem Preparatory Acad	Winston-Salem, NC	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	High	369	23.9%
443	Hunter Huss High	Gastonia, NC	Gaston County Schools	High	1,165	23.5%
444	Vance County High School	Henderson, NC	Vance County Schools	High	1,064	22.8%
445	Southeast Halifax Collegiate Prep Academ	Halifax, NC	Halifax County Schools	High	204	21.4%
446	Tarboro High	Tarboro, NC	Edgecombe County Public Schools	High	496	16.3%
447	Northampton County High School	Gaston, NC	Northampton County Schools	High	265	14.9%
448	Weldon STEM High School Career Academies	Halifax, NC	Weldon City Schools	High	145	13.9%

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