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The highest-performing public high schools in science in North Carolina · page 3

Ranks 101–150 of the highest-performing public schools in science in North Carolina. Back to page 1.

BEST IN SCIENCE · NORTH CAROLINA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% Proficient (Science)
101	Jack Britt High	Fayetteville, NC	Cumberland County Schools	High	1,940	69.7%
102	Needham Broughton High	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	High	2,153	69.6%
103	Cabarrus Health Sciences Institute	Concord, NC	Cabarrus County Schools	High	159	69.4%
104	The JP Knapp ECH (i)School	Currituck, NC	Currituck County Schools	High	274	69.3%
105	Enloe High	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	High	2,643	69.3%
106	Tri-County Early College High	Murphy, NC	Cherokee County Schools	High	153	69.0%
107	Ballantyne Ridge High School	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	1,414	68.8%
108	SILSA	Asheville, NC	Asheville City Schools	High	332	68.4%
109	Mount Airy High	Mount Airy, NC	Mount Airy City Schools	High	620	68.4%
110	Career Academy and Technical School	Troutman, NC	Iredell-Statesville Schools	High	103	67.8%
111	Early College EAST High	Havelock, NC	Craven County Board of Education	High	208	67.4%
112	Union Pines High	Cameron, NC	Moore County Schools	High	1,462	66.8%
113	Alexander Early College	Taylorsville, NC	Alexander County Schools	High	172	66.7%
114	Seaforth High	Pittsboro, NC	Chatham County Schools	High	1,088	65.7%
115	Dixon High	Holly Ridge, NC	Onslow County Schools	High	1,085	65.7%
116	West Carteret High	Morehead City, NC	Carteret County Public Schools	High	1,095	65.4%
117	Pisgah High	Canton, NC	Haywood County Schools	High	859	64.8%
118	Pinecrest High	Southern Pines, NC	Moore County Schools	High	2,290	64.8%
119	Stokes Early College High School	Walnut Cove, NC	Stokes County Schools	High	159	64.5%
120	Wake Forest High School	Wake Forest, NC	Wake County Schools	High	2,043	64.5%
121	D H Conley High	Greenville, NC	Pitt County Schools	High	1,757	64.1%
122	Cary High	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	High	2,044	63.8%
123	Durham School of Technology	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	High	219	63.4%
124	CS Brown High - STEM Program	Winton, NC	Hertford County Schools	High	100	62.9%
125	The School for Creative Studies	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	High	350	62.6%
126	Anson Co. Early College High	Polkton, NC	Anson County Schools	High	210	62.5%
127	Wilmington Early College High	Castle Hayne, NC	New Hanover County Schools	High	270	62.5%
128	Millbrook High	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	High	2,498	62.3%
129	Myers Park High School	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	3,225	62.1%
130	Mayland Early College	Spruce Pine, NC	Mitchell County Schools	High	113	61.9%
131	Middle Creek High	Apex, NC	Wake County Schools	High	1,587	61.8%
132	Bandys High	Catawba, NC	Catawba County Schools	High	935	61.4%
133	Willow Spring High	Fuquay Varina, NC	Wake County Schools	High	2,223	61.2%
134	Cape Hatteras Secondary School	Buxton, NC	Dare County Schools	High	364	61.0%
135	Northern Guilford High	Greensboro, NC	Guilford County Schools	High	1,251	60.4%
136	Oak Grove High	Winston-Salem, NC	Davidson County Schools	High	992	60.3%
137	Grimsley High	Greensboro, NC	Guilford County Schools	High	1,967	60.1%
138	Camden Early College High	Camden, NC	Camden County Schools	High	124	60.0%
139	Hertford Co Early College	Ahoskie, NC	Hertford County Schools	High	198	60.0%
140	Wakefield High	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	High	2,065	59.6%
141	West Stokes High School	King, NC	Stokes County Schools	High	799	59.4%
142	Apex High	Apex, NC	Wake County Schools	High	2,449	59.4%
143	East Burke High	Connelly Springs, NC	Burke County Schools	High	874	58.9%
144	Heritage High	Wake Forest, NC	Wake County Schools	High	1,778	58.9%
145	Columbus Career and College Academy	Whiteville, NC	Columbus County Schools	High	230	58.7%
146	North Davidson High	Lexington, NC	Davidson County Schools	High	935	58.7%
147	Hickory Ridge High	Harrisburg, NC	Cabarrus County Schools	High	1,671	58.1%
148	West Henderson High	Hendersonville, NC	Henderson County Schools	High	1,053	58.1%
149	Charlotte Teacher Early College	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	192	58.1%
150	East Lincoln High	Denver, NC	Lincoln County Schools	High	1,047	58.0%

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