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The public high schools with the highest share of Black students in North Carolina

Across North Carolina, 551 public high schools are ranked here, ranked by the share of students who are Black or African American, from federal NCES enrollment data. Weldon STEM High School Career Academies leads the list at 98.6%, against a median of 20.3% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

551

North Carolina

Top % Black

98.6%

Median % Black

20.3%

MOST BLACK · NORTH CAROLINA

#	School	City	District	Students	% Black
1	Weldon STEM High School Career Academies	Halifax, NC	Weldon City Schools	145	98.6%(143)
2	Roanoke Valley Early College	Weldon, NC	Weldon City Schools	114	91.2%(104)
3	Goldsboro High	Goldsboro, NC	Wayne County Public Schools	412	88.8%(366)
4	A&T Four Middle College	Greensboro, NC	Guilford County Schools	162	87.0%(141)
5	Kinston High	Kinston, NC	Lenoir County Public Schools	659	87.0%(573)
6	Turning Point Academy	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	144	86.8%(125)
7	Southeast Halifax Collegiate Prep Academ	Halifax, NC	Halifax County Schools	204	86.3%(176)
8	CS Brown High - STEM Program	Winton, NC	Hertford County Schools	100	84.0%(84)
9	Northampton County High School	Gaston, NC	Northampton County Schools	265	83.8%(222)
10	Hertford County High	Ahoskie, NC	Hertford County Schools	447	83.7%(374)
11	Bertie High	Windsor, NC	Bertie County Schools	449	83.5%(375)
12	Washington County High	Plymouth, NC	Washington County Schools	450	83.3%(375)
13	AdVance Academy	Henderson, NC	Vance County Schools	112	83.0%(93)
14	Halifax County Early College High	Weldon, NC	Halifax County Schools	126	81.0%(102)
15	Northampton Early College	Weldon, NC	Northampton County Schools	148	79.7%(118)
16	Rocky Mount High	Rocky Mount, NC	Nash County Public Schools	1,023	77.3%(791)
17	Northwest Halifax Collegiate and Technic	Littleton, NC	Halifax County Schools	321	77.0%(247)
18	James B Dudley High	Greensboro, NC	Guilford County Schools	1,403	76.3%(1,071)
19	Tarboro High	Tarboro, NC	Edgecombe County Public Schools	496	76.2%(378)
20	North Edgecombe High	Tarboro, NC	Edgecombe County Public Schools	358	76.0%(272)
21	Shaw Academy	Laurinburg, NC	Scotland County Schools	122	75.4%(92)
22	West Charlotte High School	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	2,008	74.7%(1,499)
23	Warren County High	Warrenton, NC	Warren County Schools	362	73.5%(266)
24	Alger B. Wilkins High School	Fayetteville, NC	Cumberland County Schools	159	69.8%(111)
25	Mallard Creek High School	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	2,068	69.3%(1,434)
26	Reid Ross Classical High	Fayetteville, NC	Cumberland County Schools	227	68.3%(155)
27	Vance County High School	Henderson, NC	Vance County Schools	1,064	68.1%(725)
28	Durham School of Technology	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	219	66.7%(146)
29	Harding University High School	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	1,204	66.4%(799)
30	Seventy-First High	Fayetteville, NC	Cumberland County Schools	1,332	66.0%(879)
31	T Wingate Andrews High	High Point, NC	Guilford County Schools	753	65.6%(494)
32	E E Smith High	Fayetteville, NC	Cumberland County Schools	1,017	64.9%(660)
33	South Central	Winterville, NC	Pitt County Schools	1,738	64.9%(1,128)
34	Piedmont Classical High School	BROWNS SUMMIT, NC	Piedmont Classical High School	478	64.2%(307)
35	Westover High	Fayetteville, NC	Cumberland County Schools	1,234	64.0%(790)
36	Hertford Co Early College	Ahoskie, NC	Hertford County Schools	198	62.6%(124)
37	Phillip O Berry Academy of Technology	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	1,533	61.6%(945)
38	Eastern Wayne High	Goldsboro, NC	Wayne County Public Schools	781	60.7%(474)
39	Martin County High	Williamston, NC	Martin County Schools	752	60.2%(453)
40	Hillside High	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	1,433	59.9%(859)
41	Northeast Guilford High	McLeansville, NC	Guilford County Schools	977	59.8%(584)
42	Riverside High	Williamston, NC	Martin County Schools	470	59.6%
43	Anson High School	Wadesboro, NC	Anson County Schools	705	59.1%(417)
44	South Creek High	Robersonville, NC	Martin County Schools	265	58.9%
45	Northeastern High	Elizabeth City, NC	Elizabeth City-Pasquotank Public Schools	658	58.7%(386)
46	Farmville Central High	Farmville, NC	Pitt County Schools	778	57.3%(446)
47	J D Clement Early College HS	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	380	56.3%(214)
48	SouthWest Edgecombe High	Pinetops, NC	Edgecombe County Public Schools	798	56.3%(449)
49	Middle College at GTCC-Greensboro	Greensboro, NC	Guilford County Schools	162	56.2%(91)
50	J. F. Webb High	Oxford, NC	Granville County Schools	512	55.7%(285)

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