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The public high schools with the highest share of Black students in North Carolina · page 3

Ranks 101–150 of the public schools with the highest share of Black students in North Carolina. Back to page 1.

MOST BLACK · NORTH CAROLINA

#	School	City	District	Students	% Black
101	Wake Young Men's Leadership Academy	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	262	44.3%(116)
102	Lucy Ragsdale High	Jamestown, NC	Guilford County Schools	1,292	44.1%(570)
103	Commonwealth High	Charlotte, NC	Commonwealth High School	377	44.0%(166)
104	Penn-Griffin Schools	High Point, NC	Guilford County Schools	539	44.0%(237)
105	Page High	Greensboro, NC	Guilford County Schools	1,648	43.7%(720)
106	Northwest School of the Arts	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	993	43.5%(432)
107	Paul R. Brown Leadership Academy	Elizabethtown, NC	Paul R Brown Leadership Academy	199	43.2%(86)
108	Pasquotank County High	Elizabeth City, NC	Elizabeth City-Pasquotank Public Schools	653	43.2%(282)
109	Salisbury High	Salisbury, NC	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	930	43.1%(401)
110	East Wake High	Wendell, NC	Wake County Schools	1,777	42.9%(762)
111	GTCC Middle College High	Jamestown, NC	Guilford County Schools	255	42.4%(108)
112	Southwest Guilford High	High Point, NC	Guilford County Schools	1,547	42.2%(653)
113	Hunter Huss High	Gastonia, NC	Gaston County Schools	1,165	41.9%(488)
114	Washington High	Washington, NC	Beaufort County Schools	794	41.8%(332)
115	Turning Point Academy	Shelby, NC	Cleveland County Schools	142	41.5%(59)
116	Bartlett Yancey High	Yanceyville, NC	Caswell County Schools	635	41.4%(263)
117	Central Piedmont Early College	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	278	41.0%(114)
118	Hawthorne Academy of Health Sciences	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	239	41.0%(98)
119	North Lenoir High	La Grange, NC	Lenoir County Public Schools	957	40.8%(390)
120	West Columbus High	Cerro Gordo, NC	Columbus County Schools	459	40.7%(187)
121	Fairmont High	Fairmont, NC	Public Schools of Robeson County	780	40.6%(317)
122	Hoke County High	Raeford, NC	Hoke County Schools	2,110	39.9%(841)
123	North Forsyth Magnet High	Winston Salem, NC	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	1,084	39.8%(431)
124	Ayden-Grifton High	Ayden, NC	Pitt County Schools	757	39.6%(300)
125	High Point Central High	High Point, NC	Guilford County Schools	1,005	39.5%(397)
126	Vernon Malone College and Career Academy	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	348	39.1%(136)
127	Northern High	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	1,281	38.9%(498)
128	Charlotte Secondary	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte Secondary School	157	38.9%(61)
129	Mount Tabor High School	Winston Salem, NC	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	1,426	38.8%(553)
130	North Rowan High	Spencer, NC	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	555	38.6%(214)
131	Olympic High School	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	1,483	38.3%(568)
132	Phillips High	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	123	38.2%(47)
133	James Hunt High	Wilson, NC	Wilson County Schools	1,115	37.7%(420)
134	Whiteville High	Whiteville, NC	Whiteville City Schools	639	37.6%(240)
135	Greene Central High	Snow Hill, NC	Greene County Schools	776	37.5%(291)
136	Parkland High	Winston Salem, NC	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	1,569	37.4%(587)
137	Southern Guilford High	Greensboro, NC	Guilford County Schools	934	37.3%(348)
138	Anson Co. Early College High	Polkton, NC	Anson County Schools	210	37.1%(78)
139	Aspire Trade High	Huntersville, NC	Aspire Trade High School	270	37.0%(100)
140	Rolesville High	Rolesville, NC	Wake County Schools	2,321	37.0%(859)
141	City of Medicine Academy	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	329	36.8%(121)
142	Richmond Senior High	Rockingham, NC	Richmond County Schools	1,365	36.7%(501)
143	Grimsley High	Greensboro, NC	Guilford County Schools	1,967	36.4%(715)
144	SCORE Academy	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	584	36.0%(210)
145	Richmond 9th Grade Academy	Hamlet, NC	Richmond County Schools	424	35.9%(152)
146	West Craven High	Vanceboro, NC	Craven County Board of Education	751	35.8%(269)
147	Carter High School	Winston Salem, NC	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	123	35.8%(44)
148	Career Readiness Academy at Mosley PLC	Wilmington, NC	New Hanover County Schools	150	35.3%(53)
149	Graham High	Graham, NC	Alamance-Burlington Schools	828	35.3%(292)
150	Cumberland Polytechnic	Fayetteville, NC	Cumberland County Schools	319	35.1%(112)

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