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

551 public high schools in North Carolina appear in this ranking of the public high schools with the highest share of Hispanic students, ranked by the share of students who are Hispanic or Latino, from federal NCES enrollment data. Elbert Edwin Waddell High School leads the list at 98.4%, against a median of 19.2% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

551

North Carolina

Top % Hispanic

98.4%

Median % Hispanic

19.2%

MOST HISPANIC · NORTH CAROLINA

#	School	City	District	Students	% Hispanic
1	Elbert Edwin Waddell High School	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	123	98.4%(121)
2	Cochrane Collegiate Academy	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	854	69.4%(593)
3	Jordan-Matthews High	Siler City, NC	Chatham County Schools	848	68.3%(579)
4	Monroe High	Monroe, NC	Union County Public Schools	1,215	65.2%(792)
5	Sampson Early College High	Clinton, NC	Sampson County Schools	229	62.5%(143)
6	Hugh M Cummings High	Burlington, NC	Alamance-Burlington Schools	807	62.3%(503)
7	Spring Creek High	Seven Springs, NC	Wayne County Public Schools	732	62.0%(454)
8	Garinger High School	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	1,877	61.0%(1,146)
9	Union High	Rose Hill, NC	Sampson County Schools	494	57.3%(283)
10	Asheboro High	Asheboro, NC	Asheboro City Schools	1,338	55.6%(744)
11	Hobbton High	Newton Grove, NC	Sampson County Schools	467	55.5%(259)
12	North Duplin Jr Sr High	Mt. Olive, NC	Duplin County Schools	609	55.0%(335)
13	Greene Early College High	Snow Hill, NC	Greene County Schools	166	54.2%(90)
14	Lee Early College	Sanford, NC	Lee County Schools	272	53.3%(145)
15	James Kenan High	Warsaw, NC	Duplin County Schools	758	53.3%(404)
16	Smithfield-Selma High	Smithfield, NC	Johnston County Public Schools	1,548	51.2%(793)
17	Blue Ridge Early College	Cashiers, NC	Jackson County Public Schools	127	51.2%(65)
18	Parkland High	Winston Salem, NC	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	1,569	51.0%(800)
19	Robert B Glenn High School	Kernersville, NC	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	1,396	50.4%(704)
20	Wallace-Rose Hill High	Teachey, NC	Duplin County Schools	738	49.3%(364)
21	Duplin Early College High	Kenansville, NC	Duplin County Schools	199	48.7%(97)
22	Southern School of Energy and Sustainabi	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	1,384	48.3%(668)
23	Olympic High School	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	1,483	47.8%(709)
24	North Forsyth Magnet High	Winston Salem, NC	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	1,084	47.8%(518)
25	City of Medicine Academy	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	329	47.7%(157)
26	Saint Pauls High	Saint Pauls, NC	Public Schools of Robeson County	1,142	46.3%(529)
27	Hawthorne Academy of Health Sciences	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	239	45.6%(109)
28	Winston-Salem Preparatory Acad	Winston-Salem, NC	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	369	45.5%(168)
29	Wayne Early / Middle College High	Goldsboro, NC	Wayne County Public Schools	239	45.2%(108)
30	Independence High School	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	2,024	45.1%(913)
31	Granville Central High	Stem, NC	Granville County Schools	531	44.6%(237)
32	East Duplin High	Beulaville, NC	Duplin County Schools	864	44.6%(385)
33	Graham High	Graham, NC	Alamance-Burlington Schools	828	44.3%(367)
34	Forest Hills High	Marshville, NC	Union County Public Schools	973	44.3%(431)
35	Southern Wayne High	Dudley, NC	Wayne County Public Schools	1,007	44.3%(446)
36	Thomasville High	Thomasville, NC	Thomasville City Schools	590	44.1%(260)
37	Central Wake High School	Raleigh, NC	Central Wake Charter High School	293	44.0%(129)
38	Lee County High	Sanford, NC	Lee County Schools	1,459	43.9%(640)
39	Southern Lee High School	Sanford, NC	Lee County Schools	1,180	43.8%(517)
40	North Henderson High	Hendersonville, NC	Henderson County Schools	1,052	43.5%(458)
41	Durham's Performance Learning Center	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	122	42.6%(52)
42	South Mecklenburg High School	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	2,534	42.3%(1,072)
43	Commonwealth High	Charlotte, NC	Commonwealth High School	377	41.9%(158)
44	Wilson Academy of Applied Technology	Wilson, NC	Wilson County Schools	280	41.8%(117)
45	Lexington Senior High School	Lexington, NC	Lexington City Schools	889	40.9%(364)
46	Johnston County Schools Career Technical	Smithfield, NC	Johnston County Public Schools	241	40.7%(98)
47	Early College	Asheville, NC	Buncombe County Schools	271	40.6%(110)
48	East Henderson High	East Flat Rock, NC	Henderson County Schools	932	40.6%(378)
49	East Mecklenburg High School	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	2,422	40.5%(981)
50	Northern High	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	1,281	40.4%(517)

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Racial and ethnic enrollment shares are factual figures reported by each school to the federal government (NCES). This list describes the composition of student bodies and is not an evaluation or endorsement of any school.

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