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

543 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

543

North Carolina

Top % Hispanic

98.4%

Median % Hispanic

19.2%

MOST HISPANIC · NORTH CAROLINA

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

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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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