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The largest public schools in Burke County, North Carolina

This ranking covers the largest public schools in Burke County, North Carolina, drawn from 29 qualifying public schools. Freedom High leads the list at 1,299, against a median of 427 across the ranked schools.

The table below is sortable and filterable, and the full list downloads as a CSV. Figures come from federal NCES enrollment data and, where applicable, state assessment results for 2024-25.

Schools ranked

Burke County, North Carolina

Top Students

1,299

Median Students

427

LARGEST · BURKE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students
1	Freedom High	Morganton, NC	Burke County Schools	High	1,299
2	East Burke High	Connelly Springs, NC	Burke County Schools	High	874
3	Mountain View Elementary	Morganton, NC	Burke County Schools	Elementary	762
4	Patton High School	Morganton, NC	Burke County Schools	High	756
5	Draughn High School	Valdese, NC	Burke County Schools	High	661
6	East Burke Middle	Connelly Springs, NC	Burke County Schools	Middle	630
7	New Dimensions	Morganton, NC	The New Dimensions School	Elementary	569
8	Valdese Elementary	Valdese, NC	Burke County Schools	Elementary	530
9	Drexel Elementary	Morganton, NC	Burke County Schools	Elementary	477
10	Salem Elementary	Morganton, NC	Burke County Schools	Elementary	476
11	Heritage Middle	Valdese, NC	Burke County Schools	Middle	475
12	Ray Childers Elementary	Hickory, NC	Burke County Schools	Elementary	460
13	Liberty Middle	Morganton, NC	Burke County Schools	Middle	453
14	Walter R Johnson Middle	Morganton, NC	Burke County Schools	Middle	441
15	Table Rock Middle	Morganton, NC	Burke County Schools	Middle	427
16	George Hildebrand Elementary	Connelly Springs, NC	Burke County Schools	Elementary	327
17	W A Young Elementary	Morganton, NC	Burke County Schools	Elementary	327
18	Oak Hill Elementary	Morganton, NC	Burke County Schools	Elementary	310
19	Forest Hill Elementary	Morganton, NC	Burke County Schools	Elementary	305
20	Hildebran Elementary	Hildebran, NC	Burke County Schools	Elementary	297
21	Glen Alpine Elementary	Morganton, NC	Burke County Schools	Elementary	295
22	Mull Elementary	Morganton, NC	Burke County Schools	Elementary	291
23	Icard Elementary	Connelly Springs, NC	Burke County Schools	Elementary	265
24	Hillcrest Elementary	Morganton, NC	Burke County Schools	Elementary	254
25	Burke Middle College	Morganton, NC	Burke County Schools	High	130
26	Hallyburton Academy	Drexel, NC	Burke County Schools	High	73
27	North Liberty	Morganton, NC	Burke County Schools	Combined	72
28	NC School for the Deaf	Morganton, NC	NC School for the Deaf	Combined	64
29	NC School for the Deaf	Morganton, NC	Deaf and Blind Schools	Combined	60

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