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The largest public schools in Columbus County, North Carolina

19 public schools in Columbus County, North Carolina appear in this ranking of the largest public schools, ranked by total student enrollment, excluding online and virtual schools. Classical Charter Schools of Whiteville leads the list at 842, against a median of 451 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

Columbus County, North Carolina

Top Students

842

Median Students

451

LARGEST · COLUMBUS COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students
1	Classical Charter Schools of Whiteville	Whiteville, NC	Classical Charter Schools of Whiteville	Elementary	842
2	West Columbus School	Cerro Gordo, NC	Columbus County Schools	Elementary	814
3	South Columbus High	Tabor City, NC	Columbus County Schools	High	669
4	Williams Township	Whiteville, NC	Columbus County Schools	Elementary	659
5	Whiteville High	Whiteville, NC	Whiteville City Schools	High	639
6	Tabor City School	Tabor City, NC	Columbus County Schools	Elementary	598
7	East Columbus Junior-Senior High	Lake Waccamaw, NC	Columbus County Schools	High	576
8	Whiteville Primary	Whiteville, NC	Whiteville City Schools	Elementary	486
9	West Columbus High	Cerro Gordo, NC	Columbus County Schools	High	459
10	Central Middle	Whiteville, NC	Whiteville City Schools	Middle	451
11	Edgewood Elementary	Whiteville, NC	Whiteville City Schools	Elementary	450
12	Hallsboro-Artesia Elementary	Hallsboro, NC	Columbus County Schools	Elementary	394
13	Acme Delco Elementary	Riegelwood, NC	Columbus County Schools	Elementary	349
14	Old Dock Elementary	Whiteville, NC	Columbus County Schools	Elementary	265
15	Chadbourn Elementary	Chadbourn, NC	Columbus County Schools	Elementary	233
16	Columbus Career and College Academy	Whiteville, NC	Columbus County Schools	High	230
17	Nakina Middle	Nakina, NC	Columbus County Schools	Middle	194
18	Thomas Academy	Lake Waccamaw, NC	Thomas Academy	High	62
19	North Whiteville Academy	Whiteville, NC	Whiteville City Schools	High	16

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