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The largest public K-12 schools in North Carolina

46 public K-12 schools in North Carolina appear in this ranking of the largest public K-12 schools, ranked by total student enrollment, excluding online and virtual schools. Union Prep Academy at Indian Trail leads the list at 1,268, against a median of 102 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

North Carolina

Top Students

1,268

Median Students

102

LARGEST · NORTH CAROLINA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students
1	Union Prep Academy at Indian Trail	Indian Trail, NC	Union Preparatory Academy at Indian Trai	Combined	1,268
2	Durham Charter School	Durham, NC	Durham Charter School	Combined	1,010
3	American Leadership Academy-Coastal	Wilmington, NC	American Leadership Academy-Coastal	Combined	1,002
4	Faith Academy Charter School	Faith, NC	Faith Academy	Combined	938
5	Revolution Academy	Summerfield, NC	Revolution Academy	Combined	886
6	Community Charter School	Stanley, NC	Community Charter School	Combined	858
7	FernLeaf	Fletcher, NC	FernLeaf Community Charter School	Combined	763
8	Union Day School	WEDDINGTON, NC	Union Day School	Combined	638
9	Telra Institute	Charlotte, NC	Telra Institute	Combined	621
10	Youngsville Academy	Youngsville, NC	Youngsville Academy	Combined	615
11	Boonville Elementary	Boonville, NC	Yadkin County Schools	Combined	365
12	Highlands School	Highlands, NC	Macon County Schools	Combined	344
13	Doris Henderson Newcomers Sch	Greensboro, NC	Guilford County Schools	Combined	326
14	Mattamuskeet School	Swan Quarter, NC	Hyde County Schools	Combined	299
15	Metro School	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	Combined	258
16	Sylvia Mendez Newcomers School	High Point, NC	Guilford County Schools	Combined	185
17	Webb Street School	Gastonia, NC	Gaston County Schools	Combined	163
18	Gateway Education Center	Greensboro, NC	Guilford County Schools	Combined	146
19	Ocracoke School	Ocracoke, NC	Hyde County Schools	Combined	139
20	Haynes Inman Education Center	Jamestown, NC	Guilford County Schools	Combined	135
21	Cherokee Extension School	Bryson City, NC	Swain County Schools	Combined	110
22	Northview Academy	Statesville, NC	Iredell-Statesville Schools	Combined	108
23	Conover Special Education	Conover, NC	Newton Conover City Schools	Combined	107
24	Choice Plus Academy	Smithfield, NC	Johnston County Public Schools	Combined	97
25	Nantahala School	Topton, NC	Macon County Schools	Combined	97
26	Floyd L Knight Children Center	Sanford, NC	Lee County Schools	Combined	95
27	Stoner-Thomas School	Lexington, NC	Davidson County Schools	Combined	91
28	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Academy	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	Combined	91
29	North Shelby	Shelby, NC	Cleveland County Schools	Combined	76
30	North Liberty	Morganton, NC	Burke County Schools	Combined	72
31	Lenoir County Learning Academy	Kinston, NC	Lenoir County Public Schools	Combined	66
32	NC School for the Deaf	Morganton, NC	NC School for the Deaf	Combined	64
33	Milton M Daniels Learning Center	Wilson, NC	Wilson County Schools	Combined	62
34	NC School for the Deaf	Morganton, NC	Deaf and Blind Schools	Combined	60
35	Eastern NC School for the Deaf	Wilson, NC	Deaf and Blind Schools	Combined	42
36	Pender Innovative Learning Academy	Rocky Point, NC	Pender County Schools	Combined	38
37	Eastern NC School for the Deaf	Wilson, NC	Eastern NC School for the Deaf	Combined	36
38	Governor Morehead School for the Blind	Raleigh, NC	Governor Morehead School for the Blind	Combined	35
39	Discovery School	Statesville, NC	Iredell-Statesville Schools	Combined	32
40	The SCORE Center	Reidsville, NC	Rockingham County Schools	Combined	32
41	South Lexington Developmental Center	Lexington, NC	Lexington City Schools	Combined	26
42	Vidant Health	Greenville, NC	Pitt County Schools	Combined	24
43	Central Davie Academy	Mocksville, NC	Davie County Schools	Combined	19
44	Phoenix Academy	Oxford, NC	Granville County Schools	Combined	17
45	Kingswood School	Winston-Salem, NC	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	Combined	9
46	Catawba Rosenwald Education Center	Catawba, NC	Catawba County Schools	Combined	7

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