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The largest public high schools in North Carolina

Across North Carolina, 606 public high schools are ranked here, ranked by total student enrollment, excluding online and virtual schools. Myers Park High School leads the list at 3,225, against a median of 640 across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

606

North Carolina

Top Students

3,225

Median Students

640

LARGEST · NORTH CAROLINA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students
1	Myers Park High School	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	3,225
2	Ardrey Kell High School	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	3,036
3	Apex Friendship High	Apex, NC	Wake County Schools	High	2,748
4	Enloe High	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	High	2,643
5	Panther Creek High	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	High	2,609
6	South Mecklenburg High School	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	2,534
7	William Amos Hough High	Cornelius, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	2,518
8	Millbrook High	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	High	2,498
9	Apex High	Apex, NC	Wake County Schools	High	2,449
10	East Mecklenburg High School	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	2,422
11	Leesville Road High	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	High	2,411
12	Palisades High School	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	2,332
13	Rolesville High	Rolesville, NC	Wake County Schools	High	2,321
14	Green Hope High	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	High	2,304
15	Pinecrest High	Southern Pines, NC	Moore County Schools	High	2,290
16	Green Level High	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	High	2,283
17	Emsley A Laney High	Wilmington, NC	New Hanover County Schools	High	2,243
18	Julius L. Chambers High School	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	2,225
19	Willow Spring High	Fuquay Varina, NC	Wake County Schools	High	2,223
20	C E Jordan High	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	High	2,189
21	Corinth Holders High	Wendell, NC	Johnston County Public Schools	High	2,187
22	Providence High School	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	2,167
23	Athens Drive High	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	High	2,156
24	Needham Broughton High	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	High	2,153
25	West Forsyth High	Clemmons, NC	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	High	2,145
26	Ronald W Reagan High School	Pfafftown, NC	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	High	2,122
27	Hoke County High	Raeford, NC	Hoke County Schools	High	2,110
28	John T Hoggard High	Wilmington, NC	New Hanover County Schools	High	2,082
29	Mallard Creek High School	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	2,068
30	Wakefield High	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	High	2,065
31	Northwest Guilford High	Greensboro, NC	Guilford County Schools	High	2,055
32	Cary High	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	High	2,044
33	Wake Forest High School	Wake Forest, NC	Wake County Schools	High	2,043
34	Independence High School	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	2,024
35	Holly Springs High	Holly Springs, NC	Wake County Schools	High	2,018
36	West Charlotte High School	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	2,008
37	Overhills High	Spring Lake, NC	Harnett County Schools	High	1,981
38	Grimsley High	Greensboro, NC	Guilford County Schools	High	1,967
39	Marvin Ridge High	Waxhaw, NC	Union County Public Schools	High	1,961
40	Topsail High	Hampstead, NC	Pender County Schools	High	1,945
41	Jack Britt High	Fayetteville, NC	Cumberland County Schools	High	1,940
42	Clayton High	Clayton, NC	Johnston County Public Schools	High	1,929
43	Mooresville High School	Mooresville, NC	Mooresville Graded School District	High	1,923
44	Lake Norman High	Mooresville, NC	Iredell-Statesville Schools	High	1,905
45	Riverside High	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	High	1,900
46	Weddington High	Matthews, NC	Union County Public Schools	High	1,899
47	Lumberton Senior High	Lumberton, NC	Public Schools of Robeson County	High	1,894
48	Eugene Ashley High	Wilmington, NC	New Hanover County Schools	High	1,893
49	Cleveland High	Clayton, NC	Johnston County Public Schools	High	1,889
50	Garinger High School	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	1,877

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