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The lowest-poverty (most affluent) public high schools in North Carolina

535 public high schools in North Carolina appear in this ranking of the lowest-poverty (most affluent) public high schools, ranked by the smallest share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. North Rowan High leads the list at 0.5%, against a median of 98.5% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

535

North Carolina

Best % FRL

0.5%

Median % FRL

98.5%

LOWEST POVERTY · NORTH CAROLINA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	North Rowan High	Spencer, NC	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	High	555	0.5%
2	Marvin Ridge High	Waxhaw, NC	Union County Public Schools	High	1,961	4.3%
3	Green Level High	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	High	2,283	6.4%
4	Weddington High	Matthews, NC	Union County Public Schools	High	1,899	8.1%
5	Cuthbertson High	Waxhaw, NC	Union County Public Schools	High	1,857	10.2%
6	Apex Friendship High	Apex, NC	Wake County Schools	High	2,748	11.2%
7	Green Hope High	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	High	2,304	12.5%
8	Holly Springs High	Holly Springs, NC	Wake County Schools	High	2,018	13.8%
9	Central Academy of Technology and Arts	Monroe, NC	Union County Public Schools	High	875	13.8%
10	Cox Mill High School	Concord, NC	Cabarrus County Schools	High	1,772	14.1%
11	Ardrey Kell High School	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	3,036	14.7%
12	Panther Creek High	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	High	2,609	14.8%
13	Providence High School	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	2,167	15.2%
14	Camden Early College High	Camden, NC	Camden County Schools	High	124	16.1%
15	Wake EC of Information & Biotechnologies	Morrisville, NC	Wake County Schools	High	260	16.5%
16	Career Academy and Technical School	Troutman, NC	Iredell-Statesville Schools	High	103	18.4%
17	Levine Middle College High Sch	Matthews, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	216	19.4%
18	Hickory Ridge High	Harrisburg, NC	Cabarrus County Schools	High	1,671	19.6%
19	Williams Secondary Montessori	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	401	19.7%
20	Lake Norman High	Mooresville, NC	Iredell-Statesville Schools	High	1,905	19.8%
21	Seaforth High	Pittsboro, NC	Chatham County Schools	High	1,088	20.0%
22	William Amos Hough High	Cornelius, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	2,518	20.1%
23	Northwest Guilford High	Greensboro, NC	Guilford County Schools	High	2,055	20.9%
24	East Chapel Hill High	Chapel Hill, NC	Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools	High	1,419	22.2%
25	Chapel Hill High	Chapel Hill, NC	Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools	High	1,608	22.2%
26	The JP Knapp ECH (i)School	Currituck, NC	Currituck County Schools	High	274	22.3%
27	Apex High	Apex, NC	Wake County Schools	High	2,449	22.5%
28	Camden County High	Camden, NC	Camden County Schools	High	457	23.0%
29	Topsail High	Hampstead, NC	Pender County Schools	High	1,945	23.5%
30	Collaborative College for Technology	Statesville, NC	Iredell-Statesville Schools	High	232	23.7%
31	Onslow Early College	Jacksonville, NC	Onslow County Schools	High	189	24.3%
32	Leesville Road High	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	High	2,411	24.5%
33	Fuquay-Varina High	Fuquay-Varina, NC	Wake County Schools	High	1,858	25.1%
34	North Lincoln High	Lincolnton, NC	Lincoln County Schools	High	1,126	25.3%
35	Harper Middle College High	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	125	25.6%
36	Isaac M Bear Early College High School	Wilmington, NC	New Hanover County Schools	High	260	25.8%
37	Agriculture and Science Early College	Olin, NC	Iredell-Statesville Schools	High	255	26.3%
38	Central Carolina Academy	Sanford, NC	Central Carolina Academy	High	536	26.5%
39	First Flight High School	Kill Devil Hills, NC	Dare County Schools	High	874	27.2%
40	Early College EAST High	Havelock, NC	Craven County Board of Education	High	208	27.4%
41	Heritage High	Wake Forest, NC	Wake County Schools	High	1,778	27.7%
42	Croatan High	Newport, NC	Carteret County Public Schools	High	1,019	27.9%
43	Enloe High	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	High	2,643	28.0%
44	Needham Broughton High	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	High	2,153	28.1%
45	Willow Spring High	Fuquay Varina, NC	Wake County Schools	High	2,223	28.7%
46	Crossroads Arts and Science Early Colleg	Statesville, NC	Iredell-Statesville Schools	High	225	28.9%
47	Northern Guilford High	Greensboro, NC	Guilford County Schools	High	1,251	29.4%
48	Discovery High School	Newton, NC	Newton Conover City Schools	High	146	29.5%
49	Middle Creek High	Apex, NC	Wake County Schools	High	1,587	29.6%
50	Ronald W Reagan High School	Pfafftown, NC	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	High	2,122	29.8%

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