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The lowest-performing public high schools by test proficiency in North Carolina

475 public high schools in North Carolina appear in this ranking of the lowest-performing public high schools by test proficiency, ranked by the lowest composite state-assessment proficiency. Tarboro High leads the list at 11.5%, against a median of 46.7% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

475

North Carolina

Best % Proficient

11.5%

Median % Proficient

46.7%

LOWEST PROFICIENCY · NORTH CAROLINA

#	School	City	District	Level	% FRL	Students	% Proficient
1	Tarboro High	Tarboro, NC	Edgecombe County Public Schools	High	99.4%	496	11.5%
2	Northampton County High School	Gaston, NC	Northampton County Schools	High	98.9%	265	11.9%
3	Carver High	Winston Salem, NC	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	High	99.6%	728	15.5%
4	North Edgecombe High	Tarboro, NC	Edgecombe County Public Schools	High	99.2%	358	16.0%
5	Vance County High School	Henderson, NC	Vance County Schools	High	99.7%	1,064	16.2%
6	Weldon STEM High School Career Academies	Halifax, NC	Weldon City Schools	High	97.9%	145	17.0%
7	Eastern Randolph High School	Ramseur, NC	Randolph County School System	High	99.3%	586	17.4%
8	Garinger High School	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	99.8%	1,877	19.0%
9	SouthWest Edgecombe High	Pinetops, NC	Edgecombe County Public Schools	High	99.5%	798	19.2%
10	Harding University High School	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	99.8%	1,204	19.4%
11	Northwest Halifax Collegiate and Technic	Littleton, NC	Halifax County Schools	High	99.1%	321	19.5%
12	Thomasville High	Thomasville, NC	Thomasville City Schools	High	99.5%	590	19.9%
13	Wallace-Rose Hill High	Teachey, NC	Duplin County Schools	High	99.6%	738	20.8%
14	Winston-Salem Preparatory Acad	Winston-Salem, NC	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	High	99.2%	369	21.3%
15	Pender High	Burgaw, NC	Pender County Schools	High	98.5%	648	21.3%
16	Kinston High	Kinston, NC	Lenoir County Public Schools	High	99.1%	659	21.5%
17	Robert B Glenn High School	Kernersville, NC	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	High	99.8%	1,396	21.6%
18	Albemarle High	Albemarle, NC	Stanly County Schools	High	99.0%	414	21.6%
19	West Mecklenburg High School	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	99.8%	1,290	22.4%
20	Warren County High	Warrenton, NC	Warren County Schools	High	99.2%	362	22.4%
21	Goldsboro High	Goldsboro, NC	Wayne County Public Schools	High	97.6%	412	22.4%
22	Richmond Senior High	Rockingham, NC	Richmond County Schools	High	99.4%	1,365	22.5%
23	A L Brown High	Kannapolis, NC	Kannapolis City Schools	High	99.8%	1,753	23.0%
24	East Bladen High	Elizabethtown, NC	Bladen County Schools	High	98.5%	525	23.1%
25	North Forsyth Magnet High	Winston Salem, NC	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	High	99.7%	1,084	23.1%
26	Southern School of Energy and Sustainabi	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	High	99.8%	1,384	23.1%
27	James B Dudley High	Greensboro, NC	Guilford County Schools	High	99.8%	1,403	23.5%
28	Parkland High	Winston Salem, NC	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	High	99.8%	1,569	23.7%
29	West Rowan High	Mount Ulla, NC	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	High	99.7%	988	23.8%
30	Hertford County High	Ahoskie, NC	Hertford County Schools	High	99.3%	447	23.8%
31	Hugh M Cummings High	Burlington, NC	Alamance-Burlington Schools	High	98.8%	807	24.0%
32	Southeast Raleigh High	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	High	99.8%	1,438	24.3%
33	Greene Central High	Snow Hill, NC	Greene County Schools	High	99.6%	776	24.4%
34	Hunter Huss High	Gastonia, NC	Gaston County Schools	High	99.7%	1,165	24.5%
35	Columbia High	Columbia, NC	Tyrrell County Schools	High	98.3%	176	24.5%
36	Statesville High	Statesville, NC	Iredell-Statesville Schools	High	99.7%	991	24.8%
37	Monroe High	Monroe, NC	Union County Public Schools	High	99.7%	1,215	25.2%
38	Washington County High	Plymouth, NC	Washington County Schools	High	99.3%	450	25.5%
39	Southeast Halifax Collegiate Prep Academ	Halifax, NC	Halifax County Schools	High	98.5%	204	25.5%
40	Graham High	Graham, NC	Alamance-Burlington Schools	High	99.6%	828	25.6%
41	Fairmont High	Fairmont, NC	Public Schools of Robeson County	High	99.6%	780	25.6%
42	Julius L. Chambers High School	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	99.9%	2,225	26.0%
43	Rocky River High School	Mint Hill, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	99.8%	1,562	26.0%
44	Ben L. Smith High School	Greensboro, NC	Guilford County Schools	High	99.8%	1,348	26.2%
45	Salisbury High	Salisbury, NC	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	High	99.7%	930	26.4%
46	Northeast Guilford High	McLeansville, NC	Guilford County Schools	High	99.7%	977	26.5%
47	Reidsville High	Reidsville, NC	Rockingham County Schools	High	99.6%	696	26.6%
48	Bessemer City High	Bessemer City, NC	Gaston County Schools	High	99.5%	590	26.7%
49	Walkertown High	Walkertown, NC	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	High	99.5%	662	26.8%
50	North Rowan High	Spencer, NC	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	High	0.5%	555	26.9%

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