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The lowest-performing public high schools by test proficiency in North Carolina · page 9

Ranks 401–450 of the lowest-performing public schools by test proficiency in North Carolina. Back to page 1.

LOWEST PROFICIENCY · NORTH CAROLINA

#	School	City	District	Level	% FRL	Students	% Proficient
401	Green Hope High	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	High	12.5%	2,304	75.7%
402	North Wake College and Career Academy	Wake Forest, NC	Wake County Schools	High	36.1%	346	75.9%
403	Central Piedmont Early College	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	41.4%	278	76.0%
404	Croatan High	Newport, NC	Carteret County Public Schools	High	27.9%	1,019	76.1%
405	Northwest Guilford High	Greensboro, NC	Guilford County Schools	High	20.9%	2,055	76.1%
406	Innovation Early College High	Greenville, NC	Pitt County Schools	High	98.7%	227	76.3%
407	Madison Early College High	Marshall, NC	Madison County Schools	High	98.9%	270	76.7%
408	Alexander Early College	Taylorsville, NC	Alexander County Schools	High	98.3%	172	76.7%
409	Cuthbertson High	Waxhaw, NC	Union County Public Schools	High	10.2%	1,857	78.1%
410	Williams Secondary Montessori	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	19.7%	401	78.4%
411	Rowan Co Early College	Salisbury, NC	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	High	98.7%	235	78.4%
412	Discovery High School	Newton, NC	Newton Conover City Schools	High	29.5%	146	78.5%
413	Camden Early College High	Camden, NC	Camden County Schools	High	16.1%	124	78.8%
414	GTCC Middle College High	Jamestown, NC	Guilford County Schools	High	98.8%	255	78.9%
415	Lenoir County Early College High	Kinston, NC	Lenoir County Public Schools	High	98.8%	246	79.2%
416	Caldwell Early College	Hudson, NC	Caldwell County Schools	High	39.0%	387	79.2%
417	Randolph Early College High School	Asheboro, NC	Randolph County School System	High	44.4%	358	79.5%
418	The JP Knapp ECH (i)School	Currituck, NC	Currituck County Schools	High	22.3%	274	79.6%
419	Franklin County Early College	Louisburg, NC	Franklin County Schools	High	98.3%	179	80.1%
420	Early College	Asheville, NC	Buncombe County Schools	High	98.9%	271	80.5%
421	Massey Hill Classical High	Fayetteville, NC	Cumberland County Schools	High	39.6%	273	80.5%
422	McDowell Early College	Marion, NC	McDowell County Schools	High	98.8%	241	80.8%
423	Middle College at GTCC-Greensboro	Greensboro, NC	Guilford County Schools	High	98.1%	162	81.0%
424	SEA-Tech	Castle Hayne, NC	New Hanover County Schools	High	98.7%	227	81.3%
425	Providence High School	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	15.2%	2,167	81.4%
426	McDowell Academy for Innovation	Marion, NC	McDowell County Schools	High	98.1%	158	81.7%
427	Char Eng Early College-UNCC	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	35.5%	313	81.8%
428	Lee Early College	Sanford, NC	Lee County Schools	High	98.9%	272	82.5%
429	Weddington High	Matthews, NC	Union County Public Schools	High	8.1%	1,899	82.5%
430	Wilson Academy of Applied Technology	Wilson, NC	Wilson County Schools	High	45.7%	280	83.3%
431	Wayne School of Technical Arts	Goldsboro, NC	Wayne County Public Schools	High	97.8%	271	83.6%
432	Cleveland ECHS	Shelby, NC	Cleveland County Schools	High	98.7%	225	84.0%
433	Scotland Early College High	Laurinburg, NC	Scotland County Schools	High	98.7%	238	84.0%
434	Surry Early College	Dobson, NC	Surry County Schools	High	99.0%	296	84.2%
435	Montgomery County Early College	Troy, NC	Montgomery County Schools	High	98.6%	282	84.5%
436	Green Level High	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	High	6.4%	2,283	85.1%
437	Yadkin Early College	Yadkinville, NC	Yadkin County Schools	High	48.5%	200	85.2%
438	Wake Young Women's Leadership Academy	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	High	34.4%	337	85.6%
439	Agriculture and Science Early College	Olin, NC	Iredell-Statesville Schools	High	26.3%	255	86.0%
440	Elizabeth City Pasquotank Early College	Elizabeth City, NC	Elizabeth City-Pasquotank Public Schools	High	97.4%	115	86.2%
441	SandHoke Early College High	Raeford, NC	Hoke County Schools	High	99.3%	418	86.5%
442	NRM Early College High School	Rocky Mount, NC	Nash County Public Schools	High	99.2%	376	86.5%
443	Stanly Early College High	Albemarle, NC	Stanly County Schools	High	98.4%	188	87.2%
444	Cabarrus-Kannapolis Early Coll	Concord, NC	Cabarrus County Schools	High	35.5%	234	87.2%
445	Marvin Ridge High	Waxhaw, NC	Union County Public Schools	High	4.3%	1,961	87.5%
446	Central Academy of Technology and Arts	Monroe, NC	Union County Public Schools	High	13.8%	875	87.6%
447	J D Clement Early College HS	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	High	99.2%	380	87.7%
448	Beaufort Co Early College High	Washington, NC	Beaufort County Schools	High	98.9%	280	87.8%
449	Craven Early College High	New Bern, NC	Craven County Board of Education	High	33.9%	221	88.1%
450	Wayne School of Engineering	Goldsboro, NC	Wayne County Public Schools	High	99.4%	486	88.3%

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