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The public schools with the most Black students in North Carolina

This ranking covers the public schools with the most Black students in North Carolina, drawn from 2,525 qualifying public schools. West Charlotte High School leads the list at 1,499, against a median of 95 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

2,525

North Carolina

Top Black students

1,499

Median Black students

MOST BLACK (COUNT) · NORTH CAROLINA

#	School	City	District	Students	% Black	Black students
1	West Charlotte High School	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	2,008	74.7%	1,499
2	Mallard Creek High School	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	2,068	69.3%	1,434
3	Julius L. Chambers High School	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	2,225	54.3%	1,208
4	South Central	Winterville, NC	Pitt County Schools	1,738	64.9%	1,128
5	James B Dudley High	Greensboro, NC	Guilford County Schools	1,403	76.3%	1,071
6	Palisades High School	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	2,332	45.7%	1,065
7	North Mecklenburg High School	Huntersville, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	1,854	55.5%	1,028
8	Phillip O Berry Academy of Technology	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	1,533	61.6%	945
9	Hopewell High School	Huntersville, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	1,851	47.9%	887
10	Seventy-First High	Fayetteville, NC	Cumberland County Schools	1,332	66.0%	879
11	South Garner High	Garner, NC	Wake County Schools	1,835	47.5%	872
12	Hillside High	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	1,433	59.9%	859
13	Rolesville High	Rolesville, NC	Wake County Schools	2,321	37.0%	859
14	Hoke County High	Raeford, NC	Hoke County Schools	2,110	39.9%	841
15	Rocky River High School	Mint Hill, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	1,562	51.3%	802
16	Harding University High School	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	1,204	66.4%	799
17	Junius H Rose High	Greenville, NC	Pitt County Schools	1,568	50.6%	794
18	Rocky Mount High	Rocky Mount, NC	Nash County Public Schools	1,023	77.3%	791
19	Westover High	Fayetteville, NC	Cumberland County Schools	1,234	64.0%	790
20	Southeast Raleigh High	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	1,438	53.3%	767
21	Knightdale High	Knightdale, NC	Wake County Schools	1,695	45.0%	763
22	East Wake High	Wendell, NC	Wake County Schools	1,777	42.9%	762
23	Pine Forest High	Fayetteville, NC	Cumberland County Schools	1,551	48.8%	757
24	East Mecklenburg High School	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	2,422	30.7%	743
25	Mallard Creek STEM Academy	Charlotte, NC	Mallard Creek STEM Academy	961	76.7%	737
26	South View High	Hope Mills, NC	Cumberland County Schools	1,461	50.1%	732
27	Myers Park High School	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	3,225	22.6%	730
28	Vance County High School	Henderson, NC	Vance County Schools	1,064	68.1%	725
29	Page High	Greensboro, NC	Guilford County Schools	1,648	43.7%	720
30	Grimsley High	Greensboro, NC	Guilford County Schools	1,967	36.4%	715
31	Enloe High	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	2,643	26.1%	690
32	Overhills High	Spring Lake, NC	Harnett County Schools	1,981	34.4%	681
33	Lakeforest Elementary	Greenville, NC	Pitt County Schools	821	80.8%	663
34	KIPP Charlotte	Charlotte, NC	KIPP: Charlotte	813	81.3%	661
35	E E Smith High	Fayetteville, NC	Cumberland County Schools	1,017	64.9%	660
36	Eastern Guilford High	Gibsonville, NC	Guilford County Schools	1,200	54.9%	659
37	Scotland High School	Laurinburg, NC	Scotland County Schools	1,294	50.9%	659
38	Ben L. Smith High School	Greensboro, NC	Guilford County Schools	1,348	48.7%	657
39	C E Jordan High	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	2,189	29.8%	653
40	Southwest Guilford High	High Point, NC	Guilford County Schools	1,547	42.2%	653
41	West Mecklenburg High School	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	1,290	49.8%	643
42	Piedmont Middle School	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	1,108	56.9%	630
43	Ashbrook High	Gastonia, NC	Gaston County Schools	1,386	45.1%	625
44	Southern School of Energy and Sustainabi	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	1,384	45.1%	624
45	Jack Britt High	Fayetteville, NC	Cumberland County Schools	1,940	31.7%	615
46	R J Reynolds High	Winston Salem, NC	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	1,759	34.9%	613
47	Western Guilford High	Greensboro, NC	Guilford County Schools	1,243	49.1%	610
48	Lumberton Senior High	Lumberton, NC	Public Schools of Robeson County	1,894	31.5%	597
49	Independence High School	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	2,024	29.2%	591
50	Parkland High	Winston Salem, NC	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	1,569	37.4%	587

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