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The public schools with the most Black students in Burke County, North Carolina

This ranking covers the public schools with the most Black students in Burke County, North Carolina, drawn from 27 qualifying public schools. Freedom High leads the list at 93, against a median of 14 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.

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Burke County, North Carolina

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MOST BLACK (COUNT) · BURKE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA

#	School	City	District	Students	% Black	Black students
1	Freedom High	Morganton, NC	Burke County Schools	1,299	7.2%	93
2	Mountain View Elementary	Morganton, NC	Burke County Schools	762	7.6%	58
3	Oak Hill Elementary	Morganton, NC	Burke County Schools	310	12.9%	40
4	Table Rock Middle	Morganton, NC	Burke County Schools	427	8.0%	34
5	Forest Hill Elementary	Morganton, NC	Burke County Schools	305	8.2%	25
6	Walter R Johnson Middle	Morganton, NC	Burke County Schools	441	5.4%	24
7	Drexel Elementary	Morganton, NC	Burke County Schools	477	4.8%	23
8	New Dimensions	Morganton, NC	The New Dimensions School	569	3.7%	21
9	Heritage Middle	Valdese, NC	Burke County Schools	475	4.0%	19
10	Hillcrest Elementary	Morganton, NC	Burke County Schools	254	6.7%	17
11	East Burke High	Connelly Springs, NC	Burke County Schools	874	1.8%	16
12	Liberty Middle	Morganton, NC	Burke County Schools	453	3.3%	15
13	Glen Alpine Elementary	Morganton, NC	Burke County Schools	295	4.8%	14
14	East Burke Middle	Connelly Springs, NC	Burke County Schools	630	2.2%	14
15	Draughn High School	Valdese, NC	Burke County Schools	661	2.0%	13
16	NC School for the Deaf	Morganton, NC	NC School for the Deaf	64	20.3%	13
17	Valdese Elementary	Valdese, NC	Burke County Schools	530	2.1%	11
18	Patton High School	Morganton, NC	Burke County Schools	756	1.3%	10
19	Mull Elementary	Morganton, NC	Burke County Schools	291	2.8%	8
20	Ray Childers Elementary	Hickory, NC	Burke County Schools	460	1.3%	6
21	Hallyburton Academy	Drexel, NC	Burke County Schools	73	6.8%	5
22	W A Young Elementary	Morganton, NC	Burke County Schools	327	1.2%	4
23	Salem Elementary	Morganton, NC	Burke County Schools	476	0.6%	3
24	Burke Middle College	Morganton, NC	Burke County Schools	130	1.5%	2
25	George Hildebrand Elementary	Connelly Springs, NC	Burke County Schools	327	0.3%	1
26	Hildebran Elementary	Hildebran, NC	Burke County Schools	297	0.3%	1
27	Icard Elementary	Connelly Springs, NC	Burke County Schools	265	0.4%	1

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