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The public K-12 schools with the most Black students in North Carolina

42 public K-12 schools in North Carolina appear in this ranking of the public K-12 schools with the most Black students, ranked by the total number of Black or African American students enrolled. Union Prep Academy at Indian Trail leads the list at 253, against a median of 19 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

North Carolina

Top Black students

253

Median Black students

MOST BLACK (COUNT) · NORTH CAROLINA

#	School	City	District	Students	% Black	Black students
1	Union Prep Academy at Indian Trail	Indian Trail, NC	Union Preparatory Academy at Indian Trai	1,268	19.9%	253
2	Durham Charter School	Durham, NC	Durham Charter School	1,010	18.3%	185
3	Metro School	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	258	45.7%	118
4	Union Day School	WEDDINGTON, NC	Union Day School	638	15.7%	100
5	Mattamuskeet School	Swan Quarter, NC	Hyde County Schools	299	30.1%	90
6	Doris Henderson Newcomers Sch	Greensboro, NC	Guilford County Schools	326	27.3%	89
7	Gateway Education Center	Greensboro, NC	Guilford County Schools	146	60.3%	88
8	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Academy	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	91	62.6%	57
9	Haynes Inman Education Center	Jamestown, NC	Guilford County Schools	135	40.0%	54
10	American Leadership Academy-Coastal	Wilmington, NC	American Leadership Academy-Coastal	1,002	5.0%	50
11	Choice Plus Academy	Smithfield, NC	Johnston County Public Schools	97	50.5%	49
12	Youngsville Academy	Youngsville, NC	Youngsville Academy	615	7.6%	47
13	Webb Street School	Gastonia, NC	Gaston County Schools	163	26.4%	43
14	Northview Academy	Statesville, NC	Iredell-Statesville Schools	108	39.8%	43
15	Milton M Daniels Learning Center	Wilson, NC	Wilson County Schools	62	67.7%	42
16	Sylvia Mendez Newcomers School	High Point, NC	Guilford County Schools	185	18.9%	35
17	Lenoir County Learning Academy	Kinston, NC	Lenoir County Public Schools	66	50.0%	33
18	Community Charter School	Stanley, NC	Community Charter School	858	3.5%	30
19	Revolution Academy	Summerfield, NC	Revolution Academy	886	2.3%	20
20	Telra Institute	Charlotte, NC	Telra Institute	621	3.1%	19
21	Faith Academy Charter School	Faith, NC	Faith Academy	938	2.0%	19
22	North Shelby	Shelby, NC	Cleveland County Schools	76	23.7%	18
23	The SCORE Center	Reidsville, NC	Rockingham County Schools	32	53.1%	17
24	Eastern NC School for the Deaf	Wilson, NC	Eastern NC School for the Deaf	36	47.2%	17
25	Vidant Health	Greenville, NC	Pitt County Schools	24	54.2%	13
26	NC School for the Deaf	Morganton, NC	NC School for the Deaf	64	20.3%	13
27	Floyd L Knight Children Center	Sanford, NC	Lee County Schools	95	12.6%	12
28	Phoenix Academy	Oxford, NC	Granville County Schools	17	64.7%	11
29	Conover Special Education	Conover, NC	Newton Conover City Schools	107	10.3%	11
30	Governor Morehead School for the Blind	Raleigh, NC	Governor Morehead School for the Blind	35	28.6%	10
31	Discovery School	Statesville, NC	Iredell-Statesville Schools	32	25.0%	8
32	Pender Innovative Learning Academy	Rocky Point, NC	Pender County Schools	38	21.1%	8
33	FernLeaf	Fletcher, NC	FernLeaf Community Charter School	763	0.8%	6
34	Stoner-Thomas School	Lexington, NC	Davidson County Schools	91	6.6%	6
35	Kingswood School	Winston-Salem, NC	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	9	66.7%	6
36	South Lexington Developmental Center	Lexington, NC	Lexington City Schools	26	15.4%	4
37	Cherokee Extension School	Bryson City, NC	Swain County Schools	110	2.7%	3
38	Boonville Elementary	Boonville, NC	Yadkin County Schools	365	0.8%	3
39	Central Davie Academy	Mocksville, NC	Davie County Schools	19	10.5%	2
40	Catawba Rosenwald Education Center	Catawba, NC	Catawba County Schools	7	14.3%	1
41	Ocracoke School	Ocracoke, NC	Hyde County Schools	139	0.7%	1
42	Highlands School	Highlands, NC	Macon County Schools	344	0.3%	1

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