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The public high schools with the most Black students in North Carolina

This ranking covers the public high schools with the most Black students in North Carolina, drawn from 582 qualifying public high schools. West Charlotte High School leads the list at 1,499, against a median of 100 across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

582

North Carolina

Top Black students

1,499

Median Black students

100

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	South View High	Hope Mills, NC	Cumberland County Schools	1,461	50.1%	732
26	Myers Park High School	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	3,225	22.6%	730
27	Vance County High School	Henderson, NC	Vance County Schools	1,064	68.1%	725
28	Page High	Greensboro, NC	Guilford County Schools	1,648	43.7%	720
29	Grimsley High	Greensboro, NC	Guilford County Schools	1,967	36.4%	715
30	Enloe High	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	2,643	26.1%	690
31	Overhills High	Spring Lake, NC	Harnett County Schools	1,981	34.4%	681
32	E E Smith High	Fayetteville, NC	Cumberland County Schools	1,017	64.9%	660
33	Eastern Guilford High	Gibsonville, NC	Guilford County Schools	1,200	54.9%	659
34	Scotland High School	Laurinburg, NC	Scotland County Schools	1,294	50.9%	659
35	Ben L. Smith High School	Greensboro, NC	Guilford County Schools	1,348	48.7%	657
36	C E Jordan High	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	2,189	29.8%	653
37	Southwest Guilford High	High Point, NC	Guilford County Schools	1,547	42.2%	653
38	West Mecklenburg High School	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	1,290	49.8%	643
39	Ashbrook High	Gastonia, NC	Gaston County Schools	1,386	45.1%	625
40	Southern School of Energy and Sustainabi	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	1,384	45.1%	624
41	Jack Britt High	Fayetteville, NC	Cumberland County Schools	1,940	31.7%	615
42	R J Reynolds High	Winston Salem, NC	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	1,759	34.9%	613
43	Western Guilford High	Greensboro, NC	Guilford County Schools	1,243	49.1%	610
44	Lumberton Senior High	Lumberton, NC	Public Schools of Robeson County	1,894	31.5%	597
45	Independence High School	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	2,024	29.2%	591
46	Parkland High	Winston Salem, NC	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	1,569	37.4%	587
47	Northeast Guilford High	McLeansville, NC	Guilford County Schools	977	59.8%	584
48	Garinger High School	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	1,877	30.8%	578
49	Wakefield High	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	2,065	27.9%	577
50	Kinston High	Kinston, NC	Lenoir County Public Schools	659	87.0%	573

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