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The most racially diverse public high schools in North Carolina

474 public high schools in North Carolina appear in this ranking of the most racially diverse public high schools, ranked by the diversity index, the chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups. Lumberton Senior High leads the list at 77.2%, against a median of 61.1% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

474

North Carolina

Top Diversity index

77.2%

Median Diversity index

61.1%

MOST DIVERSE · NORTH CAROLINA

#	School	City	Students	Diversity index	% White	% Black	% Hispanic	% Asian
1	Lumberton Senior High	Lumberton, NC	1,894	77.2%	15.8%(300)	31.5%(597)	22.6%(429)	1.2%(22)
2	East Columbus Junior-Senior High	Lake Waccamaw, NC	576	76.8%	26.4%(152)	31.9%(184)	18.4%(106)	0.2%(1)
3	Research Triangle High School	Durham, NC	572	76.7%	35.1%(201)	15.7%(90)	14.7%(84)	22.0%(126)
4	Wake Early College of Health and Science	Raleigh, NC	317	76.2%	28.7%(91)	26.8%(85)	18.3%(58)	22.1%(70)
5	PSRC Early College at RCC	Lumberton, NC	274	75.5%	25.2%(69)	9.8%(27)	20.4%(56)	2.5%(7)
6	SandHoke Early College High	Raeford, NC	418	74.9%	27.3%(114)	28.0%(117)	29.7%(124)	2.4%(10)
7	Ballantyne Ridge High School	Charlotte, NC	1,414	74.9%	31.3%(442)	20.2%(286)	29.7%(420)	15.2%(215)
8	Jack Britt High	Fayetteville, NC	1,940	74.6%	31.3%(607)	31.7%(615)	21.0%(408)	5.7%(111)
9	Wake STEM Early College High School	Cary, NC	294	74.5%	33.3%(98)	13.6%(40)	28.6%(84)	20.4%(60)
10	Enloe High	Raleigh, NC	2,643	74.5%	35.2%(930)	26.1%(690)	13.3%(352)	20.9%(553)
11	Char Eng Early College-UNCC	Charlotte, NC	313	74.2%	20.1%(63)	34.8%(109)	27.8%(87)	13.1%(41)
12	Hickory High	Hickory, NC	1,024	74.1%	35.0%(358)	19.1%(196)	29.0%(297)	4.6%(47)
13	Northside High	Jacksonville, NC	1,067	73.8%	30.6%(327)	33.2%(354)	21.3%(227)	3.0%(32)
14	Early College of Forsyth Co	Winston Salem, NC	306	73.6%	29.4%(90)	20.9%(64)	35.3%(108)	6.9%(21)
15	Fairmont High	Fairmont, NC	780	73.2%	15.8%(123)	40.6%(317)	8.8%(69)	0.1%(1)
16	C E Jordan High	Durham, NC	2,189	73.1%	28.7%(628)	29.8%(653)	30.1%(660)	4.1%(90)
17	Cox Mill High School	Concord, NC	1,772	73.1%	38.0%(673)	20.3%(360)	9.5%(168)	27.0%(478)
18	Hoke County High	Raeford, NC	2,110	72.8%	16.3%(343)	39.9%(841)	27.1%(572)	0.6%(13)
19	Butler High School	Matthews, NC	1,791	72.8%	27.6%(494)	30.4%(544)	31.2%(558)	7.5%(135)
20	Wake Young Women's Leadership Academy	Raleigh, NC	337	72.8%	35.0%(118)	32.9%(111)	17.5%(59)	7.4%(25)
21	Walter M Williams High	Burlington, NC	1,206	72.7%	26.3%(317)	31.8%(383)	31.1%(375)	3.5%(42)
22	Cabarrus-Kannapolis Early Coll	Concord, NC	234	72.6%	37.2%(87)	28.6%(67)	20.9%(49)	9.4%(22)
23	Innovation Early College High	Greenville, NC	227	72.6%	38.8%(88)	27.3%(62)	19.8%(45)	6.2%(14)
24	Challenger Early College High	Hickory, NC	376	72.5%	34.8%(131)	2.7%(10)	32.5%(122)	19.1%(72)
25	Wake EC of Information & Biotechnologies	Morrisville, NC	260	72.4%	33.9%(88)	21.1%(55)	7.3%(19)	33.1%(86)
26	Overhills High	Spring Lake, NC	1,981	72.1%	31.4%(623)	34.4%(681)	23.6%(467)	0.8%(15)
27	Southern Guilford High	Greensboro, NC	934	71.9%	15.9%(149)	37.3%(348)	32.5%(304)	9.2%(86)
28	Southeast Alamance High	Haw River, NC	1,079	71.9%	39.2%(423)	22.6%(244)	26.0%(281)	3.7%(40)
29	Jay M Robinson High	Concord, NC	1,210	71.9%	31.5%(381)	34.1%(413)	24.7%(299)	3.5%(42)
30	Durham School of the Arts	Durham, NC	1,764	71.8%	34.7%(612)	24.8%(437)	30.7%(542)	2.8%(50)
31	Scotland Early College High	Laurinburg, NC	238	71.6%	44.5%(106)	23.5%(56)	5.5%(13)	4.6%(11)
32	Southwest Guilford High	High Point, NC	1,547	71.4%	27.3%(423)	42.2%(653)	13.8%(214)	10.3%(160)
33	Eastern Alamance High	Mebane, NC	952	71.3%	35.4%(337)	29.0%(276)	26.7%(254)	0.3%(3)
34	Cross Creek Early College	Fayetteville, NC	253	71.3%	15.8%(40)	45.5%(115)	20.2%(51)	5.5%(14)
35	Cumberland Polytechnic	Fayetteville, NC	319	71.3%	36.4%(116)	35.1%(112)	14.7%(47)	2.5%(8)
36	NRM Early College High School	Rocky Mount, NC	376	71.2%	33.0%(124)	35.1%(132)	22.9%(86)	3.7%(14)
37	Rolesville High	Rolesville, NC	2,321	71.2%	25.6%(594)	37.0%(859)	28.6%(663)	4.6%(107)
38	Aspire Trade High	Huntersville, NC	270	71.2%	21.5%(58)	37.0%(100)	31.1%(84)	1.5%(4)
39	R J Reynolds High	Winston Salem, NC	1,759	71.1%	32.1%(565)	34.9%(613)	24.6%(432)	3.2%(56)
40	West Cabarrus High	Concord, NC	1,627	71.1%	29.0%(472)	31.2%(508)	32.3%(526)	2.2%(36)
41	Lexington Senior High School	Lexington, NC	889	71.1%	15.8%(140)	29.3%(260)	40.9%(364)	3.8%(34)
42	North Wake College and Career Academy	Wake Forest, NC	346	71.0%	35.3%(122)	33.8%(117)	21.7%(75)	4.3%(15)
43	Vernon Malone College and Career Academy	Raleigh, NC	348	71.0%	25.9%(90)	39.1%(136)	25.9%(90)	3.2%(11)
44	Lucy Ragsdale High	Jamestown, NC	1,292	70.8%	22.8%(295)	44.1%(570)	18.5%(239)	9.8%(126)
45	Girls Leadership Academy of Wilmington	Wilmington, NC	362	70.6%	41.7%(151)	26.5%(96)	19.3%(70)	1.4%(5)
46	Riverside High	Durham, NC	1,900	70.4%	25.8%(490)	28.1%(534)	38.3%(728)	2.6%(50)
47	Clinton High	Clinton, NC	828	70.4%	21.9%(181)	33.1%(274)	36.8%(305)	0.4%(3)
48	East Chapel Hill High	Chapel Hill, NC	1,419	70.4%	46.5%(660)	11.1%(158)	13.3%(188)	20.7%(294)
49	GTCC Middle College High	Jamestown, NC	255	70.3%	24.3%(62)	42.4%(108)	23.1%(59)	4.7%(12)
50	Athens Drive High	Raleigh, NC	2,156	70.3%	42.4%(913)	25.2%(543)	22.0%(474)	7.0%(152)

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