2,794 schools in North Carolina

100 counties · 502 cities · Public K-12

North Carolina hosts 2,794 public K-12 campuses, with 100 counties and 502 cities feeding the directory below. Myers Park High School is the largest individual school at 3,225 students.

Largest by enrollment

Myers Park High SchoolCharlotte3,225 students Ardrey Kell High SchoolCharlotte3,036 students Apex Friendship HighApex2,748 students

Excludes virtual / online schools.

Largest district

Wake County Schools163,176 students · 198 schools

Test scores

Reading, SY 2024-25. State average: 51.8% met or exceeded.

Top 5 schools

1.Wayne Early / Middle College High
Goldsboro
94.7%
2.Cabarrus Health Sciences Institute
Concord
94.6%
3.City of Medicine Academy
Durham
94.4%
4.Brunswick County Early College
Bolivia
94.3%
5.Early College
Asheville
94.3%

Lowest 5 schools

1.Sadie Saulter
Greenville
7.1%
2.R Freeman Sch of Engineering
Wilmington
11.3%
3.Koontz Elementary
Salisbury
13.5%
4.North Rowan Elementary
Spencer
13.7%
5.Weldon STEM High School Career Academies
Halifax
13.9%

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Aberdeen3 schools Advance2 schools Ahoskie4 schools Albemarle10 schools Albertson1 schools Andrews3 schools Angier7 schools Ansonville1 schools Apex23 schools Arapahoe1 schools Archdale4 schools Arden3 schools Ash2 schools Asheboro17 schools Asheville35 schools Atlantic1 schools Aulander1 schools Aurora1 schools Autryville1 schools Ayden3 schools Badin1 schools Bahama2 schools Bailey2 schools Bakersville5 schools Banner Elk1 schools Barco3 schools Barnardsville1 schools Bath1 schools Battleboro4 schools Bayboro4 schools Bear Creek2 schools Beaufort4 schools Belmont8 schools Bennett2 schools Benson5 schools Bessemer City5 schools Bethel2 schools Beulaville2 schools Biscoe3 schools Black Creek1 schools Black Mountain3 schools Bladenboro3 schools Blowing Rock1 schools Bolivia5 schools Boomer1 schools Boone8 schools Boonville3 schools Bostic3 schools Brevard5 schools Broadway1 schools Browns Summit4 schools Browns Summit1 schools Bryson City7 schools Buies Creek1 schools Bunn3 schools Bunnlevel2 schools Burgaw6 schools Burlington15 schools Burnsville7 schools Butner2 schools Buxton2 schools Camden5 schools Cameron4 schools Candler6 schools Candor1 schools Canton5 schools Cape Carteret1 schools Carolina Beach1 schools Carrboro2 schools Carthage4 schools Cary36 schools Casar1 schools Cashiers3 schools Castle Hayne4 schools Catawba3 schools Cerro Gordo2 schools Chadbourn1 schools Chapel Hill23 schools Charlotte186 schools Charlotte1 schools Cherokee2 schools Cherryville4 schools China Grove6 schools Chinquapin1 schools Chocowinity4 schools Claremont5 schools Clarkton1 schools Clayton14 schools Clemmons4 schools Cleveland2 schools Cliffside1 schools Climax1 schools Clinton9 schools Clyde3 schools Coats1 schools Colerain1 schools Colfax1 schools Collettsville1 schools Columbia3 schools Columbus2 schools Comfort1 schools Concord36 schools Connelly Springs4 schools Conover5 schools Conway1 schools Cooleemee1 schools Cordova1 schools Cornelius5 schools Corolla1 schools Cove City1 schools Cramerton1 schools Creedmoor6 schools Creswell3 schools Crossnore1 schools Cullowhee2 schools Currituck1 schools Dallas6 schools Danbury1 schools Davidson2 schools Deep Run1 schools Denton2 schools Denver7 schools Dobson7 schools Drexel1 schools Dublin2 schools Dudley3 schools Dunn7 schools Durham72 schools East Bend5 schools East Flat Rock3 schools Eastover2 schools Eden6 schools Edenton3 schools Efland2 schools Elizabeth City14 schools Elizabethtown6 schools Elk Park2 schools Elkin6 schools Ellenboro1 schools Ellerbe2 schools Elm City3 schools Elon4 schools Enfield3 schools Ennice1 schools Erwin2 schools Etowah1 schools Fairmont4 schools Fairview1 schools Faison1 schools Faith1 schools Fallston1 schools Farmville4 schools Fayetteville69 schools Ferguson1 schools Flat Rock3 schools Fletcher3 schools Forest City7 schools Four Oaks3 schools Franklin10 schools Franklinton5 schools Franklinville2 schools Fremont2 schools Fuquay Varina2 schools Fuquay-Varina11 schools Garner14 schools Gaston3 schools Gastonia25 schools Gates1 schools Gatesville3 schools Germanton1 schools Gibsonville3 schools Gold Hill1 schools Goldsboro24 schools Goldston1 schools Graham12 schools Granite Falls6 schools Greensboro85 schools Greenville24 schools Grifton1 schools Grimesland1 schools Grover1 schools Halifax4 schools Hallsboro1 schools Hamlet5 schools Hampstead7 schools Hamptonville1 schools Harkers Island1 schools Harmony1 schools Harrisburg5 schools Havelock9 schools Haw River3 schools Hayesville4 schools Hays2 schools Henderson18 schools Hendersonville14 schools Hertford2 schools Hickory17 schools Hiddenite2 schools High Point28 schools Highlands1 schools Hildebran1 schools Hillsborough12 schools Hobgood1 schools Hollister2 schools Holly Ridge3 schools Holly Springs12 schools Hope Mills10 schools Hot Springs1 schools Hubert1 schools Hudson5 schools Huntersville16 schools Hurdle Mills1 schools Indian Trail8 schools Iron Station2 schools Jackson2 schools 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Holly1 schools Mt. Olive2 schools Murfreesboro2 schools Murphy10 schools Nags Head1 schools Nakina1 schools Nashville3 schools Nebo1 schools New Bern15 schools New London2 schools Newland5 schools Newport5 schools Newton9 schools Newton Grove4 schools Norlina1 schools North Wilkesboro4 schools Norwood4 schools Oak Ridge1 schools Oakboro2 schools Ocracoke1 schools Old Fort1 schools Olin3 schools Orrum1 schools Oxford7 schools Parkton1 schools Peachland1 schools Pembroke6 schools Pfafftown2 schools Pikeville3 schools Pilot Mountain4 schools Pine Hall1 schools Pine Level1 schools Pinehurst2 schools Pinetops3 schools Pinetown2 schools Pineville2 schools Piney Creek1 schools Pink Hill1 schools Pinnacle2 schools Pisgah Forest1 schools Pittsboro8 schools Pleasant Garden1 schools Plymouth1 schools Polkton1 schools Pollocksville1 schools Poplar Branch1 schools Princeton2 schools Providence1 schools Raeford11 schools Raleigh102 schools Ramseur4 schools Randleman4 schools Red Oak1 schools Red Springs4 schools Reidsville14 schools Richfield1 schools Richlands4 schools Riegelwood2 schools Roanoke Rapids7 schools Roaring River1 schools Robbins3 schools Robbinsville3 schools Robersonville3 schools Rockingham7 schools Rockwell2 schools Rocky Mount25 schools Rocky Point5 schools Rolesville5 schools Ronda3 schools Roper2 schools Rose Hill2 schools Roseboro3 schools Rosman3 schools Rowland3 schools Roxboro12 schools Ruffin1 schools Rural Hall1 schools Rutherfordton4 schools Saint Pauls3 schools Salemburg2 schools Salisbury16 schools Saluda1 schools Sandy Ridge1 schools Sanford22 schools Saxapahaw1 schools Scotland Neck1 schools Seagrove2 schools Sedalia1 schools Selma3 schools Semora1 schools Seven Springs2 schools Shallotte3 schools Shannon1 schools Shawboro1 schools Shelby17 schools Sherrills Ford1 schools Siler City9 schools Smithfield11 schools Smyrna1 schools Sneads Ferry1 schools Snow Camp1 schools Snow Hill6 schools Sophia1 schools Southern Pines4 schools Southport3 schools Sparta2 schools Spencer3 schools Spindale2 schools Spring Hope2 schools Spring Lake7 schools Spruce Pine4 schools Stallings1 schools Stanfield1 schools Stanley4 schools Stantonsburg2 schools Star1 schools State Road1 schools Statesville22 schools Stedman2 schools Stem2 schools Stokes1 schools Stokesdale1 schools Stoneville1 schools Stony Point1 schools Stovall1 schools Sugar Grove1 schools Summerfield5 schools Sunbury1 schools Supply2 schools Swan Quarter2 schools Swannanoa4 schools Swansboro4 schools Sylva5 schools Tabor City4 schools Tar Heel2 schools Tarboro11 schools Taylorsville9 schools Teachey1 schools Thomasville15 schools Timberlake1 schools Tobaccoville1 schools Topton1 schools Traphill1 schools Trenton2 schools Trinity6 schools Troutman4 schools Troy5 schools Tryon1 schools Tyner1 schools Union Grove1 schools Valdese4 schools Vale3 schools Vanceboro2 schools Vass2 schools Vilas1 schools Wade1 schools Wadesboro5 schools Wagram1 schools Wake Forest15 schools Walkertown4 schools Wallace1 schools Walnut Cove5 schools Warrensville2 schools Warrenton5 schools Warsaw2 schools Washington7 schools Waxhaw12 schools Waynesville8 schools Weaverville6 schools Weddington1 schools Weldon4 schools Wendell8 schools Wentworth1 schools West End4 schools West Jefferson3 schools Westfield1 schools Whitakers1 schools Whiteville9 schools Whittier1 schools Wilkesboro4 schools Willard1 schools Williamston7 schools Willow Spring2 schools Wilmington44 schools Wilson22 schools Wilson'S Mills1 schools Windsor4 schools Winfall2 schools Wingate2 schools Winnabow2 schools Winston Salem35 schools Winston-Salem32 schools Winterville7 schools Winton1 schools Wrightsville Beach1 schools Yadkinville4 schools Yanceyville3 schools Youngsville4 schools Zebulon5 schools Zionville1 schools

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