North Carolina Public Schools

North Carolina is the #10 largest school system in the United States, serving 1,489,273 students across 2,609 public schools. There are 47 Blue Ribbon Schools, 106 magnet schools, 99 charter schools, and 30 special education schools. The student ethnicity breakdown in the state is show below:

Student by Ethnicity

(NC) School Average
% American Indian		 2%
% Asian		 2%
% Hispanic		 12%
% Black		 27%
% White		 53%
Unknown		 4%

North Carolina Public Schools by County

County
# High
# Middle
# Elementary
1. Alamance County 11 11 27
2. Alexander County 1 2 8
3. Alleghany County 1 1 3
4. Anson County 4 2 5
5. Ashe County 1 1 3
6. Avery County 3 4 7
7. Beaufort County 4 4 8
8. Bertie County 4 2 5
9. Bladen County 3 5 7
10. Brunswick County 5 5 12
11. Buncombe County 17 14 35
12. Burke County 11 11 21
13. Cabarrus County 14 12 30
14. Caldwell County 6 5 17
15. Camden County 2 2 1
16. Carteret County 4 5 8
17. Caswell County 1 1 2
18. Catawba County 13 11 26
19. Chatham County 4 2 10
20. Cherokee County 6 4 10
21. Chowan County 1 1 2
22. Clay County 1 1 1
23. Cleveland County 7 9 18
24. Columbus County 7 8 17
25. Craven County 7 5 16
26. Cumberland County 18 23 67
27. Currituck County 1 2 5
28. Dare County 4 3 6
29. Davidson County 12 12 22
30. Davie County 3 4 7
31. Duplin County 5 3 9
32. Durham County 16 16 39
33. Edgecombe County 6 9 11
34. Forsyth County 23 27 57
35. Franklin County 4 3 9
36. Gaston County 14 18 37
37. Gates County 1 1 3
38. Graham County 1 1 1
39. Granville County 10 9 12
40. Greene County 2 1 2
41. Guilford County 34 29 86
42. Halifax County 6 5 11
43. Harnett County 6 8 19
44. Haywood County 4 3 9
45. Henderson County 6 6 15
46. Hertford County 3 3 4
47. Hoke County 3 3 7
48. Hyde County 2 2 2
49. Iredell County 15 16 27
50. Jackson County 4 1 8
51. Johnston County 10 12 21
52. Jones County 1 1 5
53. Lee County 5 4 11
54. Lenoir County 7 6 14
55. Lincoln County 7 7 16
56. Macon County 4 4 6
57. Madison County 2 1 4
58. Martin County 3 4 7
59. Mcdowell County 2 2 8
60. Mecklenburg County 42 46 118
61. Mitchell County 2 3 5
62. Montgomery County 3 3 7
63. Moore County 6 8 19
64. Nash County 6 4 12
65. New Hanover County 9 10 29
66. Northampton County 5 3 6
67. Onslow County 9 10 27
68. Orange County 10 10 20
69. Pamlico County 1 1 4
70. Pasquotank County 3 3 8
71. Pender County 4 4 8
72. Perquimans County 1 1 2
73. Person County 2 3 9
74. Pitt County 8 10 24
75. Polk County 2 1 4
76. Randolph County 7 9 21
77. Richmond County 7 7 10
78. Robeson County 8 14 26
79. Rockingham County 5 6 18
80. Rowan County 7 7 21
81. Rutherford County 5 4 12
82. Sampson County 5 4 8
83. Scotland County 6 6 10
84. Stanly County 9 5 18
85. Stokes County 5 5 12
86. Surry County 6 6 18
87. Swain County 3 3 5
88. Transylvania County 3 3 6
89. Tyrrell County 1 1 1
90. Union County 14 12 31
91. Vance County 3 3 11
92. Wake County 38 48 124
93. Warren County 2 1 4
94. Washington County 2 1 2
95. Watauga County 1 - 8
96. Wayne County 12 12 20
97. Wilkes County 6 5 13
98. Wilson County 6 8 18
99. Yadkin County 4 2 9
100. Yancey County 1 2 7

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