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Top 100 high schools in North Carolina (2025)

Schools classified as high schools by NCES. Ranked by the Success Index (US) from official American data; 100 schools shown.

  1. 1
    91
    Raleigh Charter High SchoolRaleigh · Charter High87% Math proficiency · 552 students
  2. 2
    88
    Central Academy of Technology and ArtsMonroe · Public High94% Math proficiency · 875 students
  3. 3
    86
    Highland Sch of TechnologyGastonia · Public High92% Math proficiency · 538 students
  4. 4
    85
    Research Triangle High SchoolDurham · Charter High82% Math proficiency · 572 students
  5. 5
    84
    Marvin Ridge HighWaxhaw · Public High93% Math proficiency · 1,961 students
  6. 6
    82
    Collaborative College for TechnologyStatesville · Public High95% Math proficiency · 232 students
  7. 7
    82
    Providence High SchoolCharlotte · Public High91% Math proficiency · 2,167 students
  8. 8
    81
    Weddington HighMatthews · Public High87% Math proficiency · 1,899 students
  9. 9
    81
    Crossroads FLEXCary · Public High69.5% Math proficiency · 139 students
  10. 10
    81
    Ardrey Kell High SchoolCharlotte · Public High88% Math proficiency · 3,036 students
  11. 11
    80
    East Chapel Hill HighChapel Hill · Public High75% Math proficiency · 1,419 students
  12. 12
    80
    Panther Creek HighCary · Public High80% Math proficiency · 2,609 students
  13. 13
    80
    Chapel Hill HighChapel Hill · Public High80% Math proficiency · 1,608 students
  14. 14
    80
    Cuthbertson HighWaxhaw · Public High89% Math proficiency · 1,857 students
  15. 15
    80
    Green Hope HighCary · Public High81% Math proficiency · 2,304 students
  16. 16
    80
    Isaac M Bear Early College High SchoolWilmington · Public High95% Math proficiency · 260 students
  17. 17
    80
    Longleaf School of the ArtsRaleigh · Charter High67% Math proficiency · 405 students
  18. 18
    80
    Wake Young Women's Leadership AcademyRaleigh · Public High77% Math proficiency · 337 students
  19. 19
    79
    Early College of Forsyth CoWinston Salem · Public High92% Math proficiency · 306 students
  20. 20
    79
    Harper Middle College HighCharlotte · Public High95% Math proficiency · 125 students
  21. 21
    79
    Wake STEM Early College High SchoolCary · Public High95% Math proficiency · 294 students
  22. 22
    78
    Levine Middle College High SchMatthews · Public High97.5% Math proficiency · 216 students
  23. 23
    78
    Crossroads Arts and Science Early CollegStatesville · Public High84.5% Math proficiency · 225 students
  24. 24
    77
    Apex Friendship HighApex · Public High77% Math proficiency · 2,748 students
  25. 25
    77
    Wake Early College of Health and ScienceRaleigh · Public High92% Math proficiency · 317 students
  26. 26
    77
    Onslow Early CollegeJacksonville · Public High95% Reading proficiency · 189 students
  27. 27
    77
    Carrboro HighCarrboro · Public High72% Math proficiency · 885 students
  28. 28
    77
    Early College EAST HighHavelock · Public High74.5% Math proficiency · 208 students
  29. 29
    76
    Camden Early College HighCamden · Public High84.5% Math proficiency · 124 students
  30. 30
    76
    Wilson Early College AcademyWilson · Public High77% Math proficiency · 268 students
  31. 31
    76
    ABSS Early College at ACCGraham · Public High95% Math proficiency · 247 students
  32. 32
    76
    Apex HighApex · Public High81% Math proficiency · 2,449 students
  33. 33
    75
    Davidson Early CollegeThomasville · Public High90% Math proficiency · 138 students
  34. 34
    75
    Roxboro Community SchoolRoxboro · Charter High72% Math proficiency · 727 students
  35. 35
    75
    Stokes Early College High SchoolWalnut Cove · Public High74.5% Math proficiency · 159 students
  36. 36
    75
    The JP Knapp ECH (i)SchoolCurrituck · Public High95% Math proficiency · 274 students
  37. 37
    75
    Char Eng Early College-UNCCCharlotte · Public High77% Math proficiency · 313 students
  38. 38
    75
    Gaston Early College High SchoolDallas · Public High84.5% Math proficiency · 235 students
  39. 39
    75
    Union County Early CollegeMonroe · Public High82% Math proficiency · 340 students
  40. 40
    74
    Wake EC of Information & BiotechnologiesMorrisville · Public High16.5% Free/reduced-price lunch · 260 students
  41. 41
    74
    Wake Young Men's Leadership AcademyRaleigh · Public High62% Math proficiency · 262 students
  42. 42
    74
    Caldwell Early CollegeHudson · Public High82% Math proficiency · 387 students
  43. 43
    74
    William Amos Hough HighCornelius · Public High76% Math proficiency · 2,518 students
  44. 44
    73
    Gray Stone DayMisenheimer · Charter High71% Math proficiency · 728 students
  45. 45
    73
    Cox Mill High SchoolConcord · Public High71% Math proficiency · 1,772 students
  46. 46
    73
    Northwest Guilford HighGreensboro · Public High74% Math proficiency · 2,055 students
  47. 47
    73
    Leesville Road HighRaleigh · Public High72% Math proficiency · 2,411 students
  48. 48
    72
    PSRC Early College at RCCLumberton · Public High84.5% Math proficiency · 274 students
  49. 49
    72
    Discovery High SchoolNewton · Public High64.5% Math proficiency · 146 students
  50. 50
    72
    Merancas Middle College-CPCCHuntersville · Public High84.5% Math proficiency · 176 students
  51. 51
    72
    Yadkin Early CollegeYadkinville · Public High95% Math proficiency · 200 students
  52. 52
    72
    Caldwell Applied Sciences AcademyHudson · Public High74.5% Math proficiency · 218 students
  53. 53
    72
    Holly Springs HighHolly Springs · Public High62% Math proficiency · 2,018 students
  54. 54
    72
    Henderson County Early CollegeFlat Rock · Public High95% Math proficiency · 197 students
  55. 55
    72
    Davie County Early College HighMocksville · Public High95% Math proficiency · 131 students
  56. 56
    72
    Williams Secondary MontessoriCharlotte · Public High47% Math proficiency · 401 students
  57. 57
    71
    Northern Guilford HighGreensboro · Public High70% Math proficiency · 1,251 students
  58. 58
    71
    Cabarrus Early College of TechnologyConcord · Public High74.5% Math proficiency · 236 students
  59. 59
    71
    Harnett County Early CollegeDunn · Public High69.5% Math proficiency · 185 students
  60. 60
    71
    Croatan HighNewport · Public High77% Math proficiency · 1,019 students
  61. 61
    71
    Cumberland PolytechnicFayetteville · Public High82% Math proficiency · 319 students
  62. 62
    70
    Atkins Academic & Tech HighWinston-Salem · Public High71% Math proficiency · 1,187 students
  63. 63
    70
    Philip J Weaver Ed CenterGreensboro · Public High82% Math proficiency · 260 students
  64. 64
    70
    Cabarrus-Kannapolis Early CollConcord · Public High74.5% Math proficiency · 234 students
  65. 65
    70
    Randolph Early College High SchoolAsheboro · Public High82% Math proficiency · 358 students
  66. 66
    70
    Enloe HighRaleigh · Public High60% Math proficiency · 2,643 students
  67. 67
    69
    North Lincoln HighLincolnton · Public High67% Math proficiency · 1,126 students
  68. 68
    69
    Central Carolina AcademySanford · Charter High26.5% Free/reduced-price lunch · 536 students
  69. 69
    69
    Ronald W Reagan High SchoolPfafftown · Public High64% Math proficiency · 2,122 students
  70. 70
    69
    Asheville HighAsheville · Public High57% Math proficiency · 1,221 students
  71. 71
    69
    Cross Creek Early CollegeFayetteville · Public High87% Math proficiency · 253 students
  72. 72
    69
    West Henderson HighHendersonville · Public High63% Math proficiency · 1,053 students
  73. 73
    69
    Massey Hill Classical HighFayetteville · Public High64.5% Math proficiency · 273 students
  74. 74
    69
    Craven Early College HighNew Bern · Public High64.5% Math proficiency · 221 students
  75. 75
    69
    Lake Norman HighMooresville · Public High75% Math proficiency · 1,905 students
  76. 76
    68
    Myers Park High SchoolCharlotte · Public High72% Math proficiency · 3,225 students
  77. 77
    68
    North Wake College and Career AcademyWake Forest · Public High54.5% Math proficiency · 346 students
  78. 78
    68
    Watauga HighBoone · Public High57% Math proficiency · 1,289 students
  79. 79
    68
    Heritage HighWake Forest · Public High63% Math proficiency · 1,778 students
  80. 80
    68
    Green Level HighCary · Public High6.4% Free/reduced-price lunch · 2,283 students
  81. 81
    68
    Middle College of Forsyth CntyWinston-Salem · Public High90% Math proficiency · 121 students
  82. 82
    67
    Northwest School of the ArtsCharlotte · Public High66% Math proficiency · 993 students
  83. 83
    67
    Challenger Early College HighHickory · Public High82% Math proficiency · 376 students
  84. 84
    67
    Hickory Ridge HighHarrisburg · Public High64% Math proficiency · 1,671 students
  85. 85
    67
    Middle Creek HighApex · Public High64% Math proficiency · 1,587 students
  86. 86
    66
    Cumberland International Early CollegeFayetteville · Public High84.5% Math proficiency · 237 students
  87. 87
    66
    John T Hoggard HighWilmington · Public High68% Math proficiency · 2,082 students
  88. 88
    66
    Agriculture and Science Early CollegeOlin · Public High49.5% Math proficiency · 255 students
  89. 89
    66
    SilsaAsheville · Public High57% Math proficiency · 332 students
  90. 90
    65
    Cato Middle College High SchoolCharlotte · Public High87% Math proficiency · 173 students
  91. 91
    65
    Seaforth HighPittsboro · Public High20% Free/reduced-price lunch · 1,088 students
  92. 92
    65
    Piedmont HighMonroe · Public High76% Math proficiency · 1,270 students
  93. 93
    65
    STEM Early College @ NC A&T SUGreensboro · Public High95% Math proficiency · 192 students
  94. 94
    64
    Needham Broughton HighRaleigh · Public High54% Math proficiency · 2,153 students
  95. 95
    64
    Wake Forest High SchoolWake Forest · Public High57% Math proficiency · 2,043 students
  96. 96
    64
    West Forsyth HighClemmons · Public High60% Math proficiency · 2,145 students
  97. 97
    64
    Fuquay-Varina HighFuquay-Varina · Public High60% Math proficiency · 1,858 students
  98. 98
    64
    Hendersonville HighHendersonville · Public High62% Math proficiency · 794 students
  99. 99
    64
    First Flight High SchoolKill Devil Hills · Public High52% Math proficiency · 874 students
  100. 100
    64
    Early College at GuilfordGreensboro · Public High95% Math proficiency · 193 students

Raleigh Charter High School in Raleigh leads the 2025 list of high schools in North Carolina with a Success Index (US) of 90.7. Of the 100 schools shown, 94 are public, 6 are charter.

Scores are percentiles within school type, so a elementary school and a high school with the same score sit at the same point in their own distributions. Use the rankings to build a shortlist, then visit the schools and ask how they support students at your child's level.

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Raleigh Charter High School in Raleigh ranks first among high schools in North Carolina with a Success Index (US) of 90.7 out of 100 (Enrollment: 552).

How are high schools in North Carolina ranked?

Each school's Success Index (US) combines 4 factors: math proficiency (30%), reading proficiency (30%), community advantage (fewer free/reduced-price lunch) (25%), students per teacher (15%). Each factor is a percentile against schools of the same type across United States. Schools with fewer than 60 students are excluded from rankings.

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