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Ranking / North Carolina

North Carolina school districts by enrollment

334 of the 18,050 school districts ranked nationally on this measure are in North Carolina. The highest-placed is Wake County Schools, 15 in the country.

Ranks in this table are national. A rank recomputed inside one state would read as a different number for the same school district on its own page, which is how a ranking stops being a fact and becomes a page-level opinion.

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North Carolina — ranked

Ordered by national rank; ties broken on how complete the record is.

Enrollment — top 20
  1. 1Wake County Schools159.8K students
  2. 2Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools144.2K students
  3. 3Guilford County Schools68.9K students
  4. 4Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools52.7K students
  5. 5Cumberland County Schools49.7K students
  6. 6Union County Public Schools41.5K students
  7. 7Johnston County Public Schools37.3K students
  8. 8Cabarrus County Schools34.8K students
  9. 9Durham Public Schools31.5K students
  10. 10Gaston County Schools30.3K students
  11. 11Onslow County Schools27.9K students
  12. 12New Hanover County Schools25.2K students
  13. 13Pitt County Schools24.1K students
  14. 14Alamance-Burlington Schools22.5K students
  15. 15Buncombe County Schools22.1K students
  16. 16Public Schools of Robeson County21.2K students
  17. 17Iredell-Statesville Schools20.7K students
  18. 18Harnett County Schools20.1K students
  19. 19Rowan-Salisbury Schools18.2K students
  20. 20Davidson County Schools18K students
school districts ranked by Enrollment
#NameStateEnrollment
15thWake County SchoolsNC159,778
16thCharlotte-Mecklenburg SchoolsNC144,197
54thGuilford County SchoolsNC68,894
79thWinston Salem / Forsyth County SchoolsNC52,717
96thCumberland County SchoolsNC49,661
136thUnion County Public SchoolsNC41,497
162ndJohnston County Public SchoolsNC37,286
181stCabarrus County SchoolsNC34,810
211thDurham Public SchoolsNC31,531
221stGaston County SchoolsNC30,281
249thOnslow County SchoolsNC27,921
285thNew Hanover County SchoolsNC25,244
306thPitt County SchoolsNC24,091
340thAlamance-Burlington SchoolsNC22,489
350thBuncombe County SchoolsNC22,091
371stPublic Schools of Robeson CountyNC21,206
385thIredell-Statesville SchoolsNC20,721
406thHarnett County SchoolsNC20,050
454thRowan-Salisbury SchoolsNC18,225
460thDavidson County SchoolsNC17,964
470thWayne County Public SchoolsNC17,558
536thCatawba County SchoolsNC15,678
546thRandolph County School SystemNC15,383
587thNash County Public SchoolsNC14,469
592ndCleveland County Schoolstied with 1NC14,406
671stMoore County SchoolsNC13,008
674thBrunswick County SchoolsNC12,944
676thHenderson County SchoolsNC12,896
686thCraven County SchoolsNC12,755
762ndBurke County SchoolsNC11,770
773rdLincoln County SchoolsNC11,629
780thChapel Hill-Carrboro City SchoolsNC11,561
809thRockingham County SchoolsNC11,189
829thPender County SchoolsNC10,941
843rdCaldwell County SchoolsNC10,758
888thWilson County Schoolstied with 2NC10,276
935thDuplin County SchoolsNC9,905
1027thLee County SchoolsNC9,143
1029thChatham County SchoolsNC9,129
1061stHoke County SchoolsNC8,920
1090thWilkes County SchoolsNC8,673
1093rdStanly County SchoolsNC8,643
1135thLenoir County Public SchoolsNC8,334
1168thCarteret County Public SchoolsNC8,081
1191stSampson County SchoolsNC7,971
1207thFranklin County SchoolsNC7,897
1275thRutherford County SchoolsNC7,527
1305thSurry County SchoolsNC7,340
1329thOrange County Schoolstied with 1NC7,208
1422ndGranville County SchoolsNC6,748
1437thRichmond County SchoolsNC6,678
1447thHaywood County SchoolsNC6,605
1567thDavie County Schoolstied with 1NC6,114
1607thBeaufort County SchoolsNC5,975
1610thMooresville Graded School DistrictNC5,971
1680thMcdowell County Schoolstied with 1NC5,776
1730thScotland County SchoolsNC5,624
1736thStokes County Schoolstied with 1NC5,606
1800thEdgecombe County Public Schoolstied with 2NC5,419
1819thKannapolis City SchoolsNC5,390
1840thColumbus County Schoolstied with 1NC5,335
1856thVance County SchoolsNC5,269
1865thYadkin County Schoolstied with 1NC5,243
1893rdDare County SchoolsNC5,181
2048thElizabeth City-Pasquotank Public SchoolsNC4,834
2078thWatauga County Schoolstied with 1NC4,754
2177thAlexander County SchoolsNC4,525
2185thCurrituck County SchoolsNC4,514
2220thMacon County Schoolstied with 1NC4,450
2254thAsheboro City Schoolstied with 1NC4,383
2260thPerson County SchoolsNC4,374
2395thAsheville City SchoolsNC4,137
2487thBladen County SchoolsNC3,983
2572ndHickory City Schoolstied with 1NC3,877
2713thMontgomery County Schoolstied with 1NC3,663
2803rdJackson County Public Schoolstied with 1NC3,557
3012thTransylvania County Schoolstied with 2NC3,312
3155thCherokee County Schoolstied with 1NC3,146
3254thClinton City SchoolsNC3,051
3257thNc Virtual Academytied with 3NC3,047
3324thLexington City SchoolsNC2,999
3350thAnson County Schoolstied with 2NC2,964
3467thNewton Conover City Schoolstied with 1NC2,856
3582ndRoanoke Rapids City Schoolstied with 2NC2,765
3604thAshe County Schoolstied with 1NC2,743
3681stGreene County Schoolstied with 1NC2,668
3716thMartin County Schoolstied with 1NC2,636
3915thHertford County Schoolstied with 2NC2,486
4045thNorth Carolina Cyber AcademyNC2,372
4187thLincoln Charter Schooltied with 3NC2,263
4208thCaswell County SchoolsNC2,250
4235thThomasville City Schoolstied with 1NC2,228
4256thLake Norman Chartertied with 2NC2,215
4325thHalifax County Schoolstied with 1NC2,173
4338thPolk County SchoolsNC2,166
4401stUnion Academy Charter Schooltied with 4NC2,129
4441stMadison County Schoolstied with 1NC2,108
4447thWhiteville City Schoolstied with 2NC2,104
4562ndYancey County Schoolstied with 2NC2,038
4696thWake Preparatory Academytied with 1NC1,961

100 shown of 334 ranked.

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