Best Cities in North Carolina for Schools

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Rank (of 478)	City	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	# Private Schools*	Rank score (2023)	Rank (2022)	Rank change from 2022
1^st	Wrightsville Beach	1	0	0	0	0	0.987	1
2^nd	Banner Elk	1	0	0	0	0	0.983	5	3
3^rd	Marvin	1	0	0	0	0	0.981	3
4^th	Oak Ridge	1	0	0	0	1	0.977	2	2
5^th	Cramerton	0	1	0	0	1	0.941	8	3
6^th	Pinehurst	1	0	0	0	0	0.938	19	13
7^th	Davidson	1	0	0	1	3	0.928	6	1
8^th	Lewisville	1	1	0	0	1	0.921	15	7
9^th	Currituck	0	0	1	0	0	0.917	50	41
10^th	Mills River	2	0	0	0	3	0.915	10
11^th	Blowing Rock	1	0	0	0	0	0.912	13	2
12^th	Stedman	2	0	0	0	0	0.905	9	3
13^th	Tryon	1	0	0	0	0	0.904	16	3
14^th	Fairview	1	0	0	0	0	0.901	12	2
15^th	Colfax	1	0	0	0	0	0.89	27	12
16^th	Lucama	1	1	0	0	0	0.889	65	49
17^th	Sherrills Ford	1	0	0	0	0	0.884	11	6
18^th	Cape Carteret	1	0	0	0	0	0.883	22	4
19^th	Knotts Island	1	0	0	0	0	0.88	170	151
20^th	Advance	1	1	0	0	0	0.879	25	5
21^st	Pfafftown	1	0	1	0	0	0.878	29	8
22^nd	Carolina Beach	1	0	0	0	0	0.877	33	11
23^rd	Morrisville	5	0	0	0	1	0.874	20	3
24^th	Hampstead	4	2	1	0	1	0.872	30	6
25^th	Willow Spring	2	0	0	0	0	0.872	26	1
26^th	Misenheimer	0	0	1	0	0	0.869	14	12
27^th	Wentworth	0	0	1	0	0	0.867	4	23
28^th	Apex	13	5	3	0	5	0.865	24	4
29^th	Casar	1	0	0	0	0	0.862	63	34
30^th	Atlantic	1	0	0	0	0	0.86	35	5
31^st	Saluda	1	0	0	0	0	0.856	7	24
32^nd	Kitty Hawk	1	0	0	0	1	0.847	28	4
33^rd	Pine Level	1	0	0	0	0	0.846	68	35
34^th	West End	2	1	0	0	1	0.844	31	3
35^th	Cliffside	1	0	0	0	0	0.844	21	14
36^th	Locust	1	1	0	0	1	0.843	36
37^th	Polkton	0	0	1	0	0	0.837	110	73
38^th	Crossnore	1	0	0	0	0	0.836	37	1
39^th	Eastover	2	0	0	0	0	0.832	43	4
40^th	Castle Hayne	1	1	2	1	0	0.832	120	80
41^st	Waxhaw	6	2	3	0	1	0.831	52	11
42^nd	Wade	1	0	0	0	0	0.831	41	1
43^rd	Clemmons	3	0	1	0	1	0.83	38	5
44^th	Bath	1	0	0	0	0	0.829	67	23
45^th	Clyde	2	0	1	0	0	0.829	18	27
46^th	Holly Springs	5	2	2	0	2	0.826	45	1
47^th	Jefferson	1	0	0	0	1	0.82	57	10
48^th	Chapel Hill	12	5	4	2	5	0.815	51	3
49^th	Smyrna	1	0	0	0	0	0.813	66	17
50^th	Elk Park	1	1	0	0	1	0.811	54	4
51^st	Bennett	2	0	0	0	0	0.808	93	42
52^nd	Denver	4	1	1	1	2	0.807	40	12
53^rd	Matthews	7	3	3	1	6	0.8	48	5
54^th	Wake Forest	8	2	3	2	3	0.799	34	20
55^th	Cary	18	7	7	1	12	0.797	44	11
56^th	Weaverville	3	2	1	0	3	0.793	58	2
57^th	Tobaccoville	1	0	0	0	0	0.792	128	71
58^th	Mooresville	8	6	3	2	3	0.784	55	3
59^th	State Road	1	0	0	0	0	0.783	233	174
60^th	Moravian Falls	1	1	0	0	0	0.774	122	62
61^st	Mill Spring	2	1	0	0	0	0.773	69	8
62^nd	Vass	1	0	0	1	1	0.773	32	30
63^rd	Harkers Island	1	0	0	0	0	0.766	59	4
64^th	Carrboro	1	0	2	0	0	0.765	47	17
65^th	Old Fort	1	0	0	0	0	0.764	147	82
66^th	Stokesdale	1	0	0	0	0	0.764	53	13
67^th	Timberlake	1	0	0	0	0	0.763	139	72
68^th	Camden	1	2	2	0	0	0.759	90	22
69^th	Indian Trail	4	2	1	1	2	0.755	61	8
70^th	Boone	5	0	2	0	2	0.755	79	9
71^st	Semora	1	0	0	0	0	0.752	39	32
72^nd	Micro	1	1	0	0	0	0.751	197	125
73^rd	Pittsboro	4	1	1	0	2	0.749	75	2
74^th	Pollocksville	1	0	0	0	0	0.747	49	25
75^th	Pinnacle	2	0	0	0	0	0.746	98	23
76^th	Newport	2	2	1	0	3	0.746	70	6
77^th	Hot Springs	1	0	0	0	0	0.745	17	60
78^th	Piney Creek	1	0	0	0	0	0.743	256	178
79^th	Etowah	1	0	0	0	0	0.742	46	33
80^th	Moyock	1	1	0	0	0	0.742	137	57
81^st	Columbus	0	0	2	0	0	0.741	72	9
82^nd	Summerfield	3	0	1	0	0	0.741	108	26
83^rd	Oakboro	1	0	1	0	0	0.736	96	13
84^th	Comfort	1	0	0	0	0	0.734	142	58
85^th	Elm City	3	1	0	0	0	0.733	113	28
86^th	Fletcher	1	1	0	1	4	0.733	106	20
87^th	Valdese	1	1	1	0	0	0.731	83	4
88^th	Ellenboro	1	0	0	0	1	0.729	174	86
89^th	Canton	3	1	1	0	1	0.729	73	16
90^th	Taylorsville	5	2	2	1	1	0.728	81	9
91^st	Holly Ridge	2	0	1	0	0	0.728	95	4
92^nd	Hurdle Mills	1	0	0	0	0	0.726	42	50
93^rd	Warrensville	1	1	0	0	0	0.724	62	31
94^th	Peachland	1	0	0	0	0	0.724	64	30
95^th	Pisgah Forest	1	0	0	0	2	0.724	60	35
96^th	Bahama	1	1	0	0	0	0.717	77	19
97^th	Hildebran	1	0	0	0	1	0.717	299	202
98^th	Iron Station	1	1	0	0	0	0.714	124	26
99^th	Sugar Grove	2	0	0	0	0	0.713	111	12
100^th	Morehead City	2	1	3	0	2	0.712	87	13
101^st	Marshall	2	1	3	0	0	0.709	116	15
102^nd	Beaufort	2	1	1	0	0	0.707	74	28
103^rd	Waynesville	3	2	2	1	1	0.706	99	4
104^th	Midland	1	0	0	0	0	0.705	161	57
105^th	Grover	1	0	0	0	0	0.704	153	48
106^th	Burnsville	4	2	1	0	3	0.701	103	3
107^th	Hayesville	2	1	1	0	1	0.7	135	28
108^th	West Jefferson	1	0	2	0	0	0.7	76	32
109^th	Barnardsville	1	0	0	0	1	0.697	234	125
110^th	Mount Holly	2	1	1	1	0	0.696	92	18
111^th	Pilot Mountain	2	1	1	0	0	0.694	129	18
112^th	Bostic	1	1	1	0	1	0.693	146	34
113^th	Harrisburg	3	1	1	0	1	0.692	104	9
114^th	Wilkesboro	1	1	2	0	1	0.692	97	17
115^th	Kill Devil Hills	1	1	1	0	0	0.691	126	11
116^th	Bolivia	4	1	2	0	0	0.691	109	7
117^th	Ash	2	0	0	0	0	0.688	115	2
118^th	Winterville	4	1	2	0	5	0.686	136	18
119^th	Swansboro	2	1	1	0	0	0.686	84	35
120^th	Ferguson	1	0	0	0	0	0.682	183	63
121^st	Spindale	1	0	1	0	1	0.681	196	75
122^nd	Ronda	1	1	1	0	0	0.681	80	42
123^rd	Fuquay Varina	7	2	1	0	2	0.681	173	50
124^th	Pleasant Garden	1	0	0	0	0	0.68	117	7
125^th	Shallotte	1	1	1	0	2	0.679	133	8
126^th	Southern Pines	4	0	1	1	3	0.678	140	14
127^th	Vale	3	0	0	0	0	0.678	138	11
128^th	Mount Pleasant	1	1	1	0	0	0.677	100	28
129^th	Black Mountain	2	0	1	0	3	0.676	86	43
130^th	Faith	1	0	0	0	0	0.675	105	25
131^st	Poplar Branch	1	0	0	0	0	0.674	231	100
132^nd	Huntersville	9	2	3	1	9	0.672	114	18
133^rd	Goldston	1	0	0	0	0	0.672	88	45
134^th	Shawboro	1	0	0	0	0	0.668	102	32
135^th	Hays	1	0	1	0	0	0.667	202	67
136^th	Youngsville	2	1	0	1	0	0.666	165	29
137^th	Sneads Ferry	0	1	0	0	1	0.665	164	27
138^th	Belmont	4	1	2	0	0	0.664	94	44
139^th	Aulander	1	0	0	0	0	0.663	215	76
140^th	Sophia	1	0	0	0	2	0.661	145	5
141^st	Cornelius	3	1	1	0	1	0.659	123	18
142^nd	Riegelwood	3	0	0	0	0	0.658	301	159
143^rd	Hudson	1	1	3	0	1	0.657	150	7
144^th	Connellys Springs	2	1	1	0	1	0.657	130	14
145^th	Clayton	8	3	2	1	3	0.65	119	26
146^th	Millers Creek	1	0	1	0	1	0.648	101	45
147^th	Spruce Pine	2	1	1	0	4	0.647	125	22
148^th	Hillsborough	6	2	3	1	2	0.645	171	23
149^th	Princeton	1	0	1	0	0	0.644	154	5
150^th	Chocowinity	1	1	2	0	1	0.644	160	10
151^st	Nakina	0	1	0	0	0	0.644	180	29
152^nd	Grimesland	1	0	0	0	0	0.644	112	40
153^rd	Catawba	1	0	1	1	0	0.643	194	41
154^th	Murphy	5	1	3	0	2	0.639	184	30
155^th	Fallston	1	0	0	0	0	0.638	151	4
156^th	Rutherfordton	2	1	1	0	1	0.638	169	13
157^th	Hendersonville	8	3	3	0	4	0.637	157
158^th	Rosman	1	1	1	0	0	0.635	204	46
159^th	Ansonville	1	0	0	0	0	0.633	23	136
160^th	Mount Airy	5	3	2	1	1	0.632	127	33
161^st	Arden	2	1	0	0	3	0.626	159	2
162^nd	Lawsonville	1	1	0	0	0	0.623	235	73
163^rd	Chinquapin	1	0	0	0	0	0.623	181	18
164^th	Maiden	2	1	1	0	0	0.622	185	21
165^th	East Bend	3	1	1	0	0	0.617	155	10
166^th	Manteo	1	1	1	0	0	0.617	187	21
167^th	Collettsville	1	0	0	0	0	0.616	118	49
168^th	Archdale	3	1	0	0	1	0.614	156	12
169^th	Dallas	2	1	3	1	1	0.611	203	34
170^th	Aberdeen	2	1	0	0	1	0.61	223	53
171^st	Moncure	1	0	0	0	0	0.609	107	64
172^nd	Cleveland	2	0	0	0	0	0.609	161	11
173^rd	Newton Grove	1	1	2	0	0	0.606	212	39
174^th	Lake Toxaway	1	0	0	0	0	0.605	268	94
175^th	Hickory	10	3	4	0	6	0.603	172	3
176^th	Mars Hill	1	0	0	0	1	0.6	121	55
177^th	Havelock	5	2	2	0	1	0.6	167	10
178^th	Vilas	1	0	0	0	0	0.598	134	44
179^th	Autryville	1	0	0	0	0	0.598	163	16
180^th	Newton	5	1	3	0	1	0.596	176	4
181^st	Southport	1	1	1	0	2	0.595	141	40
182^nd	North Wilkesboro	3	1	0	0	0	0.594	149	33
183^rd	Hertford	1	0	1	0	0	0.592	152	31
184^th	Mocksville	4	3	2	1	1	0.591	166	18
185^th	Dublin	1	0	1	0	0	0.589	373	188
186^th	Badin	1	0	0	0	0	0.589	71	115
187^th	Black Creek	1	0	0	0	0	0.588	328	141
188^th	Dobson	3	1	2	1	1	0.588	177	11
189^th	Winfall	1	1	0	0	0	0.587	182	7
190^th	Jamesville	1	0	1	0	0	0.586	132	58
191^st	Olin	0	1	2	0	0	0.585	175	16
192^nd	Siler City	3	1	3	1	2	0.582	144	48
193^rd	Leland	3	1	1	0	2	0.58	191	2
194^th	Roseboro	2	1	0	0	1	0.58	201	7
195^th	Candler	3	2	1	0	2	0.576	190	5
196^th	Bayboro	2	1	1	0	0	0.576	275	79
197^th	Raleigh	64	18	18	4	41	0.573	192	5
198^th	Pink Hill	1	0	0	0	0	0.572	260	62
199^th	Kings Mountain	4	2	1	0	1	0.567	168	31
200^th	Faison	1	0	0	0	1	0.566	131	69
201^st	Mebane	4	2	1	0	1	0.565	214	13
202^nd	Hubert	1	0	0	0	0	0.565	198	4
203^rd	Nags Head	1	0	1	0	0	0.564	91	112
204^th	Stanley	3	1	0	0	0	0.564	296	92
205^th	Elon	2	1	1	0	0	0.562	221	16
206^th	Rolesville	3	1	1	0	1	0.561	179	27
207^th	New Bern	8	3	2	1	4	0.56	237	30
208^th	Wilson	8	2	5	5	5	0.56	261	53
209^th	Creedmoor	2	1	2	1	0	0.558	205	4
210^th	Seagrove	2	0	0	0	0	0.558	248	38
211^th	Sylva	2	1	3	0	2	0.555	188	23
212^th	Buxton	1	0	1	0	0	0.555	227	15
213^th	Hamlet	2	1	1	0	2	0.555	210	3
214^th	Monroe	13	3	7	2	3	0.554	206	8
215^th	Asheville	17	6	9	2	23	0.552	193	22
216^th	Benson	2	2	1	0	0	0.551	199	17
217^th	Ennice	1	0	0	0	0	0.55	219	2
218^th	Roxboro	6	2	3	1	1	0.547	220	2
219^th	Morganton	10	3	3	6	2	0.546	217	2
220^th	Star	1	0	0	0	0	0.546	273	53
221^st	Sandy Ridge	1	0	0	0	0	0.543	78	143
222^nd	Cherryville	2	1	1	0	0	0.539	247	25
223^rd	Gates	1	0	0	0	0	0.537	371	148
224^th	Kernersville	6	3	2	1	1	0.537	252	28
225^th	Mint Hill	1	1	1	1	0	0.536	267	42
226^th	Lowgap	1	0	0	0	0	0.535	242	16
227^th	Marion	6	3	4	0	1	0.535	200	27
228^th	Forest City	4	1	2	0	1	0.534	229	1
229^th	Carthage	2	1	1	0	1	0.532	246	17
230^th	Richfield	1	0	0	0	0	0.53	265	35
231^st	Wilmington	30	6	8	1	17	0.528	238	7
232^nd	Zebulon	3	1	0	1	0	0.527	240	8
233^rd	Cashiers	1	0	1	1	0	0.525	311	78
234^th	Harmony	1	0	0	0	0	0.525	158	76
235^th	Troutman	2	1	1	0	0	0.524	148	87
236^th	Cameron	2	1	1	0	0	0.524	286	50
237^th	Westfield	2	0	0	0	0	0.523	85	152
238^th	Bakersville	1	1	1	0	0	0.52	269	31
239^th	Clarkton	0	1	0	0	0	0.519	208	31
240^th	Elkin	3	1	1	1	1	0.517	56	184
241^st	Brevard	2	1	2	0	2	0.516	236	5
242^nd	Kelford	1	0	0	0	0	0.515	409	167
243^rd	Boonville	0	1	1	1	0	0.514	287	44
244^th	Sunbury	1	0	0	0	0	0.51	251	7
245^th	Claremont	2	2	1	0	0	0.505	226	19
246^th	Winton	0	0	1	0	1	0.5	389	143
247^th	Concord	15	7	11	3	7	0.5	222	25
248^th	Lawndale	0	1	1	0	1	0.5	186	62
249^th	Lincolnton	7	2	4	0	2	0.497	285	36
250^th	Marshville	2	1	1	0	0	0.497	245	5
251^st	Kenly	1	0	1	0	0	0.496	257	6
252^nd	Walnut Cove	2	1	2	0	0	0.495	225	27
253^rd	Supply	1	1	0	0	1	0.494	211	42
254^th	Franklinton	3	1	1	0	0	0.493	276	22
255^th	Stantonsburg	1	1	0	0	0	0.489	313	58
256^th	Andrews	1	1	1	0	0	0.489	289	33
257^th	Hamptonville	1	0	0	0	1	0.489	224	33
258^th	Ellerbe	1	1	0	0	0	0.487	178	80
259^th	Ruffin	1	0	0	0	0	0.487	351	92
260^th	Louisburg	5	1	2	0	1	0.487	284	24
261^st	Franklinville	2	0	0	0	0	0.487	303	42
262^nd	Thomasville	7	3	4	0	2	0.485	283	21
263^rd	Smithfield	2	2	4	2	1	0.483	279	16
264^th	Kenansville	1	0	1	0	0	0.483	254	10
265^th	Yadkinville	2	0	1	1	0	0.482	258	7
266^th	Shelby	8	2	4	3	0	0.482	230	36
267^th	Cove City	1	0	0	0	0	0.481	241	26
268^th	Bryson City	3	1	1	1	1	0.48	228	40
269^th	Washington	3	1	2	1	0	0.48	216	53
270^th	Liberty	2	1	0	0	0	0.477	249	21
271^st	Wingate	2	0	0	0	0	0.477	345	74
272^nd	Barco	1	1	1	0	0	0.477	262	10
273^rd	Clinton	5	2	2	0	2	0.476	270	3
274^th	Leicester	1	0	0	0	0	0.47	339	65
275^th	Lexington	15	4	6	2	3	0.469	288	13
276^th	Richlands	2	1	1	0	1	0.464	312	36
277^th	Whiteville	5	1	3	0	1	0.464	244	33
278^th	Stokes	1	0	0	0	0	0.463	213	65
279^th	Greenville	13	4	3	3	9	0.463	293	14
280^th	Bear Creek	1	0	1	1	0	0.46	306	26
281^st	Conover	3	1	0	1	3	0.458	266	15
282^nd	Dunn	3	3	1	0	2	0.457	272	10
283^rd	Garner	9	3	2	0	1	0.457	243	40
284^th	Greensboro	47	14	19	4	20	0.456	280	4
285^th	Pikeville	2	0	1	0	0	0.455	209	76
286^th	Sanford	11	5	5	1	4	0.453	264	22
287^th	Hope Mills	5	3	2	0	2	0.453	329	42
288^th	Franklin	4	2	3	1	2	0.452	232	56
289^th	Rockwell	2	0	0	0	2	0.452	253	36
290^th	Whitakers	1	0	0	0	0	0.451	318	28
291^st	Creswell	2	0	1	0	0	0.45	307	16
292^nd	Jamestown	2	1	3	2	0	0.448	338	46
293^rd	Gatesville	1	1	1	0	0	0.448	290	3
294^th	Calypso	1	0	1	0	0	0.442	336	42
295^th	Union Grove	1	0	0	0	0	0.439	326	31
296^th	Angier	4	1	1	0	0	0.439	325	29
297^th	Trenton	1	0	1	0	0	0.437	393	96
298^th	Elizabeth City	7	2	5	0	5	0.436	382	84
299^th	Newland	2	1	1	1	0	0.436	341	42
300^th	Lowell	1	1	0	0	0	0.436	297	3
301^st	Maysville	2	0	0	0	0	0.433	376	75
302^nd	Fayetteville	37	13	16	3	22	0.43	308	6
303^rd	Mc Adenville	1	0	0	0	0	0.429	263	40
304^th	Pinetown	1	0	1	0	0	0.427	358	54
305^th	Traphill	1	0	0	0	0	0.425	239	66
306^th	Oxford	2	1	1	3	0	0.425	305	1
307^th	Durham	39	10	14	7	33	0.425	320	13
308^th	Albemarle	4	1	4	0	0	0.424	324	16
309^th	Four Oaks	1	1	1	0	0	0.421	295	14
310^th	Wilsons Mills	1	0	0	0	0	0.421	255	55
311^th	Charlotte	114	23	28	12	60	0.42	315	4
312^th	Lumber Bridge	1	1	0	0	0	0.419	344	32
313^th	Flat Rock	1	0	2	0	3	0.418	304	9
314^th	Middlesex	1	0	0	0	0	0.417	447	133
315^th	East Flat Rock	1	1	1	0	0	0.416	259	56
316^th	Mayodan	0	0	1	0	0	0.412	271	45
317^th	Lumberton	10	2	2	0	2	0.412	346	29
318^th	King	3	1	2	0	1	0.41	292	26
319^th	Hiddenite	1	1	0	0	0	0.406	322	3
320^th	Ayden	1	1	1	0	0	0.406	361	41
321^st	Swannanoa	2	1	1	0	1	0.405	300	21
322^nd	Madison	2	1	0	0	0	0.405	317	5
323^rd	Fremont	1	1	0	0	0	0.404	207	116
324^th	Williamston	3	1	2	0	0	0.399	333	9
325^th	Trinity	2	1	3	0	0	0.398	298	27
326^th	Cooleemee	1	0	0	0	0	0.397	278	48
327^th	Jacksonville	16	5	6	0	12	0.395	314	13
328^th	Raeford	6	2	3	0	4	0.395	282	46
329^th	Spring Lake	4	2	1	0	0	0.395	362	33
330^th	Ahoskie	2	0	2	0	2	0.395	384	54
331^st	Gold Hill	1	0	0	0	1	0.395	386	55
332^nd	Rural Hall	1	0	0	0	0	0.394	404	72
333^rd	Bailey	1	0	1	0	0	0.393	397	64
334^th	Henderson	9	2	3	3	2	0.389	319	15
335^th	Jonesville	1	0	0	0	0	0.387	342	7
336^th	Wendell	4	2	6	0	0	0.385	321	15
337^th	Stanfield	1	0	0	0	0	0.382	406	69
338^th	Cordova	0	1	0	0	0	0.381	401	63
339^th	Roaring River	1	0	0	0	0	0.381	89	250
340^th	Graham	4	2	4	1	3	0.379	335	5
341^st	Kannapolis	9	1	1	0	2	0.376	337	4
342^nd	Reidsville	7	2	2	1	4	0.374	332	10
343^rd	Denton	1	0	1	0	0	0.373	398	55
344^th	Statesville	10	4	5	3	5	0.372	309	35
345^th	Winston Salem	35	12	14	5	16	0.37	378	33
346^th	Stoneville	1	0	0	0	0	0.37	354	8
347^th	Cullowhee	1	0	0	0	0	0.369	310	37
348^th	Windsor	1	1	2	1	1	0.368	388	40
349^th	Hallsboro	1	0	0	0	0	0.368	294	55
350^th	Granite Falls	4	1	1	0	0	0.368	291	59
351^st	Selma	2	1	0	0	0	0.367	331	20
352^nd	Asheboro	9	3	3	1	3	0.366	379	27
353^rd	Efland	1	1	0	0	0	0.365	439	86
354^th	Buies Creek	1	0	0	0	0	0.364	189	165
355^th	Danbury	0	0	1	0	1	0.363	277	78
356^th	Browns Summit	3	1	1	0	0	0.36	334	22
357^th	Stony Point	1	0	0	0	0	0.36	143	214
358^th	Bunn	1	1	1	0	0	0.36	368	10
359^th	Salemburg	1	0	1	0	1	0.357	250	109
360^th	Columbia	1	1	1	0	0	0.356	438	78
361^st	High Point	14	4	7	2	9	0.355	360	1
362^nd	Robbins	1	1	1	0	0	0.355	372	10
363^rd	Germanton	1	0	0	0	0	0.351	426	63
364^th	Nebo	1	0	0	0	1	0.348	195	169
365^th	Pembroke	3	2	1	0	1	0.347	395	30
366^th	Chadbourn	1	0	0	0	0	0.345	391	25
367^th	Sparta	1	0	1	0	1	0.345	316	51
368^th	Troy	2	0	3	0	1	0.339	387	19
369^th	Eden	3	1	1	0	0	0.339	355	14
370^th	Gastonia	15	3	5	3	6	0.339	350	20
371^st	Sedalia	1	0	0	0	0	0.338	302	69
372^nd	Nashville	2	1	0	0	0	0.337	399	27
373^rd	Weldon	1	0	4	0	0	0.335	407	34
374^th	Rocky Point	2	1	1	1	1	0.335	411	37
375^th	Burgaw	2	2	2	0	0	0.335	394	19
376^th	Snow Hill	3	1	2	0	0	0.334	370	6
377^th	Tabor City	1	1	1	0	0	0.333	380	3
378^th	China Grove	3	1	2	0	0	0.333	340	38
379^th	Zionville	1	0	0	0	0	0.331	327	52
380^th	Goldsboro	9	5	6	4	10	0.33	353	27
381^st	Burlington	9	2	3	2	5	0.329	363	18
382^nd	Bladenboro	1	1	1	0	1	0.329	400	18
383^rd	Pinetops	1	1	1	0	0	0.328	366	17
384^th	Beulaville	1	0	1	0	2	0.328	375	9
385^th	Mount Ulla	1	0	1	0	0	0.327	343	42
386^th	Roanoke Rapids	3	2	2	0	2	0.327	412	26
387^th	Warrenton	1	1	3	0	0	0.327	419	32
388^th	Colerain	1	0	0	0	0	0.319	421	33
389^th	Tyner	0	1	0	0	0	0.319	218	171
390^th	Lenoir	9	2	2	0	0	0.313	349	41
391^st	Seven Springs	0	1	1	0	0	0.312	365	26
392^nd	Edenton	2	0	1	0	1	0.312	347	45
393^rd	Stovall	1	0	0	0	0	0.309	352	41
394^th	La Grange	1	1	1	0	0	0.307	405	11
395^th	Mount Gilead	1	1	0	0	0	0.305	403	8
396^th	Tarboro	3	1	3	2	0	0.298	418	22
397^th	Kinston	8	2	2	2	3	0.297	390	7
398^th	Randleman	2	1	1	0	1	0.297	359	39
399^th	Robbinsville	1	1	1	0	0	0.294	383	16
400^th	Landis	1	1	0	0	0	0.293	367	33
401^st	Laurinburg	3	2	3	0	3	0.292	377	24
402^nd	Maxton	3	0	0	0	1	0.292	450	48
403^rd	Willard	1	0	0	0	0	0.287	330	73
404^th	Snow Camp	1	0	0	0	0	0.287	274	130
405^th	Providence	1	0	0	0	0	0.279	281	124
406^th	Butner	1	1	2	3	0	0.278	357	49
407^th	Farmville	2	1	1	0	0	0.267	381	26
408^th	Bethel	1	0	1	0	0	0.264	430	22
409^th	Biscoe	2	1	0	0	0	0.263	414	5
410^th	Macon	1	0	0	0	0	0.259	453	43
411^th	Norwood	2	1	1	1	1	0.253	369	42
412^th	Vanceboro	1	0	1	0	0	0.251	374	38
413^th	New London	0	1	1	0	1	0.25	424	11
414^th	Knightdale	4	0	1	0	1	0.245	410	4
415^th	Lilesville	1	0	0	0	0	0.244	423	8
416^th	Spring Hope	1	1	0	0	0	0.235	436	20
417^th	Elizabethtown	3	1	2	0	1	0.233	422	5
418^th	Rockingham	4	1	2	0	1	0.231	416	2
419^th	Bessemer City	3	1	1	0	1	0.231	425	6
420^th	Tar Heel	1	1	0	0	0	0.23	356	64
421^st	Gibsonville	1	1	1	0	1	0.229	413	8
422^nd	Lake Waccamaw	0	0	2	0	0	0.227	455	33
423^rd	Battleboro	2	2	0	0	0	0.227	444	21
424^th	Albertson	1	0	0	0	0	0.227	408	16
425^th	Grifton	1	0	0	0	1	0.221	432	7
426^th	Haw River	2	0	0	0	1	0.214	427	1
427^th	Aurora	1	0	0	0	0	0.213	443	16
428^th	Deep Run	0	0	1	0	0	0.212	392	36
429^th	Roper	1	1	0	0	0	0.205	469	40
430^th	Walkertown	2	1	1	0	0	0.203	457	27
431^st	Rowland	3	1	0	0	0	0.199	459	28
432^nd	Erwin	1	0	1	0	1	0.198	440	8
433^rd	Stem	0	0	1	0	0	0.196	461	28
434^th	Bunnlevel	2	0	0	0	0	0.194	449	15
435^th	Ramseur	2	1	1	0	0	0.194	429	6
436^th	Conway	0	1	0	0	0	0.191	417	19
437^th	Gaston	2	0	1	1	0	0.191	460	23
438^th	Pineville	2	0	0	0	1	0.184	445	7
439^th	Lillington	2	1	2	1	0	0.183	415	24
440^th	Yanceyville	1	1	1	0	0	0.181	441	1
441^st	Mc Leansville	2	1	1	0	1	0.173	442	1
442^nd	Rocky Mount	8	4	6	2	6	0.173	446	4
443^rd	Broadway	1	0	0	0	0	0.168	364	79
444^th	Saint Pauls	1	1	1	0	0	0.163	437	7
445^th	Salisbury	8	4	4	0	6	0.162	451	6
446^th	Cerro Gordo	1	0	1	0	0	0.157	385	61
447^th	Wagram	1	0	0	0	0	0.153	468	21
448^th	Laurel Hill	1	1	0	0	0	0.141	452	4
449^th	Mount Olive	1	1	0	0	0	0.139	433	16
450^th	Boomer	1	0	0	1	0	0.137	323	127
451^st	Rose Hill	1	0	1	0	0	0.136	448	3
452^nd	Morven	1	0	0	0	0	0.132	473	21
453^rd	Parkton	1	0	0	0	0	0.129	458	5
454^th	Whittier	1	0	0	0	0	0.129	420	34
455^th	Coats	1	0	0	0	0	0.127	462	7
456^th	Kittrell	1	0	0	0	0	0.117	431	25
457^th	Red Springs	2	1	1	0	1	0.116	472	15
458^th	Warsaw	1	0	1	0	1	0.112	467	9
459^th	Pine Hall	1	0	0	0	0	0.111	396	63
460^th	Orrum	0	1	0	0	0	0.102	471	11
461^st	Teachey	0	0	1	0	0	0.101	402	59
462^nd	Murfreesboro	1	1	0	0	0	0.099	475	13
463^rd	Robersonville	1	1	1	0	0	0.097	479	16
464^th	Enfield	2	1	0	0	0	0.092	456	8
465^th	Littleton	1	0	1	0	0	0.092	428	37
466^th	Dudley	1	1	1	0	0	0.08	464	2
467^th	Wallace	1	0	0	0	1	0.071	463	4
468^th	Candor	1	0	0	1	1	0.069	434	34
469^th	Norlina	1	0	0	0	1	0.068	466	3
470^th	Hollister	1	0	0	1	0	0.064	470
471^st	Halifax	1	1	1	0	0	0.056	476	5
472^nd	Fairmont	2	1	1	0	0	0.055	478	6
473^rd	Wadesboro	2	1	2	0	0	0.044	474	1
474^th	Scotland Neck	2	0	0	0	0	0.041	483	9
475^th	Shannon	1	0	0	0	0	0.037	480	5
476^th	Spencer	1	1	1	0	0	0.035	477	1
477^th	Drexel	0	0	1	0	0	0.03	484	7
478^th	Plymouth	0	0	1	0	0	0.021	482	4

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