Best Cities in North Carolina for Schools

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Rank (of 479)	City	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	# Private Schools*	Rank score (2025)	Rank (2024)	Rank change from 2024
1^st	Marvin	1	0	0	0	0	0.993	3	2
2^nd	Wrightsville Beach	1	0	0	0	0	0.992	2
3^rd	Pinehurst	1	0	0	0	0	0.982	4	1
4^th	Oak Ridge	1	0	0	0	1	0.969	1	3
5^th	Carolina Beach	1	0	0	0	0	0.939	16	11
6^th	Saluda	1	0	0	0	0	0.938	6
7^th	Banner Elk	1	0	0	0	0	0.93	5	2
8^th	Cramerton	0	1	0	0	1	0.921	9	1
9^th	Stallings	1	0	0	0	0	0.919		(n/a)
10^th	Blowing Rock	1	0	0	0	0	0.913	18	8
11^th	Davidson	1	0	0	1	3	0.91	11
12^th	Wentworth	0	0	1	0	0	0.908	13	1
13^th	Lewisville	1	1	0	0	1	0.905	8	5
14^th	Mills River	2	0	0	0	3	0.903	15	1
15^th	Cliffside	1	0	0	0	0	0.899	7	8
16^th	Advance	1	1	0	0	0	0.899	17	1
17^th	Waxhaw	6	2	3	0	1	0.892	65	48
18^th	Ellenboro	1	0	0	0	1	0.891	44	26
19^th	Badin	1	0	0	0	0	0.887	82	63
20^th	Vass	1	0	0	1	2	0.886	24	4
21^st	Knotts Island	1	0	0	0	0	0.884	28	7
22^nd	Lucama	1	1	0	0	0	0.883	10	12
23^rd	Fairview	1	0	0	0	0	0.882	30	7
24^th	Bath	1	0	0	0	0	0.879	23	1
25^th	Eastover	2	0	0	0	0	0.876	34	9
26^th	Apex	13	5	3	0	6	0.875	19	7
27^th	Cape Carteret	1	0	0	0	0	0.872	22	5
28^th	Barnardsville	1	0	0	0	0	0.871	12	16
29^th	Kitty Hawk	1	0	0	0	1	0.867	42	13
30^th	Currituck	0	0	1	0	0	0.864	20	10
31^st	Morrisville	5	0	1	0	3	0.863	25	6
32^nd	Casar	1	0	0	0	0	0.862	41	9
33^rd	Pfafftown	1	0	1	0	0	0.86	33
34^th	Misenheimer	0	0	1	0	0	0.853	31	3
35^th	Etowah	1	0	0	0	0	0.85	77	42
36^th	Oakboro	1	0	1	0	0	0.847	98	62
37^th	Midland	1	0	0	0	0	0.846	39	2
38^th	Pinnacle	2	0	0	0	0	0.842	56	18
39^th	Willow Spring	2	0	0	0	0	0.838	29	10
40^th	Pine Level	1	0	0	0	0	0.83	70	30
41^st	Clemmons	3	0	1	0	2	0.829	35	6
42^nd	Hampstead	4	2	1	0	1	0.824	27	15
43^rd	Locust	1	1	0	0	1	0.823	45	2
44^th	Spruce Pine	2	1	1	0	4	0.821	172	128
45^th	Richfield	1	0	0	0	0	0.819	186	141
46^th	Holly Springs	5	2	2	0	2	0.819	49	3
47^th	Bennett	2	0	0	0	0	0.813	60	13
48^th	Summerfield	3	0	1	0	0	0.812	59	11
49^th	Elm City	2	1	0	0	0	0.806	67	18
50^th	Cary	18	7	7	1	16	0.803	53	3
51^st	Grimesland	1	0	0	0	0	0.801	96	45
52^nd	Stedman	2	0	0	0	0	0.799	21	31
53^rd	Colfax	1	0	0	0	0	0.797	26	27
54^th	Atlantic	1	0	0	0	0	0.795	14	40
55^th	Matthews	7	3	3	1	6	0.792	69	14
56^th	Poplar Branch	1	0	0	0	0	0.791	92	36
57^th	Sherrills Ford	1	0	0	0	0	0.791	64	7
58^th	Grover	1	0	0	0	0	0.79	48	10
59^th	Chapel Hill	12	5	4	2	5	0.79	47	12
60^th	Jarvisburg	1	0	0	0	0	0.789		(n/a)
61^st	Tobaccoville	1	0	0	0	0	0.785	32	29
62^nd	Pleasant Garden	1	0	0	0	0	0.781	81	19
63^rd	Denver	4	1	1	1	2	0.779	58	5
64^th	Autryville	1	0	0	0	0	0.779	193	129
65^th	Harkers Island	1	0	0	0	0	0.775	91	26
66^th	Clyde	2	0	1	0	0	0.775	36	30
67^th	Beaufort	2	1	1	0	0	0.775	80	13
68^th	Moyock	1	1	0	0	0	0.773	38	30
69^th	Pisgah Forest	1	0	0	0	2	0.771	40	29
70^th	Moravian Falls	1	1	0	0	0	0.77	37	33
71^st	Indian Trail	4	2	1	1	4	0.77	86	15
72^nd	Polkton	0	0	1	0	0	0.766	97	25
73^rd	Bahama	1	1	0	0	0	0.766	88	15
74^th	Castle Hayne	1	1	2	1	0	0.763	52	22
75^th	Mc Adenville	1	0	0	0	0	0.762	169	94
76^th	State Road	1	0	0	0	0	0.762	94	18
77^th	Wake Forest	8	2	3	2	3	0.761	57	20
78^th	Mooresville	10	5	3	2	3	0.76	62	16
79^th	Iron Station	1	1	0	0	0	0.759	84	5
80^th	Newport	2	2	1	0	3	0.757	66	14
81^st	Holly Ridge	2	0	1	0	0	0.754	83	2
82^nd	West End	2	1	0	1	1	0.752	75	7
83^rd	Lawsonville	1	1	0	0	0	0.75	230	147
84^th	Stokesdale	1	0	0	0	0	0.747	71	13
85^th	Hubert	1	0	0	0	0	0.746	174	89
86^th	Pittsboro	4	1	2	0	2	0.745	74	12
87^th	Winton	0	0	1	0	1	0.739	51	36
88^th	Semora	1	0	0	0	0	0.739	54	34
89^th	Weaverville	3	2	1	0	3	0.737	68	21
90^th	Vilas	1	0	0	0	0	0.734	87	3
91^st	Sugar Grove	2	0	0	0	0	0.732	130	39
92^nd	Ruffin	1	0	0	0	1	0.732	265	173
93^rd	Timberlake	1	0	0	0	0	0.731	90	3
94^th	Camden	2	1	2	0	0	0.729	61	33
95^th	Columbus	0	0	2	0	0	0.727	78	17
96^th	Swansboro	2	1	1	0	0	0.723	104	8
97^th	Old Fort	1	0	0	0	0	0.72	95	2
98^th	Southern Pines	4	0	1	0	3	0.72	112	14
99^th	Shawboro	1	0	0	0	0	0.718	139	40
100^th	Boone	5	0	2	0	2	0.713	103	3
101^st	Cornelius	3	1	1	0	1	0.711	171	70
102^nd	Winnabow	1	1	0	0	0	0.708		(n/a)
103^rd	Carrboro	1	0	2	0	0	0.708	89	14
104^th	Warrensville	1	1	0	0	0	0.705	102	2
105^th	Vale	3	0	0	0	0	0.698	71	34
106^th	Sophia	1	0	0	0	2	0.692	213	107
107^th	Harrisburg	3	1	1	0	0	0.692	111	4
108^th	Hillsborough	6	2	3	1	2	0.692	134	26
109^th	Tryon	1	0	0	0	0	0.688	50	59
110^th	Belmont	4	1	2	0	0	0.688	105	5
111^th	Elk Park	1	1	0	0	1	0.685	55	56
112^th	Pilot Mountain	2	1	1	0	0	0.685	125	13
113^th	Mount Pleasant	1	1	1	0	0	0.683	127	14
114^th	Harmony	1	0	0	0	0	0.681	147	33
115^th	Smyrna	1	0	0	0	0	0.681	140	25
116^th	Huntersville	8	2	3	3	11	0.68	121	5
117^th	Faison	1	0	0	0	1	0.678	161	44
118^th	Star	1	0	0	0	0	0.676	194	76
119^th	Morehead City	2	1	2	0	3	0.675	136	17
120^th	Winterville	4	1	2	0	5	0.674	123	3
121^st	Jamesville	1	0	1	0	0	0.671	119	2
122^nd	Shallotte	1	1	1	0	1	0.67	108	14
123^rd	Hayesville	2	1	1	0	1	0.668	135	12
124^th	Seagrove	2	0	0	0	0	0.667	113	11
125^th	Canton	3	1	1	0	1	0.665	79	46
126^th	Fletcher	1	1	0	1	5	0.664	110	16
127^th	West Jefferson	1	0	2	0	0	0.664	107	20
128^th	Mount Holly	2	1	1	1	0	0.663	115	13
129^th	Wingate	2	0	0	0	0	0.658	157	28
130^th	Ash	2	0	0	0	0	0.656	122	8
131^st	Roaring River	1	0	0	0	0	0.656	144	13
132^nd	Hudson	1	1	3	0	1	0.656	124	8
133^rd	Sneads Ferry	0	1	0	0	1	0.655	129	4
134^th	Kings Mountain	4	2	1	0	1	0.651	183	49
135^th	Cameron	2	1	1	0	0	0.648	126	9
136^th	Mill Spring	2	1	0	0	0	0.648	93	43
137^th	Comfort	1	0	0	0	0	0.644	217	80
138^th	Nags Head	1	0	0	0	0	0.643	204	66
139^th	Fuquay Varina	8	2	2	1	2	0.639	170	31
140^th	Hurdle Mills	1	0	0	0	0	0.636	73	67
141^st	Valdese	1	1	1	1	0	0.636	114	27
142^nd	Clayton	8	3	2	1	4	0.636	148	6
143^rd	Franklinville	2	0	0	0	0	0.635	259	116
144^th	Pollocksville	1	0	0	0	0	0.632	101	43
145^th	Connelly Springs	2	1	1	0	0	0.63		(n/a)
146^th	Elkin	3	1	2	0	1	0.627	206	60
147^th	Chocowinity	1	1	1	0	1	0.626	106	41
148^th	Benson	2	2	1	0	0	0.626	132	16
149^th	Union Grove	1	0	0	0	0	0.626	118	31
150^th	Catawba	1	0	1	1	0	0.622	133	17
151^st	Rosman	1	1	1	0	0	0.621	146	5
152^nd	Maiden	2	1	1	0	0	0.621	143	9
153^rd	Monroe	13	3	8	1	4	0.62	210	57
154^th	Providence	1	0	0	0	0	0.618	421	267
155^th	Newton	5	1	3	0	1	0.618	152	3
156^th	Pikeville	2	0	1	0	0	0.618	234	78
157^th	Piney Creek	1	0	0	0	0	0.617	158	1
158^th	Bolivia	3	0	2	0	0	0.617	117	41
159^th	Lake Toxaway	1	0	0	0	0	0.613	263	104
160^th	Millers Creek	1	0	1	0	1	0.61	128	32
161^st	Princeton	1	0	1	0	0	0.608	145	16
162^nd	Wilkesboro	1	1	2	0	1	0.607	154	8
163^rd	Jefferson	1	0	0	0	1	0.606	85	78
164^th	Cleveland	2	0	0	0	0	0.605	182	18
165^th	Creedmoor	1	1	2	1	0	0.605	164	1
166^th	Arden	2	1	0	0	3	0.599	150	16
167^th	Sunbury	1	0	0	0	0	0.599	216	49
168^th	East Bend	3	1	1	0	0	0.594	137	31
169^th	Marshall	2	1	3	0	1	0.592	109	60
170^th	Moncure	1	0	0	0	0	0.592	191	21
171^st	Forest City	4	1	2	0	1	0.592	225	54
172^nd	Mocksville	4	3	2	1	1	0.591	241	69
173^rd	Winfall	1	1	0	0	0	0.59	151	22
174^th	Hendersonville	8	3	3	0	9	0.585	166	8
175^th	Aberdeen	2	1	0	0	1	0.584	195	20
176^th	Raleigh	64	18	18	4	48	0.578	179	3
177^th	Hot Springs	1	0	0	0	0	0.577	43	134
178^th	Bayboro	2	1	1	0	0	0.576	181	3
179^th	Rutherfordton	2	1	1	0	2	0.576	178	1
180^th	Maysville	2	0	0	0	0	0.575	347	167
181^st	Micro	1	1	0	0	0	0.574	160	21
182^nd	Waynesville	3	2	2	1	3	0.572	100	82
183^rd	Youngsville	2	1	0	1	0	0.572	142	41
184^th	Granite Falls	4	1	1	0	0	0.572	326	142
185^th	Red Oak	1	0	0	0	0	0.571	189	4
186^th	Stanfield	1	0	0	0	0	0.57	237	51
187^th	Spindale	1	0	1	0	1	0.57	141	46
188^th	Taylorsville	5	1	2	1	1	0.569	180	8
189^th	Zebulon	3	1	0	1	1	0.568	203	14
190^th	Roxboro	6	2	3	1	2	0.568	185	5
191^st	Black Creek	1	0	0	0	0	0.566	149	42
192^nd	Nakina	0	1	0	0	0	0.565	153	39
193^rd	Efland	1	1	0	0	0	0.563	309	116
194^th	Creswell	2	0	1	0	0	0.562	214	20
195^th	Wilson	9	2	5	5	5	0.562	196	1
196^th	Buxton	1	0	1	0	0	0.56	274	78
197^th	Dobson	3	1	2	1	1	0.558	201	4
198^th	Newton Grove	1	1	2	0	0	0.558	233	35
199^th	Nashville	1	1	0	0	0	0.558	296	97
200^th	Hickory	10	3	4	0	6	0.557	184	16
201^st	Southport	1	1	1	0	2	0.556	177	24
202^nd	Kernersville	6	3	2	1	2	0.554	211	9
203^rd	Leland	3	1	1	0	2	0.554	198	5
204^th	Manteo	1	1	1	0	0	0.554	200	4
205^th	Goldston	1	0	0	0	0	0.553	162	43
206^th	Havelock	5	2	2	0	1	0.552	187	19
207^th	Pink Hill	1	0	0	0	0	0.551	99	108
208^th	Fallston	1	0	0	0	0	0.55	341	133
209^th	Seven Springs	0	1	1	0	0	0.547	310	101
210^th	Rolesville	3	1	1	0	1	0.546	218	8
211^th	Crossnore	1	0	0	0	0	0.545	46	165
212^th	Cashiers	1	0	1	1	0	0.544	247	35
213^th	Barco	1	1	1	0	0	0.543	299	86
214^th	Four Oaks	1	1	1	0	0	0.543	272	58
215^th	Zionville	1	0	0	0	0	0.541	248	33
216^th	Hildebran	1	0	0	0	1	0.539	163	53
217^th	Marion	6	3	4	0	1	0.531	227	10
218^th	Olin	0	1	2	0	0	0.53	188	30
219^th	Siler City	3	1	3	1	2	0.529	205	14
220^th	Wilmington	30	6	8	1	20	0.527	209	11
221^st	Danbury	0	0	1	0	1	0.524	414	193
222^nd	Kill Devil Hills	1	1	2	0	0	0.524	245	23
223^rd	Dallas	2	1	3	1	1	0.523	271	48
224^th	Louisburg	5	1	2	0	2	0.522	212	12
225^th	Ronda	1	1	1	0	0	0.52	159	66
226^th	Ansonville	1	0	0	0	0	0.516	131	95
227^th	Concord	15	7	10	4	7	0.516	243	16
228^th	Bostic	1	1	1	0	1	0.515	167	61
229^th	Shelby	8	2	4	3	0	0.515	239	10
230^th	Bear Creek	1	0	2	0	0	0.513	246	16
231^st	Carthage	2	1	1	0	1	0.513	221	10
232^nd	Pinetown	1	0	1	0	0	0.513	315	83
233^rd	Mint Hill	1	1	1	1	0	0.513	273	40
234^th	Westfield	2	0	0	0	0	0.511	120	114
235^th	Stony Point	1	0	0	0	0	0.509	293	58
236^th	Stantonsburg	1	1	0	0	0	0.508	222	14
237^th	Bailey	1	0	1	0	0	0.507	224	13
238^th	Browns Summit	3	1	1	0	0	0.503	238
239^th	Fremont	1	1	0	0	0	0.502	197	42
240^th	Stanley	2	1	0	1	1	0.5	242	2
241^st	Candler	3	2	1	0	2	0.497	262	21
242^nd	Greenville	14	4	3	3	9	0.496	267	25
243^rd	Black Mountain	2	0	1	0	2	0.496	174	69
244^th	Archdale	3	1	0	0	1	0.495	285	41
245^th	Wade	1	0	0	0	0	0.495	63	182
246^th	Peachland	1	0	0	0	0	0.493	76	170
247^th	Asheville	18	6	9	2	24	0.491	202	45
248^th	Franklin	4	2	3	1	2	0.49	244	4
249^th	Mebane	4	2	1	0	1	0.489	254	5
250^th	Murphy	5	1	4	0	2	0.488	155	95
251^st	Cove City	1	0	0	0	0	0.487	359	108
252^nd	Dunn	3	3	1	0	3	0.486	266	14
253^rd	Mount Olive	2	1	1	0	0	0.484	330	77
254^th	Garner	9	3	2	0	2	0.483	255	1
255^th	Lincolnton	7	2	4	0	2	0.483	257	2
256^th	Sylva	2	1	3	0	2	0.482	269	13
257^th	Greensboro	47	13	18	4	20	0.482	268	11
258^th	Hope Mills	5	3	2	0	3	0.482	236	22
259^th	Jamestown	2	1	3	2	0	0.482	304	45
260^th	Burnsville	4	2	1	0	3	0.48	138	122
261^st	Thomasville	6	3	4	0	2	0.479	280	19
262^nd	Sanford	11	4	5	2	4	0.478	232	30
263^rd	Marshville	2	1	1	0	0	0.478	250	13
264^th	Washington	3	1	2	1	0	0.477	275	11
265^th	Denton	1	0	1	0	0	0.476	361	96
266^th	Dublin	1	0	1	0	0	0.475	176	90
267^th	Elon	2	1	1	0	0	0.475	192	75
268^th	Cherryville	2	1	1	0	0	0.474	235	33
269^th	Collettsville	1	0	0	0	0	0.473	190	79
270^th	Richlands	2	1	1	0	1	0.472	290	20
271^st	Troutman	2	1	1	0	0	0.472	311	40
272^nd	Morganton	10	3	3	5	3	0.471	219	53
273^rd	Nebo	1	0	0	0	1	0.471	380	107
274^th	Hamlet	2	1	1	1	2	0.471	252	22
275^th	Lawndale	0	1	1	0	1	0.47	223	52
276^th	Mount Airy	5	3	2	1	1	0.47	207	69
277^th	New Bern	8	3	2	1	4	0.469	220	57
278^th	Williamston	3	1	2	0	0	0.468	292	14
279^th	Rockwell	2	0	0	0	2	0.467	208	71
280^th	Whiteville	5	1	3	0	1	0.466	258	22
281^st	Hertford	1	0	1	0	0	0.466	215	66
282^nd	Charlotte	116	24	30	11	69	0.466	291	9
283^rd	Roseboro	2	1	0	0	1	0.466	229	54
284^th	Brevard	2	1	2	0	2	0.461	173	111
285^th	Trinity	2	1	3	0	0	0.46	286	1
286^th	Lexington	15	4	6	2	3	0.456	277	9
287^th	Norwood	2	1	1	0	1	0.456	281	6
288^th	Chinquapin	1	0	0	0	0	0.456	231	57
289^th	Kenansville	1	0	1	0	0	0.455	369	80
290^th	Yadkinville	2	0	1	1	1	0.454	297	7
291^st	Clarkton	0	1	0	0	0	0.454	314	23
292^nd	Elizabeth City	7	2	5	0	6	0.451	226	66
293^rd	Conover	3	1	0	1	3	0.451	276	17
294^th	Smithfield	2	2	3	3	1	0.451	260	34
295^th	Lowgap	1	0	0	0	0	0.45	228	67
296^th	Mars Hill	1	0	0	0	1	0.449	156	140
297^th	Kenly	1	0	1	0	0	0.447	261	36
298^th	King	3	1	2	0	1	0.446	270	28
299^th	Flat Rock	1	0	2	0	3	0.444	305	6
300^th	Mayodan	0	0	1	0	0	0.44	295	5
301^st	New London	0	1	1	0	1	0.436	412	111
302^nd	Hays	1	0	1	0	0	0.436	199	103
303^rd	Hiddenite	1	1	0	0	0	0.435	344	41
304^th	Angier	4	1	1	0	0	0.43	294	10
305^th	Leicester	1	0	0	0	0	0.428	420	115
306^th	Stokes	1	0	0	0	0	0.428	256	50
307^th	Middlesex	1	0	0	0	0	0.427	337	30
308^th	Wendell	4	2	6	0	0	0.426	278	30
309^th	Ayden	1	1	1	0	0	0.426	351	42
310^th	Sedalia	1	0	0	0	0	0.425	353	43
311^th	Jacksonville	15	5	5	1	15	0.424	340	29
312^th	Fayetteville	37	13	16	3	22	0.423	289	23
313^th	North Wilkesboro	3	1	0	0	0	0.423	264	49
314^th	Mount Ulla	1	0	1	0	0	0.423	333	19
315^th	Kannapolis	9	1	1	0	2	0.422	328	13
316^th	Franklinton	3	1	1	0	0	0.416	325	9
317^th	Traphill	1	0	0	0	0	0.415	249	68
318^th	Goldsboro	10	5	7	4	10	0.414	336	18
319^th	Albemarle	4	1	4	1	1	0.414	350	31
320^th	Bunn	1	1	1	0	0	0.412	357	37
321^st	Selma	2	1	0	0	0	0.409	327	6
322^nd	Durham	40	9	15	7	36	0.405	307	15
323^rd	Ellerbe	1	1	0	0	0	0.404	253	70
324^th	Spring Hope	1	1	0	0	0	0.404	355	31
325^th	Trenton	1	0	1	0	0	0.402	384	59
326^th	Oxford	2	1	1	3	0	0.401	331	5
327^th	Raeford	6	2	3	0	4	0.401	329	2
328^th	Bryson City	3	1	1	1	1	0.399	320	8
329^th	Rocky Point	2	1	1	1	1	0.395	371	42
330^th	Lumber Bridge	1	1	0	0	0	0.394	279	51
331^st	Walnut Cove	2	1	2	0	0	0.394	251	80
332^nd	Swannanoa	2	1	1	0	2	0.392	376	44
333^rd	Windsor	1	1	2	1	1	0.391	300	33
334^th	Henderson	9	2	3	3	3	0.388	346	12
335^th	China Grove	3	1	2	0	0	0.388	372	37
336^th	Butner	1	1	2	3	0	0.387	348	12
337^th	Claremont	2	2	1	0	0	0.386	283	54
338^th	Kinston	8	2	2	2	3	0.385	390	52
339^th	Lowell	1	1	0	0	0	0.385	334	5
340^th	High Point	14	4	7	2	12	0.383	342	2
341^st	Landis	1	1	0	0	0	0.383	385	44
342^nd	Clinton	5	2	2	0	2	0.383	312	30
343^rd	Liberty	2	1	0	0	0	0.379	313	30
344^th	Weldon	1	0	4	0	0	0.379	345	1
345^th	Robbins	1	1	1	0	0	0.378	332	13
346^th	Lumberton	10	2	2	0	2	0.377	319	27
347^th	Boomer	1	0	0	1	1	0.377	439	92
348^th	Hallsboro	1	0	0	0	0	0.375	360	12
349^th	Statesville	10	4	5	3	7	0.375	352	3
350^th	Chadbourn	1	0	0	0	0	0.374	354	4
351^st	Maxton	3	0	0	0	1	0.373	364	13
352^nd	Sandy Ridge	1	0	0	0	0	0.372	370	18
353^rd	Lilesville	1	0	0	0	0	0.37	335	18
354^th	Spring Lake	4	2	1	0	0	0.369	339	15
355^th	Wilsons Mills	1	0	0	0	0	0.368	363	8
356^th	Roanoke Rapids	3	2	2	0	2	0.366	391	35
357^th	Gatesville	1	1	1	0	0	0.358	368	11
358^th	Stovall	1	0	0	0	0	0.358	416	58
359^th	Sparta	1	0	1	0	1	0.357	338	21
360^th	Aurora	1	0	0	0	0	0.357	406	46
361^st	Pineville	2	0	0	0	1	0.355	404	43
362^nd	Winston Salem	35	12	14	5	17	0.354	358	4
363^rd	Climax	0	0	1	0	0	0.354		(n/a)
364^th	Gates	1	0	0	0	0	0.354	388	24
365^th	Gastonia	15	3	5	3	6	0.352	383	18
366^th	Cooleemee	1	0	0	0	0	0.349	303	63
367^th	Willard	1	0	0	0	0	0.349	379	12
368^th	Troy	2	0	3	0	1	0.348	362	6
369^th	Colerain	1	0	0	0	0	0.346	317	52
370^th	East Flat Rock	1	1	1	0	0	0.344	389	19
371^st	Stoneville	1	0	0	0	0	0.34	288	83
372^nd	Madison	2	1	0	0	0	0.339	316	56
373^rd	Asheboro	9	3	3	1	4	0.339	366	7
374^th	Graham	4	2	4	1	3	0.338	321	53
375^th	Ahoskie	2	0	2	0	2	0.337	240	135
376^th	Boonville	0	1	1	1	0	0.335	282	94
377^th	Germanton	1	0	0	0	0	0.33	323	54
378^th	Tarboro	3	1	3	1	0	0.33	381	3
379^th	Edenton	2	0	1	0	1	0.326	398	19
380^th	Kelford	1	0	0	0	0	0.325	349	31
381^st	Laurinburg	3	2	3	0	3	0.323	373	8
382^nd	Deep Run	0	0	1	0	0	0.321	396	14
383^rd	Randleman	2	1	1	0	1	0.32	375	8
384^th	Pinetops	1	1	1	0	0	0.318	402	18
385^th	Tyner	0	1	0	0	0	0.314	322	63
386^th	Jonesville	1	0	0	0	0	0.312	415	29
387^th	Pembroke	3	2	1	0	1	0.312	395	8
388^th	Rocky Mount	8	4	6	3	8	0.31	424	36
389^th	Hamptonville	1	0	0	0	1	0.306	425	36
390^th	Buies Creek	1	0	0	0	0	0.304	284	106
391^st	Andrews	1	1	1	0	0	0.303	324	67
392^nd	Lenoir	9	2	2	1	0	0.302	386	6
393^rd	Supply	1	1	0	0	2	0.295	318	75
394^th	Ferguson	1	0	0	0	0	0.291	168	226
395^th	Grifton	1	0	0	0	1	0.291	427	32
396^th	Salemburg	1	0	1	0	1	0.291	343	53
397^th	Macon	1	0	0	0	0	0.288	377	20
398^th	La Grange	1	1	1	0	0	0.287	393	5
399^th	Newland	2	1	1	1	0	0.284	302	97
400^th	Elizabethtown	3	1	2	0	1	0.283	405	5
401^st	Eden	3	1	1	0	0	0.282	365	36
402^nd	Reidsville	9	2	2	1	4	0.28	378	24
403^rd	Cullowhee	1	0	0	0	0	0.279	394	9
404^th	Rural Hall	1	0	0	0	0	0.276	306	98
405^th	Bethel	1	0	1	0	0	0.275	408	3
406^th	Haw River	2	0	1	0	1	0.267	432	26
407^th	Gold Hill	1	0	0	0	1	0.264	443	36
408^th	Burgaw	2	2	2	0	0	0.263	407	1
409^th	Ennice	1	0	0	0	0	0.261	367	42
410^th	Farmville	2	1	1	0	1	0.261	387	23
411^th	Burlington	9	2	3	2	6	0.26	382	29
412^th	Beulaville	1	0	1	0	2	0.257	423	11
413^th	Columbia	1	1	1	0	0	0.255	298	115
414^th	Knightdale	4	0	1	0	1	0.255	411	3
415^th	Robbinsville	1	1	1	0	0	0.244	401	14
416^th	Snow Hill	3	1	2	0	0	0.238	399	17
417^th	Gaston	2	0	1	1	0	0.237	430	13
418^th	Bunnlevel	2	0	0	0	0	0.23	434	16
419^th	Rowland	3	1	0	0	0	0.229	433	14
420^th	Gibsonville	1	1	1	0	1	0.229	419	1
421^st	Warrenton	1	1	2	0	0	0.228	409	12
422^nd	Tabor City	1	0	1	0	0	0.222	392	30
423^rd	Rockingham	4	1	2	0	1	0.22	413	10
424^th	Yanceyville	1	1	1	0	0	0.217	454	30
425^th	Albertson	1	0	0	0	0	0.217	445	20
426^th	Cordova	0	1	0	0	0	0.213	428	2
427^th	Bladenboro	1	1	1	0	1	0.211	356	71
428^th	Bakersville	1	1	1	0	0	0.211	287	141
429^th	Mount Gilead	1	1	0	0	0	0.204	436	7
430^th	Dudley	1	1	1	0	0	0.204	450	20
431^st	Littleton	1	0	1	0	0	0.203	429	2
432^nd	Swanquarter	0	0	1	1	0	0.202	403	29
433^rd	Battleboro	2	2	0	0	0	0.195	418	15
434^th	Parkton	1	0	0	0	0	0.188	463	29
435^th	Walkertown	2	1	1	0	0	0.179	437	2
436^th	Stem	0	0	1	0	0	0.176	457	21
437^th	Conway	0	1	0	0	0	0.174	422	15
438^th	Vanceboro	1	0	1	0	0	0.171	397	41
439^th	Lillington	2	1	2	0	0	0.167	431	8
440^th	Biscoe	2	1	0	0	0	0.158	400	40
441^st	Laurel Hill	1	1	0	0	0	0.157	440	1
442^nd	Cerro Gordo	1	0	1	0	0	0.156	444	2
443^rd	Enfield	2	1	0	0	0	0.156	461	18
444^th	Riegelwood	2	0	0	0	0	0.15	308	136
445^th	Salisbury	8	3	4	0	6	0.15	447	2
446^th	Tar Heel	1	0	0	0	0	0.15	426	20
447^th	Mc Leansville	2	1	1	0	1	0.147	442	5
448^th	Snow Camp	1	0	0	0	0	0.144	417	31
449^th	Lake Waccamaw	0	0	2	0	0	0.144	451	2
450^th	Warsaw	1	0	1	0	1	0.141	460	10
451^st	Ramseur	2	1	1	0	1	0.141	448	3
452^nd	Scotland Neck	2	0	0	0	0	0.138	469	17
453^rd	Bessemer City	3	1	1	0	1	0.137	438	15
454^th	Roper	1	1	0	0	0	0.128	374	80
455^th	Robersonville	1	1	1	0	0	0.127	456	1
456^th	Rose Hill	1	0	1	0	0	0.127	459	3
457^th	Erwin	1	0	1	0	1	0.126	446	11
458^th	Saint Pauls	1	1	1	0	0	0.126	449	9
459^th	Wadesboro	1	2	2	0	0	0.126	468	9
460^th	Broadway	1	0	0	0	1	0.121	464	4
461^st	Whittier	1	0	0	0	0	0.11	452	9
462^nd	Wagram	1	0	0	0	0	0.1	455	7
463^rd	Shannon	1	0	0	0	0	0.096	467	4
464^th	Candor	1	0	0	1	2	0.085	473	9
465^th	Fairmont	2	1	1	0	0	0.083	474	9
466^th	Coats	1	0	0	0	0	0.081	458	8
467^th	Red Springs	2	1	1	0	1	0.08	465	2
468^th	Teachey	0	0	1	0	0	0.08	435	33
469^th	Murfreesboro	1	1	0	0	0	0.065	453	16
470^th	Halifax	1	1	1	0	0	0.055	472	2
471^st	Norlina	1	0	0	0	1	0.051	477	6
472^nd	Orrum	0	1	0	0	0	0.05	471	1
473^rd	Plymouth	0	0	1	0	0	0.047	476	3
474^th	Wallace	1	0	0	0	2	0.042	470	4
475^th	Hollister	1	0	0	1	0	0.04	462	13
476^th	Morven	1	0	0	0	0	0.04	441	35
477^th	Kittrell	1	0	0	0	0	0.034	466	11
478^th	Spencer	1	1	1	0	0	0.03	478
479^th	Drexel	0	0	1	0	0	0.009	475	4

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