Best High Schools in North Carolina

School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (2021 vs 2019)
ID	Rank (of 587)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2021)	Average Standard Score (2019)	Rank (2019)	Rank Change from 2019	SchoolDigger Rating (2021)
370204002873	1	Haywood Early College	Public	9-12	185 Freedlander Drive	Clyde	28721	Haywood County	Haywood County Schools	No	No	No	No	(828) 565-4000	182	7	26.4	41.2%	160 (87.9%)	2 (1.1%)	10 (5.5%)	5 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	4 (2.2%)	$7,730			$690			$7,040	98.5			(n/a)	R5
370231002776	2	Collaborative College for Technology	Public	9-12	500 West Broad Street	Statesville	28677	Iredell County	Iredell-Statesville Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 978-5450	229	9	24.6	29.3%	146 (63.8%)	20 (8.7%)	32 (14.0%)	13 (5.7%)	2 (0.9%)	1 (0.4%)	15 (6.6%)	$7,803			$118			$7,685	98.4			(n/a)	R5
370162002521	3	Highland School of Technology	Public, Magnet	9-12	1600 N Morris Street	Gastonia	28052	Gaston County	Gaston County Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(704) 810-8816	553	39	14.2	24.8%	378 (68.4%)	66 (11.9%)	57 (10.3%)	24 (4.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	27 (4.9%)	$10,033			$715			$9,318	98.3	97.1	3		R5
370357002906	4	Pender Early College High	Public	9-12	100 East Industrial Drive	Burgaw	28425	Pender County	Pender County Schools	No	No	No	No	(910) 362-7925	244	11	22.2	48.0%	172 (70.5%)	20 (8.2%)	43 (17.6%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.3%)	$7,865			$425			$7,440	98.2			(n/a)	R5
370345003425	5	Onslow Early College	Public	9-12	444 Western Blvd	Jacksonville	28546	Onslow County	Onslow County Schools	No	No	No	No	(910) 938-6702	159	6	26.5	18.2%	104 (65.4%)	22 (13.8%)	25 (15.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	7 (4.4%)	$7,881			$227			$7,654	98.2			(n/a)	R5
370045003320	6	Nesbitt Discovery Academy	Public	9-12	175 Bingham Rd Ste 10	Asheville	28806	Buncombe County	Buncombe County Schools	No	No	No	No	(828) 271-4521	380	18	21.2	19.5%	309 (81.3%)	7 (1.8%)	30 (7.9%)	17 (4.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (4.5%)	$7,222			$451			$6,771	98.1	97.2	2	4	R5
370472003192	7	Wake STEM Early College High School	Public	9-12	715 Barbour Dr	Raleigh	27603	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 515-2255	254	15	17.4	15.7%	138 (54.3%)	35 (13.8%)	38 (15.0%)	23 (9.1%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (7.5%)	$10,774			$232			$10,542	98			(n/a)	R5
370210003139	8	Henderson County Early College	Public	9-12	300 East Campus Way	Flat Rock	28731	Henderson County	Henderson County Schools	No	No	No	No	(828) 697-4561	207	7	30	41.1%	115 (55.6%)	4 (1.9%)	66 (31.9%)	7 (3.4%)	3 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (5.8%)	$7,590			$759			$6,832	97.9			(n/a)	R5
370069002753	9	Challenger Early College High	Public	9-12	2550 Hwy 70 SE	Hickory	28602	Catawba County	Catawba County Schools	No	No	No	No	(828) 485-2980	394	14	28.2	31.0%	197 (50.0%)	19 (4.8%)	86 (21.8%)	72 (18.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (5.1%)	$6,093			$246			$5,847	97.8	96.5	6	3	R5
370162003217	10	Gaston Early College High School	Public	9-12	201 Hwy 321 South	Dallas	28034	Gaston County	Gaston County Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 922-2405	245	10	25.1	33.1%	169 (69.0%)	20 (8.2%)	40 (16.3%)	7 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.7%)	$7,351			$466			$6,886	97.6			(n/a)	R5

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