Best High Schools in North Carolina

School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (2022 vs 2021)
ID	Rank (of 506)	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 (2022)	Average Standard Score (2021)	Rank (2021)	Rank Change from 2021	SchoolDigger Rating (2022)
370069002753	1	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	344	14	24.6	27.9%	156 (45.3%)	10 (2.9%)	94 (27.3%)	55 (16.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	28 (8.1%)	$6,093			$246			$5,847	97.3	97.8	3	2	R5
370192002629	2	Early College at Guilford	Public	9-12	5608 West Friendly Avenue	Greensboro	27410	Guilford County	Guilford County Schools	No	No	No	No	(336) 316-2860	197	10	20.7	3.6%	73 (37.1%)	15 (7.6%)	6 (3.0%)	95 (48.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	7 (3.6%)	$10,526			$188			$10,337	97.1			(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	533	40	13.4	19.9%	339 (63.6%)	73 (13.7%)	70 (13.1%)	30 (5.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (3.9%)	$10,033			$715			$9,318	96.4	98.3	1	2	R5
370009003396	4	Alexander Early College	Public	9-12	345 Industrial Blvd	Taylorsville	28681	Alexander County	Alexander County Schools	No	No	No	No	(828) 632-8221	193	8	24.1	16.6%	148 (76.7%)	2 (1.0%)	28 (14.5%)	11 (5.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.1%)	$6,455			$116			$6,339	96.1	93.7	13	9	R5
370045003320	5	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	379	19	19.8	13.2%	314 (82.8%)	8 (2.1%)	27 (7.1%)	18 (4.7%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	10 (2.6%)	$7,222			$451			$6,771	96.1	98.1	2	3	R5
370126002761	6	Middle College High School @ DTCC	Public	11-12	1637 Lawson Street	Durham	27703	Durham County	Durham Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 536-7203	124	6	19.2	13.7%	50 (40.3%)	29 (23.4%)	33 (26.6%)	5 (4.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (5.6%)	$8,584			$195			$8,389	95.1			(n/a)	R5
370034303289	7	NC Leadership Charter Academy	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	4353 High Point Rd	Kernersville	27284	Forsyth County	NC Leadership Charter Academy	Yes	No	No	No	(336) 992-2710	1,068	58	18.3		788 (73.8%)	53 (5.0%)	103 (9.6%)	26 (2.4%)	7 (0.7%)	5 (0.5%)	86 (8.1%)								94.1	93.5	14	7	R5
370333002888	8	Isaac M Bear Early College High School	Public	9-12	630 MacMillan Avenue	Wilmington	28403	New Hanover County	New Hanover County Schools	No	No	No	No	(910) 350-1387	230	10	22	10.0%	147 (63.9%)	20 (8.7%)	36 (15.7%)	18 (7.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.9%)	$9,555			$284			$9,271	94.1	95.2	8		R5
370472003402	9	Crossroads FLEX	Public, Virtual	9-12	5651 Dillard Dr	Cary	27518	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	Yes	No	(919) 694-8515	147	6	24	2.0%	113 (76.9%)	9 (6.1%)	10 (6.8%)	8 (5.4%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (4.1%)	$9,819			$232			$9,587	93.4	91.3	21	12	R5
370462001806	10	Central Academy of Technology and Arts	Public	9-12	600 Brewer Dr	Monroe	28112	Union County	Union County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 296-3088	809	45	18	6.1%	550 (68.0%)	79 (9.8%)	100 (12.4%)	42 (5.2%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (4.6%)	$9,519			$417			$9,102	93.4	96.5	6	4	R5

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