Best High Schools in North Carolina

School														Students/Teachers											Ranking (2019 vs 2018)
ID	Rank (of 508)	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	Average Standard Score (2019)	Average Standard Score (2018)	Rank (2018)	Rank Change from 2018	SchoolDigger Rating (2019)
370014502926	21	Pine Lake Preparatory	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	104 Yellow Wood Circle	Mooresville	28115	Iredell	Pine Lake Preparatory	Yes	No	No	No	(704) 237-5304	1,862	111	16.8	1.3%	1,620 (87.0%)	37 (2.0%)	71 (3.8%)	81 (4.4%)	3 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	49 (2.6%)	91.6	88.3	23	2	R5
370462003093	22	Cuthbertson High	Public	9-12	1400 Cuthbertson Rd	Waxhaw	28173	Union	Union County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 296-0105	1,633	73	22.2	5.6%	1,305 (79.9%)	126 (7.7%)	101 (6.2%)	75 (4.6%)	3 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (1.4%)	91.4	95.7	2	20	R5
370012802613	23	Gray Stone Day	Public, Charter	6-12	49464 Merner Terrace	Misenheimer	28109	Stanly	Gray Stone Day School	Yes	No	No	No	(704) 463-0567	836	44	19	3.8%	719 (86.0%)	21 (2.5%)	31 (3.7%)	37 (4.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	27 (3.2%)	90.4	84.5	40	17	R5
370006402399	24	Lake Norman Charter	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	12435 Old Statesville Road	Huntersville	28078	Mecklenburg	Lake Norman Charter	Yes	No	No	No	(704) 948-8600	1,907	112	17	2.9%	1,333 (69.9%)	251 (13.2%)	96 (5.0%)	125 (6.6%)	5 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	96 (5.0%)	89.9	93.4	11	13	R5
370150003038	25	Early College of Forsyth County	Public	9-12	2100 Silas Creek Prky	Winston Salem	27103	Forsyth	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	No	No	No	No	(336) 757-3290	258	11	24.3	10.5%	122 (47.3%)	48 (18.6%)	49 (19.0%)	29 (11.2%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.5%)	89.7			(n/a)	R5
370002002081	26	Chatham Charter	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	2200 Hamp Stone Rd	Siler City	27344	Chatham	Chatham Charter	Yes	No	No	No	(919) 742-4550	557	38	14.6	11.5%	442 (79.4%)	57 (10.2%)	25 (4.5%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (5.6%)	89.4	91.7	15	11	R5
370336002754	27	Discovery High School	Public	9-12	301 West 18th St	Newton	28658	Catawba	Newton Conover City Schools	No	No	No	No	(828) 466-5581	216	11	19.5	19.0%	161 (74.5%)	9 (4.2%)	27 (12.5%)	8 (3.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (5.1%)	89.3	95.5	4	23	R5
370013502736	28	Community School of Davidson	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	404 Armour Street	Davidson	28036	Mecklenburg	Community School of Davidson	Yes	No	No	No	(704) 897-8061	1,366	93	14.7	0.4%	1,161 (85.0%)	57 (4.2%)	54 (4.0%)	36 (2.6%)	2 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	56 (4.1%)	89.3	89.6	20	8	R5
370472002810	29	Panther Creek High	Public	9-12	6770 McCrimmon Parkway	Cary	27519	Wake	Wake County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 463-8656	2,712	136	19.9	6.2%	1,321 (48.7%)	274 (10.1%)	165 (6.1%)	836 (30.8%)	4 (0.1%)	3 (0.1%)	109 (4.0%)	89.1	93.2	12	17	R5
370031903193	30	Henderson Collegiate	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	1071 Old Epsom Rd	Henderson	27536	Vance	Henderson Collegiate	Yes	No	No	Yes	(252) 598-1038	1,007	65	15.4	96.8%	52 (5.2%)	699 (69.4%)	209 (20.8%)	13 (1.3%)	4 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (3.0%)	89			(n/a)	R5

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