Best High Schools in North Carolina

School														Students/Teachers											Ranking (2018 vs 2017)
ID	Rank (of 484)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Fulltime Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2018)	Average Standard Score (2017)	Rank (2017)	Rank Change From 2017	SchoolDigger Rating (2018)
370192000802	1	Philip J Weaver Educational Center	Public, Magnet	9-12	300 South Spring Street	Greensboro	27401	Guilford	Guilford County Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(336) 370-8282	258	43	6	19.0%	159 (61.6%)	51 (19.8%)	21 (8.1%)	8 (3.1%)	1 (0.4%)	2 (0.8%)	16 (6.2%)	96.4	92.7	7	6
370069002753	2	Challenger Early College High	Public	9-12	2550 Hwy 70 SE	Hickory	28602	Catawba	Catawba County Schools	No	No	No	No	(828) 485-2980	397	14	28.1	42.1%	212 (53.4%)	25 (6.3%)	88 (22.2%)	63 (15.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.3%)	96	93.5	5	3
370462003093	3	Cuthbertson High	Public	9-12	1400 Cuthbertson Rd	Waxhaw	28173	Union	Union County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 296-0105	1,547	71	21.7	7.7%	1,260 (81.4%)	124 (8.0%)	91 (5.9%)	46 (3.0%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (1.6%)	95.7	92.7	8	5
370462002552	4	Weddington High	Public	9-12	4901 Monroe-Weddington Road	Matthews	28104	Union	Union County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 708-5530	1,362	65	21	5.6%	1,120 (82.2%)	80 (5.9%)	66 (4.8%)	72 (5.3%)	2 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	21 (1.5%)	95.5	93.4	6	2
370336002754	5	Discovery High School	Public	9-12	301 West 18th St	Newton	28658	Catawba	Newton Conover City Schools	No	No	No	No	(828) 466-5581	234	11	22	18.4%	174 (74.4%)	8 (3.4%)	31 (13.2%)	9 (3.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (5.1%)	95.5			(n/a)
370001102757	6	Cumberland Polytechnic	Public	9-12	2201 Hull Rd	Fayetteville	28303	Cumberland	Cumberland County Schools	No	No	No	No	(910) 486-7300	169	10	16.9	48.5%	50 (29.6%)	77 (45.6%)	24 (14.2%)	3 (1.8%)	2 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (7.7%)	95.4	91.8	10	4
370462002845	7	Marvin Ridge High	Public	9-12	2825 Crane Road	Waxhaw	28173	Union	Union County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 290-1520	1,664	82	20.3	1.8%	1,370 (82.3%)	75 (4.5%)	55 (3.3%)	116 (7.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	48 (2.9%)	95.1	95.7	1	6
370001103228	8	Cumberland International Early CollegeHS	Public	9-12	1200 Murchison Rd	Fayetteville	28303	Cumberland	Cumberland County Schools	No	No	No	No	(910) 672-2830	261	13	20	54.0%	49 (18.8%)	146 (55.9%)	41 (15.7%)	7 (2.7%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (6.5%)	94.5	91.3	14	6
370297002220	9	Providence High	Public	9-12	1800 Pineville-Matthews Rd	Charlotte	28270	Mecklenburg	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	No	No	No	No	(980) 343-5390	2,048	98	20.8	9.0%	1,487 (72.6%)	171 (8.3%)	126 (6.2%)	210 (10.3%)	5 (0.2%)	5 (0.2%)	44 (2.1%)	94.2	92.5	9
370297002910	10	Ardrey Kell High	Public	9-12	10220 Ardrey Kell Rd	Charlotte	28277	Mecklenburg	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	No	No	No	No	(980) 343-0860	2,991	145	20.6	9.6%	1,758 (58.8%)	374 (12.5%)	247 (8.3%)	532 (17.8%)	3 (0.1%)	3 (0.1%)	74 (2.5%)	93.8	93.7	4	6

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