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School														Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				EOC Biology (2026)	EOC English II (2026)	EOC Math I (2026)	EOC Math III (2026)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Distance	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	EOC Biology End of Course	EOC English II End of Course	EOC Math I End of Course	EOC Math III End of Course	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Lakewood High	0.0mi	Public	9-12	245 Lakewood School Rd	Salemburg	28385	Sampson County	Sampson County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(910) 525-5171	475	30	15.8	96.8%	154 (32.4%)	121 (25.5%)	168 (35.4%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (6.1%)	37.7	422^nd of 662 public high schools	36.3%		39.8	378^th of 641 public high schools	41.0%	44	43.4	58.0	42.6	67.7	$10,549	$1,417	$9,132
Sampson Early College High	8.0mi	Public	9-12	1801 Sunset Ave	Clinton	28329	Sampson County	Sampson County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(910) 592-7177	229	9	24.6	98.7%	54 (23.6%)	21 (9.2%)	143 (62.4%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	8 (3.5%)	92.9	36^th of 662 public high schools	94.6%		93.8	41^st of 641 public high schools	93.6%	5	95.3	96.4	86.7	100.0	$7,255	$590	$6,666
Clinton High	9.8mi	Public	9-12	340 Indian Town Road	Clinton	28328	Sampson County	Clinton City Schools	No	No	No	No	(910) 592-2067	828	44	18.8	99.6%	181 (21.9%)	274 (33.1%)	305 (36.8%)	3 (0.4%)	24 (2.9%)	1 (0.1%)	40 (4.8%)	20.5	548^th of 662 public high schools	17.2%		28.4	469^th of 641 public high schools	26.8%	79	38.6	47.4	23.2	52.9	$10,512	$1,042	$9,470
Midway High	12.8mi	Public	9-12	15274 Spiveys Corner Highway	Newton Grove	28366	Sampson County	Sampson County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(910) 567-6664	726	36	20.2	98.9%	353 (48.6%)	80 (11.0%)	260 (35.8%)	1 (0.1%)	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (3.9%)	62.8	233^rd of 662 public high schools	64.8%		64.1	203^rd of 641 public high schools	68.3%	30	59.5	69.4	50.3	91.5	$8,712	$908	$7,804
Cape Fear High	15.0mi	Public	9-12	4762 Clinton Road	Fayetteville	28312	Cumberland County	Cumberland County Schools	No	No	No	No	(910) 483-0191	1,515	65	23.2	55.1%	699 (46.1%)	406 (26.8%)	210 (13.9%)	19 (1.3%)	41 (2.7%)	7 (0.5%)	133 (8.8%)	56.2	278^th of 662 public high schools	58.0%		59.5	230^th of 641 public high schools	64.1%	48	56.3	66.8	54.6	77.8	$8,895	$990	$7,905
Hobbton High	16.2mi	Public	9-12	12201 Hobbton Hwy	Newton Grove	28366	Sampson County	Sampson County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(910) 594-0242	467	24	19.4	99.4%	121 (25.9%)	68 (14.6%)	259 (55.5%)	2 (0.4%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (3.0%)	29	483^rd of 662 public high schools	27.0%		41.2	366^th of 641 public high schools	42.9%	117	35.5	48.2	34.5	68.9	$9,904	$1,058	$8,846
Union High	19.6mi	Public	9-12	1189 Kader Merritt Road	Rose Hill	28458	Duplin County	Sampson County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(910) 532-6300	494	29	17.0	99.2%	80 (16.2%)	112 (22.7%)	283 (57.3%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (0.8%)	1 (0.2%)	13 (2.6%)	21.6	542^nd of 662 public high schools	18.1%		24.2	499^th of 641 public high schools	22.2%	43	37.5	46.5	26.4	56.5	$10,781	$1,362	$9,419

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